International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 16 Issue 12

Advanced manufacturing technologies: Determinants of implementation success

Godwin J. Udo, Ike C. Ehie

Observes that in response to the growing global competition, many manufacturing companies are in the process of adopting advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) to improve their…

Expert systems in production and operations management: Current applications and future prospects

Vaidyanathan Jayaraman, Rajesh Srivastava

Defines an expert system (ES) as a decision‐making tool that captures perishable expertise from an expert and stores this knowledge in the computer, and also as a computer system…

Operationalizing manufacturing strategy: An exploratory study of constructs and linkage

Jay S. Kim, Peter Arnold

Reports that over the past several years, the concept of manufacturing strategy has been at the forefront of both managerial and academic thought, and that studies in the field…

Inventory management of repairable service parts for personal computers: A case study

J. Ashayeri, R. Heuts, A. Jansen, B. Szczerba

Notes, in recent years, an increase of interest in the field of service parts inventory ‐ particularly in the computer industry. Explains that the computer industry is a highly…

Using delay‐time analysis to study the maintenance problem of gearboxes

Francis Leung, Mak Kit‐leung

Uses the technique of delay‐time analysis to model preventive maintenance problems of gearboxes for the Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) Company Limited in Hong Kong. Presents a basic…

A prototype expert system for the evaluation and selection of potential suppliers

Robert J. Vokurka, Joobin Choobineh, Lakshmi Vadi

Suggests that the evaluation and selection of potential suppliers is becoming a more important and critical decision in today’s competitive operating environment. Reveals that…