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Operations management – from Taylor to Toyota – and Beyond?
Author(s) -
Voss C. A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.1995.tb00135.x
Subject(s) - lean manufacturing , core (optical fiber) , convergence (economics) , toyota production system , work (physics) , process management , key (lock) , production (economics) , current (fluid) , operations management , computer science , business , operations research , marketing , economics , engineering , economic growth , computer security , telecommunications , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , electrical engineering
SUMMARY This paper sets out to review past and current research in operations management, and to explore current and future issues facing the area. It reviews the history of the area, and the patterns of research content and type. It reviews the evolution of lean production connecting the work of Taylor to its development at Toyota, and uses this to propose three key elements of operations management in the 1990s, namely, the core, interfaces and convergence. Current issues relating to research in operations management are explored and it is argued that there is a need for aggressive research agendas. Finally, possible future agendas for the area are explored.