International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 36 Issue 12

Guest editorial

Manfredi Bruccoleri, Pamela Danese, Giovanni Perrone

Operations and supply chain management: The role of academics and practitioners in the development of research and practice

Paul Coughlan, Domien Draaijer, Janet Godsell, Harry Boer

Based on the combined experiences of operations and supply chain management (O&SCM) scholars and a reflective practitioner, the paper compares, contrasts and reconciles the…

Supply chain evolution – theory, concepts and science

Bart L. MacCarthy, Constantin Blome, Jan Olhager, Jagjit Singh Srai, Xiande Zhao

Supply chains evolve and change in size, shape and configuration, and in how they are coordinated, controlled and managed. Some supply chains are mature and relatively unchanging…

Human resource and customer benefits through sustainable operations

Annachiara Longoni, Raffaella Cagliano

Sustainable operations are increasingly part of firms’ competitive strategies. Research widely investigates the relationship between sustainable operations and competitive…

Exploiting the potential of manufacturing network embeddedness: An OM perspective

Ruggero Golini, Patricia Deflorin, Maike Scherrer

The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance in setting the level of autonomy (i.e. parental control) of plants in a network to enhance operational performance. In particular…

Supply chain information utilisation: conceptualisation and antecedents

Patrik Jonsson, Paulina Myrelid

The purpose of this paper is to define supply chain information utilisation and explore how its antecedents impact shared information utilisation in information receiver’s…

What is the effect of size on the use of the EFQM excellence model?

Ana B. Escrig, Lilian M. de Menezes

By contrasting a contingency with a universal approach to business excellence models (BEMs), the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of size on the use of the…