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Operations strategy and business strategy alignment model (case of Iranian industries)
Sohrab Khalili Shavarini, Hossain Salimian, Jamshid Nazemi, Mahmood AlborziThe purpose of this paper here is to present an operational model that establishes the necessary relationship between business strategy and operations strategy. Accordingly…
An instrument for assessing lean service adoption
Malin Malmbrandt, Pär ÅhlströmThe purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically validate an instrument containing operational measures of lean service. The instrument is intended for use by both…
Characteristics of established kaizen event programs: an empirical study
Wiljeana J. Glover, Wen‐Hsing Liu, Jennifer A. Farris, Eileen M. Van AkenDespite the increased adoption and reported benefits of kaizen event (KE) programs, there is a lack of empirical research documenting their design, implementation and outcomes, as…
The impact of organization ownership structure on JIT implementation and production operations performance
Zhixiang Chen, Kim Hua TanThe purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the relationships among organization ownership structure, implementation of just‐in‐time (JIT), and production operations…
Organizing warehouse management
N. Faber, M.B.M. de Koster, A. SmidtsThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how warehouse management, understood as a cluster of planning and control decisions and procedures, is organized and driven by task…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen