International Journal of Operations & Production Management articles from November 1995

International Journal of Operations & Production Management archives from November 1995

Manufacturing strategies in Hungarian industry: the effects of transition from planned to market economy.
November 1, 1995... Introduction There have been fundamental economic and social changes in all Eastern and Central European countries in the last half decade. These changes have obviously had a great effect on manufacturing strategy. In this article we briefly...

The development of manufacturing strategy in a turbulent environment.
November 1, 1995... Introduction The number of "case studies" reported in the manufacturing strategy process literature does not match the increased importance of the theme. Moreover, the authors in the field generally prescribe what to do but do not always...

Current issues in business process re-engineering.
November 1, 1995... Introduction Over the past five years business process re-engineering (BPR) has emerged as a popular approach used by organizations seeking improvements in their business performance. Interest in BPR was sparked by Hammer who wrote a seminal...

Strategic networks: morphology, epistemology and praxis.
November 1, 1995... Introduction: in search of a theory Operations management is undergoing a transformation; its traditional horizons are stretching beyond the boundaries of the single productive system[1-3]. The operational linkages between organizations and...

Employee reactions to JIT manufacturing practices: a two-phase investigation. (just-in-time)
November 1, 1995... Introduction It is widely suggested that the adoption of just-in-time JIT) leads to marked improvements in an organization's competitiveness and ability to respond to rapid fluctuations in market demand. JIT incorporates a variety of...

Change processes towards lean production: the role of the remuneration system.
November 1, 1995... Introduction This is a study of a major change process -- the implementation of lean production. It took Toyota decades to develop and implement its celebrated production system. Many western companies are now trying to accomplish this task...

Developing a logistics strategy through participative business modelling.
November 1, 1995... Introduction It has long been common knowledge that developing an effective operations strategy can be a highly complex undertaking[1,2]. This complexity is of both a technical nature and an organizational nature. In the past decades,...