International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 33 Issue 11/12

The servitization of manufacturing: A systematic literature review of interdependent trends

Howard Lightfoot, Tim Baines, Palie Smart

The servitization of manufacturing is a diverse and complex field of research interest. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative and organising lens for viewing the…

A decision methodology to support servitisation of manufacturing

Aurora Dimache, Thomas Roche

This paper aims to present a decision support methodology named TraPSS (transition along the PSS continuum) to aid manufacturing companies planning to increase servitisation of…

Managing enterprises and ERP systems: a contingency model for the enterprization of operations

Ben Clegg, Yi Wan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems development and emerging practices in the management of enterprises (i.e. parts of companies…

ERP systems in lean production: new insights from a review of lean and ERP literature

Daryl Powell

Faced with increasing global competition and growing customer expectations, manufacturers looking for significant performance improvements often look to one of the two choices…

Company-specific production systems and competitive advantage: A resource-based view on the Volvo production system

Torbjørn H. Netland, Arild Aspelund

In order to improve competitiveness on a global scale, multinational enterprises increasingly develop a company-specific production system (XPS) and deploy it in their worldwide…

Supply chain professionals: A study of competencies, use of technologies, and future challenges

Daniel Prajogo, Amrik Sohal

This paper aims to report the results of a study focusing on the competencies and skills of supply chain managers, their use of supply chain technologies and future challenges in…

The role of management consultancy in implementing operations management in the public sector

Zoe Radnor, Joe O'Mahoney

This paper reflects on the growing trend of engaging management consultancies in implementing operations management innovations in the public sector. Whilst the differences…

Understanding high-value manufacturing in Scottish SMEs

Jillian MacBryde, Steve Paton, Ben Clegg

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of high-value manufacturing (HVM) concepts in Scottish SMEs and define how they are being used to gain competitive advantage…

Generating organisational performance: The contributing effects of performance measurement and human resource management practices

Mike Bourne, Andrey Pavlov, Monica Franco-Santos, Lorenzo Lucianetti, Matteo Mura

This paper aims to advance the current debates on the effect of performance measurement (PM) in the operations management domain. In order to accomplish that, it investigates the…

Performance measurement to drive improvements in healthcare practice

Mattias Elg, Klara Palmberg Broryd, Beata Kollberg

– The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge base on how performance measurement drives improvements in healthcare practice.

Trends in modern operations management

Ben Clegg, Jillian MacBryde, Prasanta Dey