International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 18 Issue 4

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Table of contents

Identifying effective PMSs for the deployment of “green” manufacturing strategies

Giovanni Azzone, Giuliano Noci

Environmental issues are rapidly emerging as one of the most important topics in strategic manufacturing decisions. Growing public awareness and increasing government interest in…

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Theory of constraints: A review of the philosophy and its applications

Shams‐ur Rahman

A new approach to the management of production and operations was developed by Goldratt in the late 1970s. Now known as the theory of constraints (TOC), it provides a coherent…

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Longitudinal linkages between intended and realized operations strategies

Kenneth K. Boyer

Compares the intended operations strategy of 112 manufacturing plants in the metal‐working industries with the realized strategy, as measured by investments designed to improve…

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Core manufacturing capabilities and their links to product differentiation

Morgan Swink, W. Harvey Hegarty

Notes that substantive relationships between dimensions of competition and supportive manufacturing strengths have not been clearly established. Existing priorities‐based models…

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Manufacturing strategy and the concept of world class manufacturing

Alan Harrison

The concept of world class manufacturing is examined in terms of the definitions which have been developed in recent survey based research. A fundamental flaw in such approaches…

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Cover of International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN:

0144-3577

Online date, start – end:

1980

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Tobias Schoenherr
  • Prof. Constantin Blome
  • Robert D. Klassen