International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

Manufacturing operations and strategic flexibility: survey and cases

Roger Beach, Alan P. Muhlemann, David H.R. Price, Andrew Paterson, John A. Sharp

The ability of manufacturing companies to adapt to their changing environment is frequently a key to long‐term success. As a consequence the strategic flexibility of manufacturing…

R&D to operations transition management

Shaukat A. Brah, John L. Hunsucker

This paper outlines some strategic considerations in the transition of an organization from essentially a research and development or design environment to an operational or…

A reusable enterprise model

B. Yu, J.A. Harding, K. Popplewell

Enterprise activities are intricate, as companies often produce multiple product families which require a complex mixture of production modes. Modelling techniques are commonly…

A contingent approach to the design of vendor selection systems for different types of co‐operative customer/supplier relationships

Cristina Masella, Andrea Rangone

Literature on supply chain management has been recently stressing the need for co‐operation and integration between suppliers and customers, highlighting the critical role played…

Design, coordination and control of hybrid factories: Research issues from an exploratory field study

Ken Doerr, Michael J. Magazine

In this paper, the authors elaborate the notion of a hybrid factory: factories in which some production capacity is dedicated to process‐oriented manufacturing, and some is…

Systematic approach to activity based costing of the production planning activity in the book manufacturing industry

Curtis Walker, Nesa L’abbe Wu

This paper justifies the need for moving indirect production planning costing in the book manufacturing industry toward direct production planning costing. Principles of activity…