International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 27 Issue 6

Innovation types and innovation management practices in service companies

Adegoke Oke

The purpose of this study is to investigate the different types of innovation that are predominant in companies in the UK services sector, the degree of innovativeness, the…

Leagile manufacturing: a proposed corporate infrastructure

Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Charlene A. Yauch

To propose a theoretical model of leagile manufacturing as it applies to a single corporate enterprise with multiple business units and to generate research questions stemming…

The strategic influence of structural manufacturing decisions

Begoña Urgal‐González, José Manuel García‐Vázquez

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the implementation of certain structural manufacturing decisions and the importance that is attached to certain…

Concurrent engineering for product development in mass customization for the apparel industry

Doris H. Kincade, Cynthia Regan, Fay Y. Gibson

Firms in the apparel industry seek operational information on ways to implement mass customization. The purpose of this research is to investigate the potential for concurrent…

Managing Service Operations: Design and Implementation

Eunice Maytorena