International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 33 Issue 8

Assessing complexity of supply chains: evidence from wholesalers

Sander de Leeuw, Ruud Grotenhuis, Ad R. van Goor

The purpose of this paper is to discuss complexity assessment in supply chains, to describe a methodology for measuring supply chain complexity in distributive trade and to…

Environmental protection and financial performance: an empirical analysis in Wales

Jerónimo de Burgos‐Jiménez, Diego Vázquez‐Brust, José A. Plaza‐Úbeda, Jeroen Dijkshoorn

This paper analyses the relationship between environmental protection and mid‐term financial performance, focusing on when and why this relationship is positive. In particular…

Converging production models: the STS versus lean production debate revisited

Mandar Dabhilkar, Pär Åhlström

Against the background of the often politicized debate on the advantages and disadvantages of production models based on sociotechnical systems (STS) theory and lean production…

Selection of tailored practices for supply chain management

Ana Cristina Barros, Ana Paula Barbosa‐Póvoa, Edgar E. Blanco

The purpose of this paper is to investigate what hinders businesses to achieve superior supply chain performance and how this knowledge may be used in the process of selection of…

Enterprise resource planning, operations and management: Enabling and constraining ERP and the role of the production and operations manager

Kim Sundtoft Hald, Jan Mouritsen

This research aims to explore the enabling and constraining effects of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and speculate on how these can be linked to the four generic…