Showing papers in "Journal of Operations Management in 2006"

TL;DR: It is found that while SEM is a valuable tool for testing and advancing OM theory, OM researchers need to pay greater attention to these highlighted issues to take full advantage of its potential.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply the literature on complexity to the supply base to facilitate better management of a supply base, and observe "complexity" as a key area of managerial consideration.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a framework of an organization's supply chain process flexibilities as an important antecedent of its supply chain agility, and then establish the key factors that determine the flexibility attributes of the three critical processes of the supply chain.

TL;DR: The results indicate that while the pursuit of agility might presume leanness, pursuit of leanness might not presume agility, and the performance capability differences across the empirically derived groups accord well with expected differences across plants that excel in leanness and agility.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose and test a model on how buyers can use the concepts of supply chain integration and socialization to achieve improved supplier communication and operational performance, and therefore, to improve the buyer's perceived level of the supplier's contractual conformance.

TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analytic study is presented that fulfills two objectives: first, the paper formalizes performance implications of adopting QM practices and present hypothesized relationship between QM practice and performance; and second, a metaanalysis of correlation (Hunter and Schmidt, 1990 ) approach is used to examine the empirical research in QM to determine which QMM practices are positively related to improved performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the existence of an optimal level of integration that results in optimal performance in a cross-section of more than 300 US manufacturing companies and examine the conditions surrounding its development.

TL;DR: A framework for identifying the types of behavioral assumptions typically made in analytical OM models is developed and this framework is used to organize the results of prior behavioral research and identify future research opportunities.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extend the Job Characteristics Model (JCM) to the lean production context to explain the theoretical relationship between job characteristics and motivational outcomes in lean production, and conclude that a configuration of lean production practices is more important for worker intrinsic motivation than are independent main effects, and that motivation may be limited by excessive leanness.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of formal and informal socialization processes on the creation of relational capital between buyers and suppliers in supply chains was investigated in 111 manufacturing organizations in the United Kingdom.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how the enacted procedural and distributive justice policies of a firm influence its partner's attitudes and behaviors within a sample of 290 supply chain relationships, and find that the perceived fairness of a supplier's policies enhance the long-term orientation and relational behaviors of its distributor, which are associated with decreased conflict and increased satisfaction, that influence the distributor's performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the relative fit among strategy and eight knowledge elements is a key to achieving superior supply chain performance, but only if the relative emphasis on various knowledge elements matches strategy.

TL;DR: In this article, 39 managers responsible for purchasing were interviewed using a technique from psychology, which was particularly effective at uncovering the characteristics of relationships between manufacturers and suppliers, and the results of the empirical research enhance our knowledge of the attributes of manufacturer-supplier relationships and also indicate how manufacturers can establish close relationships with selected suppliers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the transferability of TQM practices to offshore manufacturing firms by validating direct and indirect relationships among top management commitment, HR-focused TQLM practices, employee satisfaction and employee loyalty.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between absorptive capacity, time-based manufacturing practices, and value to customer in a relatively large sample and found strong, positive, and direct relationships between the two.

TL;DR: The results of the data analysis support the hypothesis that tradeoffs among NPD performance outcomes are manifested more strongly in highly efficient projects when compared to inefficient projects and point to the importance of project management experience, balanced management commitment, and cross-functional integration in achieving high levels of NPD project efficiency.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Hofstede's dimensions of national culture to examine whether the theoretical constructs underlying the Baldrige criteria are relevant across national cultures, and found that national culture plays a strong role in the effectiveness of the MBNQA constructs with the exception of customer and market focus.

TL;DR: This paper investigated the tension between goals and quality management in the Six Sigma context and found empirical support that goals can be effective in Six Sigma improvement teams when teams adhere to the six Sigma tools and method.

TL;DR: This study proposes a model that not only articulates an effective use of flexibility concurrently for both proactive and reactive purposes, but also allows a simultaneous view of the opportunities and uncertainties along the value-chain.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the effect of learning and communication on the bullwhip effect in supply chains and find that while training may improve individuals' knowledge and understanding of the system, it does not improve supply chain performance unless supply chain partners are allowed to communicate and share this knowledge.

TL;DR: This study replicated the well-acknowledged taxonomy of manufacturing strategies of Miller and Roth using data from one of the world's fastest growing economies—China and derived an interesting insight that a taxonomy that is based on realized strength rather than emphasis on competitive capabilities can better explain a company's financial performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, behavioral factors influencing a supply manager's decision to insource or outsource the manufacture of a product component are investigated, and the results of a controlled experimental survey show that: strategic vulnerability and core competency do influence the make-buy decision, strategic vulnerability has greater influence than core-competency and information formality moderates the make-'buy decision when the strategic vulnerability conditions are mixed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the antecedents of the supply management performance of international buyer-supplier relationships and developed an integrative framework based on game theory and exchange theory, and linked with the resource dependence approach and transaction cost theory.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of the growing market for groceries and other foodstuffs ordered via the internet or telephone for delivery to the customer's home for online ordering.

TL;DR: Operations management analytical techniques to the non-profit performing arts to increase understanding of operational issues and inform service management strategy and implications for operational strategy, service design and service management theory are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory study investigates re-use issues and practices related to process industry firms from a producer's perspective with the objective of identifying important issues that need further research in the field.

TL;DR: The causal relationships between technology, nurse management decisions and performance are established and show that given the size constraint, large hospitals tend to invest more in equipment and technology for providing technology related services as compared to smaller hospitals.

TL;DR: It is argued that the mechanism that permits or enables simultaneous success on these dimensions in public sector operations is information technology applied in conjunction with a unified set of service operations concepts.

TL;DR: In this paper, an exploratory study examines healthcare quality program practices, employee commitment and control initiatives, and perceived results by surveying the directors of hospital quality programs by using structural equation modeling (SEM).

TL;DR: This work proposes a planning framework that relates planning events to the way in which planning decisions are structured in the planning organization, and shows that existing production planning approaches, ERP systems, and advanced planning systems can only partly resolve this.