International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 26 Issue 11

Performance improvement through supply chain collaboration in Europe

Ann Vereecke, Steve Muylle

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the relationship between supply chain (SC) collaboration and performance improvement.

Sequences of improvement in supply networks: case studies from the pharmaceutical industry

Pamela Danese, Pietro Romano, Andrea Vinelli

The aim of the current study is to develop an understanding of the decisional process that leads a company, at a given point in time, to choose the subsequent supply chain…

ERP implementation efforts at three firms: Integrating lessons from the SISP and IT‐enabled change literature

Cecil Bozarth

To compare actual company ERP implementation practices with the prescriptions found in the strategic information systems planning (SISP) and IT‐enabled change management…

The moderating effects of information technology sophistication on services practice and performance

Seán de Búrca, Brian Fynes, Teresa Brannick

To investigate the relationship between service practices, service performance, business performance and information technology (IT) sophistication.

Operations management themes, concepts and relationships: a forward retrospective of IJOPM

Alan Pilkington, Robert Fitzgerald

The purpose of this paper to investigate the major themes of operations management by analysing citations in IJOPM. It aims to discuss changes in the discipline's sub‐fields and…

Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

David Bamford

Editorial

Professor Andrew Taylor, Dr Margaret Webster