International Journal of Operations & Production Management articles from January 1997

International Journal of Operations & Production Management archives from January 1997

Operations and production management on the Internet.
January 1, 1997... You may have noticed that recent editions of the International Journal of Operations & Production Management have indicated its presence on the Internet. Enter the Internet world of IJOPM and you will find editorial details, calls for papers,...

Classics in production and operations management.
January 1, 1997... Introduction Central to the establishment of a formal discipline is the identification of the body of fundamental knowledge underlying that discipline. Most disciplines within the overall "business" supra-discipline have identified the...

The seven value stream mapping tools.
January 1, 1997... Introduction Work carried out in the first Supply Chain Development Programme (SCDP I), together with early work in the second programme (SCDP II), has shown that in order fully to understand the different value streams[1] in which the...

Manufacturing competitive priorities and productivity: an empirical study.
January 1, 1997... Introduction With intensified global competition, manufacturing facilities will, out of necessity and either implicitly or explicitly, develop competitive manufacturing strategies that naturally will meet with varying degrees of success. It...

A framework for proactive performance measurement system introduction.
January 1, 1997... Introduction As the drive to become world-class has progressed and intensified there has been recognition that, if manufacturing is to be used as a competitive weapon[1], then the shopfloor and the production cell will have key roles to play...

Total quality management in an R&D environment.
January 1, 1997... Introduction Total quality management (TQM) is an integrative management philosophy aimed at continuously improving the quality of products and processes to meet or exceed customer expectations[1]. Researchers show that, in an increasingly...

Quality costing: the application of the process model within a manufacturing environment.
January 1, 1997... Introduction The work discussed in this paper relates to a collaborative programme for quality improvement between a large engineering company and a university. In order to ensure a good foundation for improvement and sufficient management...

Forecasting in US firms: a role for TQM? (total quality management)
January 1, 1997... During the last few decades, research in forecasting has focused on new methodologies and on improving forecast accuracy. Implementation of forecasting has been less emphasized. The forecasting literature has suggested what forecasting methods...

The values of TQM in the revised ISO 9000 quality system. (total quality management)
January 1, 1997... ISO 9000 background The ISO 9000 series of quality management and quality assurance standards are published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which is based in Geneva. The standards were published in 1987 and based...