International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 6 Issue 4

Evolving Global Manufacturing Strategies: Projections into the 1990s

Kasra Ferdows, Jeffrey G. Miller, Jinichiro Nakane, Thomas E. Vollmann

Large manufacturers in Western Europe, North America and Japan show similarities and differences in their manufacturing strategies. A survey of nearly 1,500 large manufacturers in…

Implementing Manufacturing Technology: A Manufacturing Strategy Approach

Christopher A. Voss

If the use of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is to be successful it is vital to give proper consideration to implementation. Failure usually results because…

Changing Manufacturing Technologies and Policies, and the Role of Manufacturing Managers

Ray Wild

Changing manufacturing policy and manufacturing technology has had serious implications for production managers. A survey to identify the nature and extent of the impact of…

Operations Management of Human Resources in the 1990s

Mark Goodridge

British operations management should place greater emphasis on maintaining employee relations. Advanced manufacturing systems pose people problems as well as technical problems…

Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Management Development

M.R. Harrison

The introduction of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the long‐term development of Computer Integrated Manufacture (CIM) present challenges to those engineers and…

Changing Relationships at the R & D/Production Interface

John McIntosh

The core of any manufacturing company is formed by production, marketing and research and development (R&D). In the future production and R&D need to integrate their efforts to…

Developer/Adopter Relationships in the Adoption of CAD/CAM Systems: Implications for Operations Management

Roger A. More

The successful development of innovative new CAD/CAM systems is critical to the future viability of many companies. CAD/CAM systems represent one of the fastest growing, highest…