International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 5 Issue 4

Comparative Analysis of Japanese Just‐In‐Time Purchasing and Traditional US Purchasing Systems

Sang M. Lee, A. Ansari

The contrast between Japanese purchasing practices and US traditional purchasing practices provides a good insight into the relative importance of JIT for US firms. Since the…

Achieving Computing Simplicity for Integrated Operations Management

T.A.J. Nicholson, R.G. Garside

In the operations management field, where data are always second best to reality, the whole success of a computing scheme will depend on the motivation of the users. A scheme is…

Two Lot‐sizing Heuristics for the Case of Deterministic Time‐varying Demands

James H. Bookbinder, Jin‐Yan Tan

Two lot‐sizing heuristics are proposed for deterministic time‐varying demands, a case commonly encountered in requirements planning systems. The first heuristic simplifies the…

Factors Which Influence the Success of Quality Circle Programmes in the United Kingdom

B.G. Dale, J. Lees

What constitutes a success, survivor, or failure regarding UK quality circle programmes, is not a clear‐cut issue, according to results from four questionnaire‐based surveys…

Discounted Cash Flow and Life Cycle Costing for Construction Projects

C.W. Neale, G. Wagstaff

Life Cycle Costing (LCC) offers many advantages over other techniques but the time‐span over which the study must be undertaken and the uncertainty involved probably detract from…

The Effects of Non‐Constant Purchase and Replenishment Costs on the EOQ Model

Robert M. Brown, Martin E. Moser

This paper examines the sensitivity of the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) inventory model to lot size errors when the purchase cost per unit, C, and the replenishment cost per…