The mission of the Journal of Operations Management (JOM) is to publish original, high quality, operations
management (OM) empirical research that will have a significant impact on OM theory and practice. Regular articles accepted for publication
in the JOM must have clear implications for operations ... click here for full Aims & Scope
The mission of the Journal of Operations Management (JOM) is to publish original, high quality, operations
management (OM) empirical research that will have a significant impact on OM theory and practice. Regular articles accepted for publication
in the JOM must have clear implications for operations managers based on one or more of a variety of rigorous research methodologies.
The JOM also publishes notes dealing with technical and methodological issues as well as insightful meta-analyses of the OM literature,
comments on past articles, studies concerning the OM field itself, and other such matters relevant to OM. Manuscripts accepted for publication
meet the following criteria:
1) A strong theoretical basis which relates the research to theories within or outside of the OM domain.
2) Research rigor applied through the scientific theory-building approach,
3) Managerial relevance.
The editors will also give
strong preference to research which addresses cross-functional and cross-enterprise decision-making.
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The JOM's
distinctive emphasis is on the management of operations. Accordingly, the aim of the JOM is to enhance the field of operations management
and develop generalizable theories, typically through the identification, analysis, and resolution of real OM problems. JOM's primary
audience includes researchers interested in advancing the field as well as educators and practitioners who wish to keep abreast of the
state of the art in OM research. The JOM seeks research that can help the audience develop a better conceptual base for understanding
OM. The focus of articles for the JOM should be on the managerial situation and related theory being studied rather than the solution
techniques being developed or used. Highest priority is thus given to studies that are anchored in the real world and build, extend or
test generalizable theories or frameworks of managerial significance. Most often such studies result from either identifying an actual,
new managerial situation for which existing theory is inadequate -- thereby resulting in an addition to theory -- or else testing multiple
existing theories against actual managerial situations to determine their relevance - thereby enhancing theory through subtraction.
General Topic Area: Operations management in process, manufacturing, and service organizations; Operations strategy and policy;
Product and service design and development; Manufacturing and service systems design; Technology management for operations; Multi-site
operations management; Capacity planning and analysis; Operations planning, scheduling and control; Project management; Human resource
management for operations; Work design, measurement, and improvement; Performance measurement and productivity; Quality management; Purchasing/sourcing
systems; Materials and inventory management; Logistics, transportation, distribution, and materials handling; International and comparative
operations; Operations information management; Regulatory and environmental issues in operations.
Specific Techniques and Approaches:
JIT; TQC, SPC, SQC; Flexible manufacturing systems; Group technology; Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM); CAD/CAM; Forecasting;
MRP and DRP; Cost accounting for operations management.
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