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Opportunities for developing the science of operations and supply‐chain management
Author(s) -
Singhal Kalyan,
Singhal Jaya
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/j.jom.2011.11.002
Subject(s) - supply chain , task (project management) , computer science , supply chain management , outlier , business , knowledge management , process management , operations research , operations management , marketing , economics , management , artificial intelligence , engineering
In a separate paper (Singhal and Singhal, 2011b), we identified two sets of opportunities for radical innovations in operations and supply‐chain management (O&SCM): pursuing all phases of science and pursuing multiple perspectives. In this paper, we propose and analyze ways to accomplish this task. A network of research teams can be effective in obtaining multiple perspectives and discovering radical innovation if it conducts intensive research over an extended period. Outliers are a source of multiple perspectives and innovative ideas and can help in identifying and addressing risks. Similarly, meta‐analyses and syntheses of published works can provide multiple perspectives and lead to radical innovations.