The aim of the special issue.The purpose of this special issue of the International Journal of Operations &Production Management (IJOPM) is to contribute to the standards of researchin the field of operations management (OM). A statement regarding the aim ofthe special issue may explain more

This is the first book to offer a complete spectrum of the role that operations research has played and can play in the improvement of North American freight railroads. It explores how decisions are made at railroads, contains examples of the mathematical programming formulations to the complex...

Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Orchard as a Metaphor: Putting the Four Processes into Context -- Outline of the Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: The Quality Dilemma: Combining Development and Stability -- The Quality Dilemma: What Is It? -- Quality Improvement...

Intro -- Service Science -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 WHY STUDY SERVICES? -- 1.1 What Are Services? -- 1.2 Services as a Percent of the Economy -- 1.3 Public versus Private Service Delivery -- 1.4 Why Model Services? -- 1.5 Key Service...

Due to the increasing importance of product differentiation and collapsing product life cycles, a growing number of value-adding activities in the industry and service sector are organized in projects. Projects come in many forms, often taking considerable time and consuming a large amount of...

Due to the increasing importance of product differentiation and collapsing product life cycles, a growing number of value-adding activities in the industry and service sector are organized in projects. Projects come in many forms, often taking considerable time and consuming a large amount of...

This handbook provides sophisticated models for the study and analysis of activities involving the transportation of hazardous materials: risk assessment, shipment and route planning, decisions on location and emergency planning for terrorist attacks.