Strategic Operations Management — The New Competitive Advantage?

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Pyke,

, The Way Forward for Operations Strategy, http://www.FT.com, 2000.

Brown,

, Lamming,

, Bessant,

and John

, Strategic Operations Management Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, 2000.

Harrison,

, Operations Management Strategy Financial Times Pitman Publishing, London, 1993.

Slack,

, Chambers,

and Johnston

, Operations Management Financial Times Prentice Hall, London, 2001, pp. 38–90.

Slack,

and Lewis

, Operations Strategy Financial Times Prentice Hall, Harlow, 2002.

Witcher,

, Personal Communication, 2001.

Porter

M.E.

, ‘What is Strategy?’, Harvard Business Review, November/December, 1996, pp. 61–81.

Lowson

R.H.

, ‘Customised Operations Strategies for Retailers in Fast Moving Consumer Industries’, International Journal of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2001, pp. 201–224.

Lowson

R.H.

, Strategic Operations Management: The New Competitive Advantage, Routledge, 2002.

10.

Lowson , 2001, op. cit.

11.

Porter

M.E.

, ‘Strategy and the Internet’, Harvard Business Review, 2001, pp. 63–78.

12.

Maturana,

and Varela

, The Tree of Knowledge Shambhala, Boston, 1987.

13.

Maturana,

, ‘Reality: The Search for Objectivity or the Quest for a Compelling Argument’, Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1988 pp. 25–82.

14.

Lowson , 2001, op. cit.

15.

Lowson , 2001, op. cit.

16.

Lowson,

R.H.

, Burgess,

and George

, ‘Operations Strategies: Taxonomy and Application in Complex Consumer Supply Chains’, Journal of Selling and Major Account Management – Special Edition (Supply Chain Management), 2001, pp. 13–32.

17.

Lowson , 2001, op. cit.

18.

Porter , 1996, op. cit.

19.

Fisher

M.L.

, ‘What is the Right Supply Chain for your Product?’, Harvard Business Review, March/April, 1997, pp. 105–116.

20.

Hayes,

R.H

and Wheelwright,

S.C.

, Restoring our Competitive Edge John Wiley, NY, 1994.

21.

Lowson , 2002, op. cit.

22.

Lowson,

R.H.

, King,

and Hunter

, Quick Response: Managing the Supply Chain to Meet Consumer Demand John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1999.

23.

Hunter,

, King,

and Lowson

R.H.

, The Textile/Clothing Pipeline and Quick Response Management, The Textile Institute, Manchester, 2002.