| Article ID: | iaor19932501 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 4 |
| End Page Number: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1992 |
| Journal: | OR Insight |
| Authors: | Sykes G. |
| Keywords: | project management |
This article examines how an offshoot of the Operations Research Society of America has become an effective vehicle for airing production and operations management (POM) issues in the United States. It discusses the POM issues which American academics and industrialists find important when facing recession and the Japanese challenge. Finally, it notes that universal agreement on means of meeting POM challenges has not been achieved.