Abstract
There has been interest in the development of 'Services Sciences' as a unique subset of Operations and Technology Management leading to unnecessary complexity and contusion. Traditional 'factory' style operations have sought to eliminate inventory and to become more flexible. Services have sought to industrialise their operations to achieve economies of scale and predictability of traditional factory operations. This paper offers an Organisation Theory based-definition of 'services' vs. 'factory' operations and conceptual arguments for their convergence. This leads to a more unified model of Operations Management where the degree of service vs. product output is a key variable.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-228 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | International Journal of Services, Technology and Management |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Operations management
- Operations strategy
- Process design
- Service operations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Marketing
- Strategy and Management
- Computer Science Applications
- Engineering(all)