Journal: Journal of Operations Management

Found 378 papers in total
Outsourcing congruence with competitive priorities: Impact on supply chain and firm performance
2010,
The growth of outsourcing has led outsourcing strategies to become an increasingly...
Competitive strategy in remanufacturing and the impact of take-back laws
2007,
This paper examines the impact of take-back laws within a manufacturer/remanufacturer...
Remaining life estimation of used components in consumer products: Life cycle data analysis by Weibull and artificial neural networks
2007,
Environmental awareness and legislative pressures have made manufacturers responsible...
Characterizing and structuring a new make-to-forecast production strategy
2007,
To date, the theory of production in operations management has lacked a production...
Modeling of residential structure fire response: Exploring the hyper-project
2006,
Emergency service systems such as community fire departments respond to and resolve...
Faster, better, cheaper: A study of new product development project efficiency and performance tradeoffs
2006,
In this paper, we develop a theory of efficiency and performance tradeoffs for new...
Analysis and improvement of delivery operations at the San Francisco Public Library
2006,
Urban public library systems have always transported and delivered library materials...
Impact of role in the decision to fail: An exploratory study of terminated projects
2006,
Our research examines factors used by public service personnel and their contractors...
Optimization of volunteer labor assignments
2006,
Labor is a crucial resource in most organizations. In not-for-profit, public, and...
A comparison of bottling alternatives in the pharmaceutical industry
2006,
This paper presents the results of a case study in a batch production facility for...
Inventory evaluation and product slate management in large-scale continuous process industries
2006,
Managing production and inventory for large-scale continuous processing plants is a...
Information sharing and coordination in make-to-order supply chains
2005,
This research, based on our observations of an industrial vendor–manufacturer...
An evaluation of heuristic methods for determining the best table mix in full-service restaurants
2005,
Little research has been done on the optimal mix of supply in service businesses that...
Responding to schedule changes in build-to-order supply chains
2005,
This multiple case study explores the reaction strategies suppliers use to respond to...
Towards responsive vehicle supply: a simulation-based investigation into automotive scheduling systems
2005,
Vehicle supply has traditionally been based on forecast-driven production, and a large...
Using information on unconstrained student demand to improve university course schedules
2005,
We examine how using information on unconstrained demand can improve operational...
Optimal return policy and modular design for build-to-order products
2005,
A build-to-order product gives the firm the opportunity to customize the product to...
Product Chain Decision Model (PCDM): a decision support modelling methodology for supply chain, product and process design decisions
2005,
While there is considerable pressure to improve the operation of supply chains, their...
Modeling tradeoffs in three-dimensional concurrent engineering: a goal programming approach
2005,
This paper proposes a goal-programming modeling approach to address three-dimensional...
Efficient service location design in government services: A decision support system framework
2005,
This paper presents a decision support system for efficient service location design...
Using worker personality and demographic information to improve system performance prediction
2004,
This paper presents an approach to modeling workers where human performance has a...
Assessing joint maintenance shops in the Taiwanese Army using data envelopment analysis
2004,
This paper proposes an alternative data envelopment analysis (DEA) method for...
Performance implications of assembly work teams
2004,
This paper explores the role of selected workforce management practices in developing...
Assessing the impact of alternative manufacturing layouts in a service setting
2004,
This paper summarizes the results of a project designed to study and ultimately...
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