International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 10 Issue 1

FMS Implementation Management: Promise and Performance

Harry Boer, Malcolm Hill, Koos Krabbendam

Although the demand for Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) isstill growing, only a few companies are reported to have operationalexperience with these systems over a long…

Just‐in‐Time: The Issue of Implementation

D. Harber, D.A. Samson, A.S. Sohal, A. Wirth

Western manufacturing firms have shown considerable interest in thejust‐in‐time (JIT) philosophy in recent years. The most critical issuefacing firms in the West is that of JIT…

A Feasibility Study of JIT Purchasing Implementation in a Manufacturing Facility

Yash P. Gupta

The just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing system has been demonstrated as amechanism to reduce inventory carrying cost and improve the quality ofincoming materials. One major limitation…

Computer Integrated Flexible Manufacturing: An Implementation Framework

Sunil Babbar, Arun Rai

The concept of flexibility in computer integrated manufacturing isintroduced. A production control hierarchy is developed as anevolutionary method towards computer integrated…

Selecting and Evaluating Cost‐effective MRP and MRPII

P.L. Primrose

Investment appraisal is shown to be an essential and integral partof the process of selecting the optimum Material Requirements Planning(MRP) or Manufacturing Resources Planning…

Implementing Industrial Engineering Policies: A Systems Management Perspective

Kam B. Chung

The iterative nature of the industrial engineering (IE) processrequires that it be given managerial direction. This can be achievedthrough the development of IE policies as an…