... Group Publishing Limited 2010 Resource management Resource efficiency Competitive advantage Food service United States of America Resource‐based theory (RBT), arguing that proprietary resources are as important as industry market factors in determining competitive advantage, has...

...), and tangible resources such as technology (Ranft and Lord, 2002). Brian Squire can be contacted at: brian.squire@mbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Resource management Supply chain management Channel relationships United Kingdom Flexibility and responsiveness...

... focused on those key Bolt‐on systems that might be needed to enhance ERP systems once they have been installed. Charles A. Watts can be contacted at: cwatts@jcu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Resource management Supply chain management Communication technologies...

... that foster successful installations and are developed using information gleaned from our field studies of four projects. Avenues for future research are also suggested. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Resource management Project management Technology led strategy Case studies Enterprise resource...

... is only as good as the theory that it is based upon. The theory of forecasting is also the foundation for understanding the sources of forecast errors. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Strategic evaluation Strategic planning Forecasting Resource management This article focuses on the link...

... and recommendations for further research. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Hospitals Modelling Resource management Patients can enter a hospital in three ways: as an outpatient after a referral from a general practitioner, as an emergency patient in case of immediate need of specialist treatment...

..., such as the introduction of new work processes, need the involvement of the analyst or training of end‐users in the modelling system. From the case study analysis the following main areas for the application of simulation can be identified: © MCB UP Limited 1998 BPR Police Resource management...

... Resource management By identifying current manufacturing competences and potential capabilities a resource‐based approach is a different way of thinking about manufacturing strategy and competitive advantage. Hayes (1985) describes this difference as a shift from ends‐ways‐means thinking...

... to regard it only as a project management tool ‐ as some authors sometimes do ‐ since it has a wider range of potential applications in other fields of engineering management. Heuristics Production scheduling Resource management Sequencing There are many articles and books too numerous...

.... Banking Data envelopment analysis Effectiveness Performance management Resource management Saudi Arabia © MCB UP Limited 1993 ...

... Policies for the Multi-resource Problem 54 Ellen J. Dumond Received May 1992 Accepted September 1992 California State University, Fullerton, California, USA and John Dumond RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA Introduction Resource management is a difficult process. Clearly a manager does not want to have...

... and at the higher level a multi‐objective dynamic program is used to derive an optimum aggregate production plan and provide optimal resource allocation. © MCB UP Limited 1992 India Production planning Steel industry Hierarchical control Resource management A Hierarchical Production Planning...

... not be confused. Solutions also require implementations, which may be impractical or difficult. The full utilisation of facilities is recommended in an attempt to reduce unit costs and increase output. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Health care Hospitals Resource management Optimization IJOPM 10,3 28...

... and service industries are examined. Day one sees speakers from each sector discussing quality, customer/market interface, resource management and people involvement and communications. Day two consists of academic papers on the same issues. Closeness to the customer, organisational direction and structure...

... iency. The model illustrates the close tie between policy, behavioural ative efficiency, and detailed resource scheduling. © MCB UP Limited 1985 Resource Management 53 Policy Implications for Measuring the Relative Efficiency of a Resource Requirements Flan by J o h n G. Wacker Iowa State...