International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 18 Issue 7

Regional report on operations management in Spain

Jaume Ribera

Considers the current status of operations management in Spain. Describes educational opportunities in the field, looks at operations management and research and concludes with a…

Operations management in Italy

Alberto De Toni, Roberto Filippini

Reports on the current operations management situation in Italy. Includes a brief historical review looking back to the 1950s. Considers the development of research and education…

Development of operations management in Pakistan

Abdul Raouf

Looks at the development of operations management in Pakistan. Notes that 85 per cent of manufacturing companies in the country are small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) with…

A report on operations management in India

Prem Vrat

Notes that the opening up of the Indian economy has led to challenges for industry in terms of needs to improve in quality, cost and response time. Looks at the current situation…

Computer‐based technologies to support operations management in Hong Kong

T.C.E. Cheng, E.W.T. Ngai

Presents the findings of two surveys of computer‐based technologies to support operations management (OM) in Hong Kong. One of the surveys is to examine the status of the use of…

Regional report ‐ Brazil and Latin America

Afonso Fleury

States that operations and production management is deeply rooted in Brazilian education where the first course in production engineering dates from 1958. Considers the nature of…

Operations management: internationalization and interdisciplinary integration

Richard B. Chase, Alex Zhang

Looks at operations management with a particular focus on the west coast of the USA. Considers two aspects: the first being curriculum development and the second relating to…

Operations management in the USA

Jack Meredith, Aleda Roth

Relates the current situation with regard to operations management in the USA by reporting on journal submissions and course popularity. Notes that the areas most popular in terms…

The state of operations management in the UK ‐ a personal view

Colin New

Notes the emergence of major centres of excellence as a sign of the health of operations management as a discipline in the UK. Cites various institutions and their particular…