IMPLEMENTING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

Purpose: This paper explores to provide a picture of the existing research and suggest potential chances for academic enquiry in connection to the operations management. Design/methodology approach: The researchers reviews the existing literature at the heart of the operations in manufacturing company. This literature link up to operations system in order to review the current state of thought development across the disciplines (ERP, TOC, JIT, VAE, Lean Six Lean Sigma, etc. Suggestions have been made for future research in those areas opportunities. Findings: The findings show that the extant literature is primarily based on operations system rather than integrated approach. In addition, the findings suggest on the best way the operations systems could be implemented in the manufacturing companies by the operations managers. The findings consider several areas of prospects for future inquiry. Practical Implication: This paper can be used by operations managers in manufacturing companies as well as service organizations. Originality/Value: This paper build on our knowledge on operations management in manufacturing companies as it relates to key elements of operations disciplines that had been previously used in literature to buttress the exiting literature in the paper and identify research opportunities.