Table of contents
Linking Systems to Strategy
William L. Berry, Terry HillPresents a framework to determine manufacturing planning andcontrol system requirements that reflect differences in manufacturingstrategy and process technology in a business…
Performance Measurement Revisited
S.A. Blenkinsop, N. BurnsPerformance measurement systems, traditionally found within themanagement accounting function and utilized for information and controlpurposes, have more recently been used within…
Integration is Not Synonymous with Flexibility
Thomas J. CroweLike productivity in the 1970s and quality in the 1980s,flexibility will be the popular operations and production managementtheme in the 1990s. Contrary to much of what is being…
Measuring Success in AMT Implementation Using Customer‐Supplier Interaction Criteria
Mohamed ZairiBased on a research project looking at user‐supplier interactionsin the context of AMT, attempts to discuss an alternative to themeasurement of success, based on a close scrutiny…
Impediments to Timely Delivery of New Products at an Industrial Products Firm
Barry E. King, Richard J. PenleskyIdentifies and discusses sources of delay in the new productdevelopment process at an industrial products firm. Data were collectedduring 11 bi‐weekly project review meetings at…
Cost Accounting and Production Control in a Multiproduct Environment – The Unit of Production Effort Method
Luis Henrique Rodrigues, Graham BradyTakes a fresh look at the nature of the problem of allocating costsand control processes for a variable product mix. Adopts a novelapproach called the “Unit of Production Effort”…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen