... quantitative evidence of its impact on supply chain (SC) performance. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers independently conducted a systematic review of 629 abstracts and 47 full-text papers. Original keywords were applied to four key electronic databases for operations management...

... manufacturers in an emerging economy. It identifies innovativeness as a fifth key priority and argues that firms must compete on a blend of outcomes; this adds to the complexity of managerial tasks. Literature on small manufacturers with less than 100 employees is scarce in the general operations management...

... (strategies pursued in each decision area should reflect the true priority of each performance goal) and criticality (judgment tendencies for softening strategy‐critical specificities). Operations management Strategic alignment Operations‐marketing interface Operations strategy Strategic consensus...

... by Kuei et al. (2011) , as this will enable a company's suppliers to focus on SCQ, enhance operating efficiency, and satisfy market demands. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Taiwan Manufacturing industries Operations management Quality management Supply chain management...

...S.I. Lao; K.L. Choy; G.T.S. Ho; Richard C.M. Yam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a real‐time food receiving operations management system (RFRS), focusing on demonstrating the use of a case‐based reasoning (CBR) and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in managing...

... Warehousing Finland Sweden Emerging markets Operations management Warehousing has become an important enabler of globalized production networks, and often short lead times, volume and mix flexibility, postponed customizing in terms of assembly and packaging, as well as corporate profitability...

... for instantaneous order commitment and timely communication with other organizational IT applications. Patrik Jonsson can be contacted at: patrik.jonsson@chalmers.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Sales management Operations management Production scheduling Decision support systems...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Value chain Suppliers Customers Operations management Hong Kong Thailand In the current global and dynamic markets, small and large companies alike are constantly confronted with the challenges of managing their business value chains (Blanchard, 2008). Effective...

... of organisational boundaries and partnerships with clients and competitors becoming more common. All these changes are being influenced by systems and technology. To be able to support the more dynamic nature of business operations, managers expect systems and technology that are flexible and able to support...

...‐Rodríguez can be contacted at: tespino@dede.ulpgc.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Outsourcing Modelling Spain Relationship marketing Operations management The outsourcing of determined processes of the supply chain is becoming one of the most important phenomena...

... previous years to improve their competitiveness. For quickly changing business conditions, Bradley and Nolan (1998) and Markides (2000) developed dynamic business strategies basing them on the sense‐and‐respond thinking. Competitive advantage Operations management Strategic manufacturing...

... and autonomous maintenance: bridging the gap between practice and research ”, Production and Operations Management , Vol. 7 No. 4 , pp. 335 ‐ 51 . Meredith , J.R. (1988), “ Installation of flexible manufacturing systems teaches management lessons in integration, labor, costs, and benefits...

... of possible changes to the factory layout at the second site, which employed 34 people and the effect on production of introducing newer bench and pedestal press machines. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Simulation Operations management Performance management Case studies...

...Mariano Nieto; Daniel Arias; Beatriz Minguela; Antonio Rodriguez Studies the evolution of the operations management (OM) contents in the last decades. For this purpose, a sample of 84 OM textbooks has been analysed. First, we identify the main approaches and frameworks used to organise the OM...

... manufacturing technologies Benefits Operations management Quality Strategy Over the past two decades there has been a shift in the basis of competition in manufactured product markets. Firms that previously focused almost exclusively on lower costs have adjusted to a focus that places just as high...

...Godfrey C. Onwubolu; Samson Mhlanga Reports the development and successful implementation of a computer‐integrated production and operations management system (POM), encompassing schedule activities such as aggregate production plan, master production schedule and material requirements plan...

... Financial management Operations management Organizational performance Productivity Quality control QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AS AN OPERATIONS STRATEGY 3 Q uality is a strategy that wins in manufacturing, as in the marketplace, by eliminating waste. Quality Improvement as an Operations Strategy Everett E...

... where computers can support the decision-making process more effectively by encapsulating human experience and applying knowledge-based systems to provide reasoned advice. Grant Masom is Managing Director of Symbolics Limited, UK. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Knowledge‐based systems Operations...

...Marilyn M. Helms In an attempt to understand student attitudes better towards P/OM (production and operations management) classes and P/OM careers, a pre‐and post‐class survey was administered to students enrolled in a required MBA‐level P/OM class. Findings indicate that students do not fully...

... are examined in order to enable firms to become more efficient. Expert Systems: Implications for Operations Management YunusKathawala Introduction Expert systems are on their way to the factory. We can read about their application and future in popular magazines such as Business Week, and in academic journals...