in competitive markets, the operations strategies of companies are normally formulated based on their competitive advantages. an effective operations strategy should maintain and improve competitive advantages based on the capabilities of the corporate operations resources. considering the market requirements and the operational performance of the rivals is the key for success and survival of a...

This paper describes the application of an Operations Strategy (OS) approach to project-based operations (PBOs), defined as low to medium volume and medium to high variety operations. The OS approach has been extensively and beneficially used in high and medium volume operations. By examining the development of OS from its genesis in manufacturing operations, we identify four aspects of the OS ...

in this paper a new problem of three stage disassembly-assembly scheduling is introduced and reviewed. this problem, which was arisen from the aviation industry characteristics, is a generalization of the two stage assembly scheduling problem. products (helicopters) in the aviation industry return to assembler for annual overhaul repair services. in the first stage helicopters are disassembled ...