International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 22 Issue 8

Structuring international service operations: A theoretical framework and a case study in the IT‐sector

Bert Meijboom, Migon Houtepen

The specific challenges with which companies pursuing international manufacturing strategies are faced, if their output also contains a service dimension, are addressed. A…

Development of engineering structures for scheduling and control of aircraft maintenance

P. Samaranayake, G.S. Lewis, E.R.A. Woxvold, D. Toncich

This paper documents research and development that were undertaken as collaboration between the Industrial Research Institute of Swinburne University of Technology (IRIS), Armor…

Effect of the characteristics of the purchased products in JIT purchasing implementation

Javier González‐Benito

JIT purchasing, like many other trends in supply management, is not applicable to just any circumstances; rather, its implementation responds to particular factors. Focusing on…

Technological knowledge maturity, innovation and productivity

Paul F. Skilton, Kevin Dooley

This paper develops theory about the relationship between innovation and productivity improvements when technological knowledge is mature. By combining theory about organizational…

Empirical study of second‐tier automotive suppliers achieving QS‐9000 Reference No. 718

Dana Johnson

Major original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the international automotive industry require their first‐tier suppliers to obtain QS‐9000 registration. One of the requirements…

Identifying manufacturing flexibility best practices in small and medium enterprises

Alberto Petroni, Maurizio Bevilacqua

Most of previous research on manufacturing flexibility has been conceptual by nature and finalized to build analytical models and only a small percentage of the studies have…