...Christian F. Durach; Leopoldo Gutierrez Purpose This editorial for the 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM) 2022 Special Issue delves into the transformative role of advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chatbots in reshaping operations, supply chain...

... 2018 22 03 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Operations management Logit model Inventory management Consumer intertemporal choice Delivery lead time Furniture retail Delivery time is a key factor when...

... rights only Innovation Technology Operations management Warehousing Contingency theory Video Barrier WMS Warehouse operations are often regarded as critical in supply chain management (SCM) because they enable customers to receive the right product at the right time and at the right...

... experience and ties down store staff resources. Stockouts Instore logistics Retail operations Service‐dominant logic Retailing Operations management Stockouts are a persistent problem in retailing (Grewal and Levy, 2007). On a global average, 8.3 percent of retail items are not available...

...‐optimal solutions in a practical amount of computing time. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Inventory management Parts Storage management Operations management Vehicle routing Inventory routing Subgradient optimization Set partitioning Inbound inventory routing...

.... The responsibility has been clarified by the IASC (2006, p. 10) : © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Disasters Aid agencies Operations management Cluster analysis The increasing number and complexity of disasters has made specialisation and coordination both important and challenging...

... Decision support systems Aid agencies Disasters Operations management Water supply The described CTP consists of developing a set of vehicle routes while optimizing two objectives: Natural disasters occur where natural hazards strike the vulnerability of human beings. The degree by which...

... Operations management Third‐party vendors Logistics data processing Financial performance Hong Kong The HKLA is the major professional organization that represents the interests of the logistics community and plays an active role in promoting logistics initiatives in Hong Kong and China. It has...

...Mark Rainbird Proposes that a broad perspective needs to be taken of operations management, so that it is no longer seen as the domain of mechanistic functionalism, but rather as the architect and engineer of the business model driving in turn the firm's creation of value. Suggests that a value...

...Timothy L. Urban Acknowledges that the effect of displayed inventory on retail sales is widely recognized in the logistics, marketing and operations management literature and has been empirically verified. However, neither the marketing literature (shelf‐space allocation models) nor the operations...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1995 Logistics Materials management Operations management Purchasing Value added networks Much of the competitive dilemma experienced by US and European firms in recent years is a result of a persistent failure to manage the firm as a cohesive value‐added system...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1992 Computer programming Computer software Education Logistics Operations management INTEGRATING THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN LOGISTICS EDUCATION 3 T he use of computer applications in a logistics course teaching systems planning is designed to enhance depth...

.... The applications reveals that improved scheduling and a reduction in scheduling time and effort can be achieved by using the DSS over the manufacturing organisations′ manual systems. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Consultants Operations management Production management Quantitative techniques Manufacturing...