International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 7 Issue 6

Goal Setting in the Management of Operations

Edna M. White, Benito Flores

This paper addresses the importance of goal setting in the operations function. The importance of goal setting and its possible role in the implementation and operation of…

A Study of Quality Circles in White Collar Areas

A.I. Temple, B.G. Dale

A recent research project on white collar quality circles in manufacturing industry was carried out because previous research at UMIST indicated that white collar circles were…

A Critique of Some Current Assembly Line Balancing Techniques

T.K. Bhattacharjee, S. Sahu

This paper briefly reviews the assembly line balancing techniques developed over the last 30 years. It attempts to establish the direction of research, to identify unexplored…

Flexible Manufacturing Systems and Manufacturing Flexibility in the United Kingdom

S.H. Lim

Flexible manufacturing systems are being implemented at a rapidly increasing rate. A study of management issues arising from the implementation of flexible manufacturing systems…

An Investigation of Bottleneck Position in a Multi‐Stage Job Shop

Timothy D. Fry, Patrick R. Philipoom, G. Keong Leong, Allen E. Smith

In this paper, the authors investigate the effects bottleneck machines have on the performance of a multi‐stage job shop. The operation performed by the bottleneck and its…

Separating the Cost of Capital from the Other Carrying Charges in a Discounting Formulation of the EOQ Problem

Donald C. Aucamp

The standard EOQ problem is studied from a cash flow point of view. The present value of the stream of cash disbursements is minimised, where the discount rate is the cost of…