Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define dimensions for describing information quality deficiencies and to describe forecast and customer order information quality deficiencies on various manufacturing planning and control levels. Design/methodology/approach – The purpose is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new measure for criticality analysis of different components of a production plant, called cost‐effective importance measure (CEIM) that considers the component's performance, system structure and economic aspects....

This paper focuses on production activity control (PAC) techniques used in Polish manufacturing companies. Investment in Polish plants by Western European, Japanese, Korean, and US companies raises the question of how ready Polish manufacturing companies are to implement various managerial...

Compares the bullwhip properties of a vendor managed inventory (VMI) supply chain with those of a traditional “serially‐linked” supply chain. The emphasis of this investigation is the comparative impact the two structures have on the “bullwhip effect” generated. Particular attention is...

Purpose – The importance of health care is growing world‐wide, and the health sector is receiving a good proportion of public funds. As health‐care costs are increasing, efforts have been made to assess the operational efficiency of hospitals in many countries. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the role and contribution of an operations strategy for the retailer. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is mainly qualitative empirical research. Findings – Analyses of the data collected reveals that the respondent...

Purpose – Introduces the special issue, a celebration of 25 years of IJOPM . Design/methodology/approach – Provides a brief review of the first 25 years. Findings – Outlines the philosophy and values of IJOPM , and the developments that have changed operations management practices and...

Purpose – To provide a summary of the founding of IJOPM . Design/methodology/approach – Provides a brief review of the philosophy, birth pains and early years. Findings – Outlines the founding philosophy of IJOPM and the early developments. Originality/value – Provides an introduction to...

Purpose – To provide an outline of an editor's experiences in the early years of publishing IJOPM. Design/methodology/approach – Provides a brief summary of the author's experiences. Findings – Being a new journal, it was found that there was insufficient copy, and this was not helped by...

Purpose – To provide an outline of the experiences of an editor of IJOPM . Design/methodology/approach – Provides a brief summary of the author's experiences . Findings – Notes that it was interesting to observe the way in which topics waxed and waned. A crucial test for any academic...