This paper presents an optimal planning procedure and operational scheduling of micro energy grids (MEGs). The optimization objectives are to minimize cost, carbon dioxide emissions, and energy deficiency. The energy sources and conversion technologies included in this study are renewable based...

This paper shows how strategic planning may function as a conflict-mediating routine. We conducted a five-year case study in a large financial services joint venture firm co-owned by a Latin American state bank and a European multinational financial company. The controlling companies have...

1. Problem definition: This paper studies how teams make operational decisions in two canonical settings: standalone Newsvendor inventory decisions (tactical decision-making) and Newsvendor under information sharing (strategic decision-making). 2. Academic / Practical Relevance: Team...

The object of research is the process of forming a collective expert assessment with increased reliability in making management decisions in business structures by an expanded team of experts. One of the most problematic places in the expert assessment of management decisions is the complexity...

Recent advances in information technology (IT) have enabled firms in many industries to give middle managers new access to timely production data. Process monitoring' technologies give distant managers a window to production which can both lower their cost of monitoring subordinates and provide...

Are we contributing positively to the society at large by research that we conduct in the field of Operations Management? Currently, the answer is probably closer to “no” than to “yes”. We often do not realize it but there is very real cost of conducting our research non-responsibly. In...

This paper examines the important features of Total quality Management and its relative importance and its impact on manufacturing. TQM variables are identified for effective implementation with example. There has been particular interest of quality in manufacturing to avoid delays and save...

Cloud computing has been recognized as a critical driver of Information-Technology (IT) enabled innovations. In this paper, we review recent cloud computing research from an Operations Management (OM) perspective, by focusing on major operations challenges faced by a cloud provider in three...

The widespread adoption of software-intensive IT systems in ships has brought huge benefits, yet it also has offered new avenues for malicious cyberattacks to potentially disrupt shipping operations. It follows that a focus on the security and resilience properties of IT-enabled ship systems...