... Digital technologies TOE framework Manufacturing networks Collaboration Operations management The traditional ways of working with production system development have shifted due to digital transformation, necessitating the inclusion of new knowledge domains and increasing system complexity...

... in operations management (OM) increasingly recognises its value in fostering a holistic and integrated approach to performance evaluation (e.g. Brewer, 2000 ; Hu et al., 2017 , p. 669). In this regard, Kaplan and Norton (1996b , p. 21) also assume that the scorecard should incorporate the complex...

... of this article (for both commercial & non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Operations management Reshoring Global manufacturing networks...

..., 2008). Moussa and Touzani (2010) show that since 2004, research on service has been the most written about subject in leading marketing and management journals. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Operations management Modelling Simulation Maintenance Asset monitoring System...

... Sustainability Operations management Environmental strategy Environmental initiatives As detailed in Section 2, publications to date cover different aspects of sustainable manufacturing and product development approach implemented by manufacturing firms with specific focus areas only. Accordingly...

...Prof. Thomas Lager and Prof. Jean-Philippe Rennard; David Walters Purpose – Operations management and marketing have played important roles in contributing towards an ongoing corporate objective of delivering enhanced customer satisfaction. Focusing on the concept of producibility, this paper...

... research questions. Those responses are now summarised in the following sections. Service systems Operations strategy Manufacturing Successful manufacturers Product-service systems Servitization Operations management Manufacturing systems The evolution of manufacturing industry has...

... on the reviewed studies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Economic‐lot scheduling problem Scheduling Lot‐sizing Review Production scheduling Operations management Economic‐lot scheduling problem (ELSP) aims to find a cyclical (i.e. repetitive) scheduling policy for producing several...

... to capture the condition of the assets and to feed this information back to the PSS operations management which, in turn, will be used to plan a maintenance regime, spare parts provision, as well as to mitigate the dynamic behaviour which commonly occurs in PSS. Simulation modelling, driven by asset health...

... (Das et al., 2010a, b) in terms of objectives but followed a similar methodology to evaluate the assembly line arrangements. Biman Das can be contacted at: biman.das@dal.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Assembly lines Operations management Assembly line balancing...

... suppliers in production system design by means of design information is an area that has been rarely addressed in academia and industry. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Sweden Manufacturing industries Manufacturing systems Information dissemination Operations management Production...

... time between machines into consideration. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Constant work in process Approximate regenerative model Simulation Robustness Intermediate bulk container Distribution management Operations management Since the first description of constant‐work...

...Khairy A.H. Kobbacy; Sunil Vadera; Khairy A.H. Kobbacy; Sunil Vadera Purpose The use of AI for operations management, with its ability to evolve solutions, handle uncertainty and perform optimisation continues to be a major field of research. The growing body of publications over the last two...

... to illuminate features and to identify core competencies of future industrial firms, which are in the pursuit of innovation and sustainable competitive advantage in the twenty‐first century. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Competences Operations management Manufacturing industries Customer...

..., printing, A/C and heating, and a few others. Appendix 1 shows information about all plants in terms of industry type, company's product line, plant's main products, etc. Lean production Operations management China Manufacturing industries To stay competitive, companies facing today's levels...

... of selected warehouse operations, and sourcing from reliable manufacturers may result in important performance improvements for centralised warehousing. Originality/value It is proved that SD is a valuable tool in the field of operations management, not only to support strategic evaluations but also...

... functional products, or both. Regardless of strategic focus, however, an efficient production process ensures that production costs can be kept low with subsequent higher profit margins and less price sensitivity. Process management Operations management Supplier relations Manufacturing industries...

..., but rather as a business strategy” (Breyfogle, 2003, p. 2). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Six sigma Operations management Performance management McAdam et al. (2005) view process based characteristics of Six Sigma as having mechanistic process‐based components...

... customers and are often referred to as “an assembly line in the head” (Taylor and Bain, 1999). Call centres Operations management Case studies Customer service management Many of the techniques employed in contact centres originate from manufacturing's past with some contact centre scholars...

...Michel Leseure; Mel Hudson‐Smith; Jérôme Chandes; Gilles Paché Purpose The purpose of this paper is to underline the advantages offered by applying the collective strategy model in the context of humanitarian logistics, enriching the existing benefits that operations management and business...