New SCM journals pop up all the time; the latest one taking an ops mgmt view again. Here’s the link to Operations and Supply Chain Management - an International Journal (OSCM). One could also dubb it the “open access SCM journal” as downloads (as for now) are for free, printed copies only obtainable for a fee. I particularly like Benita Beamon’s opening article on “Sustainability and the future of SCM” that does for a change not only look at green SCM, but broadens the scope to diverse societal implications of SCM. Quite in vein of Árni’s “SCM for societal impact“.
And we are still in search for a good name for our textbook on that topic… Any suggestions?
Gyöngyi
Categories: Academic journals · Humanitarian supply chains · Operations management · Supply Chain Management · Sustainability
I am teaching Operations Management this semester, including two lectures on Failure Prevention and Quality Management, respectively.
The core textbook (Slack et al. 2007, 5th Ed.) includes many illustrative case examples, but suffers from the physical, static format of the book. Pieces from the trade press and other business media can, however, be of help by providing some contemporary examples from “practice” (this why it is useful for students to become acknowledged with this debate). One of the more “interesting” references during the lectures has been…and here it comes, UK…Terminal 5. This story literally walked into the classroom.
If you search for some of the following on Google, a some evidence will appear that allows further “synthesis”: Terminal 5 March 2008 operations baggage milan failure chaos
This allows students to deal with contemporary management challenges that have not been discussed by editorial boards (or filtered through?) of case books (eeerhhmm).
I am not sure this is what my co-blogger Gyöngyi had in mind on this piece on “The gift of travel time” 
. I refer more and more to Mintzberg’s “Why I hate flying” in my lectures.
Árni
Categories: Operations management · Service management · Socks and sandals
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