Toward a theory of competencies for the management of product complexity: Six case studiesJournal of Operations Management - Tập 26 - Trang 590-610 - 2008
David J. Closs, Mark A. Jacobs, Morgan Swink, G. Scott Webb
AbstractBusiness units in six Fortune 500 companies were studied to develop better understanding regarding drivers of product portfolio complexity and the means to manage them. Our research focuses on identifying important competencies for managing product portfolio complexity and on the development of appropriate theoretical explanations. W...... hiện toàn bộ
Modularity, product variety, production volume, and component sourcing: theorizing beyond generic prescriptionsJournal of Operations Management - Tập 20 - Trang 549-575 - 2002
F Salvador, C Forza, M Rungtusanatham
AbstractResearch in operations management suggests that firms can mitigate the negative impact of product variety on operational performance by deliberately pursuing modularity in the design of product family architectures. However, modularity is not a dichotomous property of a product, as different types of modularity can be embedded into a...... hiện toàn bộ
Offshoring technology innovation: A case study of rare‐earth technologyJournal of Operations Management - Tập 26 - Trang 222-238 - 2008
Brian J. Fifarek, Francisco M. Veloso, Cliff I. Davidson
AbstractMany US firms are improving their individual competitiveness by offshoring manufacturing operations, services and, increasingly, knowledge work. Although research to date has maintained that these practices are beneficial to the offshoring firm and national economies, by reducing costs and expanding markets, little is known about the...... hiện toàn bộ
User acceptance of complex electronic market mechanisms: Role of information feedbackJournal of Operations Management - Tập 31 - Trang 489-503 - 2013
Gediminas Adomavicius, Shawn P. Curley, Alok Gupta, Pallab Sanyal
AbstractThis paper broadens the scope of evaluating the design of economic mechanisms that is traditionally done solely from an economic perspective. We introduce and demonstrate the application of acceptability to evaluate complex economic mechanisms. In particular, we apply our approach...... hiện toàn bộ
An Investigation of Justice in supply chain relationships and their performance impactJournal of Operations Management - Tập 31 - Trang 236-247 - 2013
Ram Narasimhan, Sriram Narayanan, Ravi Srinivasan
AbstractJustice is important in improving performance of supply chain relationships. However, the role of justice in improving performance in supply chain relationships is an under‐investigated subject in the literature. In studying the joint impact of justice dimensions, the traditional assumption is that the three forms of justice interact...... hiện toàn bộ
Using decision modeling to examine management consensus: A study of a maintenance management control systemJournal of Operations Management - Tập 3 - Trang 93-98 - 1983
Michael J. Stahl, Thomas W. Zimmerer
AbstractUsing a decision modeling approach, this research examined differences across levels of management in a large construction company concerning the criteria for a maintenance management control system. The six criteria were cost efficiency, productivity improvement, materials management, unification of work control, planning and scheduling, and information an...... hiện toàn bộ
Operations as marketing: A competitive service strategyJournal of Operations Management - Tập 10 - Trang 303-328 - 1991
Aleda V. Roth
AbstractThis paper presents a competitive service strategy paradigm which explicitly considers the strategic role of operations as a competitive weapon. This service strategy paradigm draws upon the prevailing manufacturing strategy literature in its definition of strategic operations choices and critical success factors. We show that to make a service delivery sys...... hiện toàn bộ
Research opportunities in service process designJournal of Operations Management - Tập 20 - Trang 189-202 - 2002
Arthur V Hill, David A Collier, Craig M Froehle, John C Goodale, Richard D Metters, Rohit Verma
AbstractThis paper presents an overview of the new issues and research opportunities related to four service operations design topics—the design of retail and e‐tail service processes, design of service processes involving waiting lines and workforce staffing, service design for manufacturing, and re‐engineering service processes. All four t...... hiện toàn bộ