TY - JOUR
T1 - Best supply chain management practices and high-performance firms
T2 - The case of Gulf manufacturing firms
AU - AL-Shboul, Moh’d Anwer
AU - Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo
AU - Kumar, Vikas
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes is Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK. He is actively involved in industrial projects where he combines his knowledge, expertise and industrial experience in operations management to help organizations achieve excellence in their internal functions and supply chains. He has also led and managed international research projects funded by the British Academy, British Council and Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). As a leading academic, he has published over 100 articles in leading scientific journals, international conferences and four books in the areas of operations management and innovation, manufacturing performance measurement and quality management systems. Areas of expertise and interest for Professor Garza-Reyes include general aspects of operations and manufacturing management, business excellence, quality improvement and performance measurement. He is Chartered Engineer (CEng), a certified Six Sigma-Green Belt and has over eight years of industrial experience working as Production Manager, Production Engineer and Operations Manager for several international and local companies in both the UK and Mexico. He is also fellow member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of the Institution of Engineering Technology (MIET). Dr Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: [email protected] Dr Vikas Kumar is Associate Professor in Enterprise Operations Management at Bristol Business School, University of West of England (UWE), UK. Prior to joining UWE, he was working as Lecturer in Management at Dublin City University Business School in Ireland. He holds the PhD Degree in Management Studies from Exeter Business School, UK, and the Bachelor of Technology (first class distinction) Degree in Metallurgy and Material Science engineering from NIFFT, India. He has published more than 100 articles in leading International journals and International conferences including the International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Expert System with Applications, TQM & Business Excellence, Computers & Industrial Engineering and Production Planning & Control. He serves on the editorial board of six international journals and is co-founder and Editor of the International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience (Inderscience). His current research interests include sustainability, supply chain management, short food supply chains, process modeling and service operations management.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/11/19
Y1 - 2018/11/19
KW - Best practices
KW - Gulf countries
KW - Manufacturing
KW - Medium to large-sized firms
KW - Supply chain management
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U2 - 10.1108/IJPPM-11-2016-0257
DO - 10.1108/IJPPM-11-2016-0257
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057494945
SN - 1741-0401
VL - 67
SP - 1482
EP - 1509
JO - International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
JF - International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
IS - 9
ER -