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Achieving Competitive Edge

Getting Ahead Through Technology and People Proceedings of the OMA-UK Sixth International Conference

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. David Bennett

    1. Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

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  2. Colin Lewis

    1. Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (81 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Operations Strategy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Problems in Operations Strategy Development: Reconciling Theory with Practice

      • Henk A. Akkermans, Johan E. Van Aken
      Pages 3-10

    3. The Role of Education and Training in the Implementation of a Manufacturing Strategy

      • Roy Staughton, Nick Kinnie, Rebecca Smith, Huw Davies
      Pages 11-16

    4. Measuring Product Goal Congruence: A Case Study

      • Andy Neely, John R. Wilson
      Pages 17-22

  3. Materials Control, Supply Chain Management and Logistics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. An Integrated Supply Chain Management Strategy

      • John Griffiths, Hideki Tanabe
      Pages 25-30

    3. Reorganisation of Material Flow for Natural Grouped Assembly Work - Some Principles and Results from Action Research

      • Tomas Engström
      Pages 31-36

    4. A Model for Evaluating Manufacturing System Time Performances

      • Romeo Castagna, Massimiliano Galli
      Pages 37-42

    5. The Impact of Electronic Data Interchange on Inventory Replenishment Policy for a Single Item, Single Supplier, Multiple Buyers System

      • Avijit Banerjee, Snehamay Banerjee
      Pages 43-47

    6. Supply Networks and the Changing Role of Operations Managers

      • Colin G. Armistead, John Mapes
      Pages 48-53

  5. Computer-Aided Management of Operations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Manufacturing-Oriented Simulation for Production Mannagement

      • Shigeki Umeda
      Pages 97-102
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About this book

There is now a widely accepted view among manufacturing and service organisations that 'operations' can provide the means of achieving competitive edge. The OMA-UK Sixth International Conference has taken this view as its theme and focuses in particular on how technology and people can be used to improve manufacturing and service competitiveness. These proceedings have been organised according to the topics addressed within the overall conference theme and generally fall within three broad areas: technology-based topics, human resource-based topics and general topics. The technology-based topics are: Materials Control, Supply Chain Management and Logistics Flexibility in Operations Systems Computer-Aided Management of Operations Design, Process Planning and 'Time to Market' Factors Application of KBS, Expert Systems and Modelling Production Planning and Control The human resource-based topics are: Work Organisation Human Factors Managing the Implementation of Technology Managing the Quality Improvement Process Education Training and Development Employee Participation and Involvement The general topics are: Operations Strategy International Comparisons and Country-based Papers Performance and Productivity Measurement and Improvement A particular feature of all the papers is that they emphasise the application of techniques, technologies and concepts rather than concentrating on specific functional description. The authors are drawn from around 14 countries and represent both the academic and industrial communities. Many are involved in the 'mainstream' of operations management while a number are from other disciplines relevant to the conference theme, such as industrial engineering and organisational behaviour.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

    David Bennett, Colin Lewis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Achieving Competitive Edge

  • Book Subtitle: Getting Ahead Through Technology and People Proceedings of the OMA-UK Sixth International Conference

  • Editors: David Bennett, Colin Lewis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1904-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Operations Management Association-UK 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-19702-7Published: 01 July 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1904-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 479

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Organization, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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