International Journal of Operations & Production Management articles from January 1996

International Journal of Operations & Production Management archives from January 1996

Developing creative teams for operational excellence.
January 1, 1996... Introduction With the accelerating dynamics of competition the key to competitiveness no longer lies in employing strategies which have been successful in the past or in emulating strategies of successful competitors. Real competitive...

An empirical examination of factors influencing JIT success. (just-in-time manufacturing system)
January 1, 1996... Background In today's manufacturing environment, the manufacturing organization is considered an open, productive, dynamic information system. In a highly competitive global business environment, the goal of the manufacturing system is...

Production planning and control system developments in Germany.
January 1, 1996... Manufacturing management in the UK has only comparatively recently taken a step beyond the functionality of the traditional MRPII system. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer-oriented manufacturing systems (COMMS) are two generic...

A note on the structure of the goal-programming model: assessment and evaluation.
January 1, 1996... The growing complexity of today's business competition has awakened US firms to the fact that consumers have become quality and cost oriented. This, in turn, means that the survival of any US firm in the national and international markets...

The application of queuing theory in the analysis of plant layout.
January 1, 1996... Introduction Traditional plant layout is based on functional layout (FL) by which machines are grouped together by function. Such a layout is effective for adequate batch sizes and eases supervision and training requirements. The approach...

Time-based competition: literature review and implications for modelling.
January 1, 1996... Introduction Competition, technological advancement and the changing sophistication of consumers' needs have led to the constant evolution of competitive paradigms. In this evolution, time-based competition has emerged apparently as the...

Workload smoothing in a bottleneck job shop.
January 1, 1996... Introduction Most of the research on job shops has focused on sequencing rules in isolation from order review release (ORR) and planning activities. Jobs arrive randomly and are released to the shopfloor immediately, bypassing the planning...