International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 9 Issue 1

Implementation of Just‐in‐time Systems in US Manufacturing Firms

Jin H. Im, Sang M. Lee

Impressed by the remarkable improvement in productivity by Japanesemanufacturing companies, many leading American counterparts areimplementing their Just‐in‐time (JIT) systems…

A Case Study of the Typical Issues Involved in Quality Improvement

F.J. Instone, B.G. Dale

Work carried out to develop a quality improvement programme in acustomised manufacturing situation is reported on. There were manyinfluences on the host company that made quality…

Understanding Production Systems through Human Simulation: Experiencing JIC (Just‐in‐case) JIT (Just‐in‐time) and OPT (Optimised‐Production‐Technology) Production Systems

Nesa L'abbe Wu

Teaching students basic differences among various productionsystems, such as the American JIC (Just‐in‐case) system, the JapaneseJIT (Just‐in‐time) system and the latest…

Designing Efficient and Manageable Public Professional Service Processes

Jean Harvey

The opportunities, constraints and limitations of transferring anoperations management approach to public professional services areillustrated through a detailed analysis of two…

Improving Forecasting Accuracy through Trading Day Adjustment

Peter W. Stonebraker, Pricha Pantumsinchai

The effects of trading day adjustment techniques to improveforecasting accuracy are investigated. The results of forecasting fromdirectly generated monthly data are compared with…

The Life Profile of Stock as a Control Measure

K.G. Lockyer, R.M. Wynne

The control of “Raw Materials and Consumables” isfrequently the responsibility of the Production/ Operations Manager.Figures are given for the magnitude of these, both nationally…

Inventory Control and Inflation: A Review

Andrew Wirth

A recent British study has shown that stock control based onreorder level/cycle is the most commonly used operational researchtechnique in manufacturing industry. However, a…