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Production/Operations Management: Research Process and Content during the 1980s
Andy NeelyIt has been argued that production/operations management (P/OM)emerged as a true functional field of management only during the 1980s.If this is the case then one can hypothesize…
Dealing with the Uncertainties of Manufacturing: Flexibility, Buffers and Integration
W. Rocky Newman, Mark Hanna, Mary Jo MaffeiProvides an empirically based discussion of the uncertainties facedby typical manufacturing firms and how they attempt to accommodate thatuncertainty through increased…
Design Considerations of Automated Guided Vehicle Systems in a Cellular Manufacturing Environment
R.J.V. LeeDescribes a company‐based PhD project into the use of automatedguided vehicles in a small‐batch manufacturing environment. The projectled to a balanced‐cell methodology to…
Production Processes and Organizational Policies
Samuel WathenThe Profit Impact of Marketing Strategy (PIMS) database was used totest the relationship between production process type (small batch,large batch/assembly, and continuous) and…
Comprehensive Situation Mapping for Robot Evaluation and Selection
O. Felix Offodile, William AcarSelecting the best robot for various applications is furthercomplicated by the impracticality of physically modelling availablerobots in order to make an educated choice. Various…
A Conceptual Model of Manufacturing Focus
Cecil C. BozarthDespite the importance given to manufacturing focus in theliterature, the subject area continues to suffer from three interrelatedproblems: lack of agreement with regard to the…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen