International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 23 Issue 3

Strategy‐managerial characteristics alignment and performance: A manufacturing perspective

Ravi Kathuria, Stephen J. Porth

Prior research of the influence of “upper echelon” managers has confirmed the importance of matching the characteristics of senior executives with the requirements of their…

Focused cellular manufacturing: an alternative to cellular manufacturing

Fahad Al‐Mubarak, Basheer M. Khumawala, Cem Canel

This paper is aimed at comparing cellular manufacturing with focused cellular manufacturing. We define focused cellular manufacturing as a layout scheme that groups components by…

Application of value delivery system (VDS) and performance benchmarking in flexible business process reengineering

Winco Kam‐Chuen Yung, Danny Ting‐Hong Chan

The new management concept of flexible business process reengineering (FBPR) may be defined as a methodology that combines the best of three management tools – positioning…

Supply chain implications of modularization

Desmond Doran

This paper explores the development of modular supply within the automotive sector with particular emphasis on the impact that modularization is likely to have on the value‐adding…

BPR: alive and well in the public sector

Robert MacIntosh

This paper examines three business process re‐engineering (BPR) projects, one conducted in the private sector and two conducted in the UK's higher education sector. The broad aim…