International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 16 Issue 1

Developing creative teams for operational excellence

Rainer Feurer, Kazem Chaharbaghi, John Wargin

Contends that, with the accelerating dynamics of competition and a move of organizations towards more dynamic approaches to strategy formulation and implementation, creativity…

An empirical examination of factors influencing JIT success

Mahmoud M. Yasin, Marwan A. Wafa

Investigates empirically the impact of the different facets of manufacturing subsystems on just‐in‐time (JIT) success. Uses a sample of 130 large US manufacturing firms to test…

Production planning and control system developments in Germany

J.K. Porter, P. Jarvis, D. Little, J. Laakmann, C. Hannen, M. Schotten

Discusses briefly the impact of MRP on UK manufacturing industry in the context of the next generation of developments. Draws a contrast with production planning and control…

A note on the structure of the goal‐programming model: assessment and evaluation

Ahmed K. Rifai

Goal programming is an extension of linear programming. Suggests that, although linear programming is used widely in decision‐making processes, it has a major limitation which…

The application of queuing theory in the analysis of plant layout

C.E.R. Wainwright

In certain manufacturing categories the type of plant layout to adopt is determined by the type of production process. However, within multi‐product mid‐volume environments the…

Time‐based competition: literature review and implications for modelling

Sin‐Hoon Hum, Hoon‐Hong Sim

Competition, technological advancement and the sophistication of consumers’ needs have led to the evolution of competitive paradigms, in which, time‐based competition apparently…

Workload smoothing in a bottleneck job shop

Gary J. Salegna, Paul S. Park

Examines the planning and scheduling systems in an integrative framework for a dual resource constrained (DRC) job shop. Models a bottleneck shop environment which represents a…