International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

Strategic manufacturing effectiveness: An empirical study based on the Hayes‐Wheelwright framework

Sin‐Hoon Hum, Lay‐Hong Leow

Hayes and Wheelwright, in postulating a more proactive strategic role of manufacturing, provided a four‐stage framework for the evaluation of manufacturing effectiveness. Reports…

A framework for analysing supply chain improvement

Stephen J. New

Presents a classification scheme which allows the interpretation of supply chain improvement initiatives. While there is an abundance of anecdotal evidence, there is little…

Using quality function deployment in manufacturing strategic planning

Thomas J. Crowe, Chao‐Chun Cheng

Describes efforts to extend the use of quality function deployment (QFD) to manufacturing strategy development. QFD uses a house of quality to translate the “voice of the…

A mixed‐integer programming approach for the international facilities location problem

Cem Canel, Basheer M. Khumawala

For many years, facilities location problems have attracted a great deal of attention in the literature. As a result, there is now a variety of methods for solving these problems…

An empirical exploration of the relationship between manufacturing strategy and environmental management: Two complementary models

W. Rocky Newman, Mark D. Hanna

Explores the interrelationships between environmental issues and manufacturing strategy. Based on the theoretical underpinnings of previous work in the field of manufacturing…

Implementation, problems, success and longevity of quality circle programmes: A study of 95 UK organizations

J.A.A. Sillince, G.M.H. Sykes, Deol P. Singh

One problem in studying quality circles (QCs) is the shortage of objective measures of success. Another is the fact that many previous studies have been longitudinal but based on…

How many units will be short when stockout occurs?

Belarmino Adenso‐Díaz

In stochastic inventory management, when calculating the safety stock necessary to ensure a service level, use of the partial expectation function, which is tabulated in the…