International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 26 Issue 10

Implementation issues influencing the decision to adopt postponement

Gregory A. Graman, Michael J. Magazine

Postponement (also known as delayed product differentiation) has been shown to be an effective supply chain strategy from an inventory‐reduction, service‐level improvement…

The effect of supply chain integration on the alignment between corporate competitive capability and supply chain operational capability

Soo Wook Kim

The purpose of this research is to identify the shape of the interactive relationship between corporate competitive capability and supply chain operational capability for…

Managing a hotel's perishable inventory using bid prices

Stephen I. Harewood

To determine conditions under which a hotel in Barbados can benefit from the use of revenue management.

The refinement of design for manufacture: inclusion of process design

Qiang Lu, Lincoln Wood

There are three distinct functions in the product realisation chain (product design, process design, and process execution) and thus there are two interfaces (product design �…

The effects of ISO 9001 on firms' productive efficiency

Dimitris Tzelepis, Kostas Tsekouras, Dimitris Skuras, Efthalia Dimara

This work sets out to explore the effects of ISO 9001 on productive efficiency of firms.