International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking
- Editor in Chief
- Prof. Angappa Gunasekaran
- ISSN online
- 1741-816X
- ISSN print
- 1460-6739
- 12 issues per year
- CiteScore 1.5 (2023)
Effective design and management of key processes is widely regarded as an important differentiator and source of competitive advantage in manufacturing, for profit services and public services. Processes permeate all facets of an organisation. Some processes exist within one functional area, while others cut across functional areas. IJPMB aims to cover both functional and business processes. Benchmarks, benchmarking and knowledge management are among the process improvement tools.
Topics covered include
- Process modelling/simulation/management
- Functional processes, business wide processes
- Business process reengineering
- Role of process in enhancing competitiveness
- Core competencies, process organisation
- Environment and processes
- Supply chain processes
- Team working, remuneration/motivation, training/selection
- Process change implementation/management, evaluation of options
- Link between process and operations/corporate strategy
- Remote processes
- Process quality/productivity, productivity measurement/improvement
- Process planning, scheduling, control, design, technology
- Queue design/management
- Benchmarking, tools/ethics/clubs, developing benchmarks/process knowledge
Objectives
The aim of IJPMB is to disseminate original peer reviewed theoretical or practical high quality research in the field of process management, benchmarking and knowledge management. It publishes both quantitative and qualitative research by academics and practitioners. IJPMB has an international scope reflecting the global nature of today|s business environment.
Readership
Academics and researchers, libraries, operations managers, senior managers and chief executives, policy makers.
Contents
IJPMB welcomes both original and practical contributions. These can be quantitative or qualitative, surveys, reviews or case studies, or research notes and brief articles intended to keep readers up-to-date with current research in the field. Book reviews and a calendar of international events are also included.
Editor in Chief
- Gunasekaran, Angappa, Penn State Harrisburg, USA
(an.gunasekarangmail.com)
Associate Editor
- Pati, Niranjan, Rowan University, USA
North American Editor
- Davis, Mark, Bentley College, USA
Editorial Board Members
- Boer, Harry, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Brown, Karen, University of Washington, USA
- Cabral Cardoso, Carlos J., Universidade do Minho, Portugal
- Cooper, Cary L., Lancaster University, UK
- Cox, Sue, Lancaster University, UK
- De Meyer, Arnoud, Singapore Management University, Singapore
- Evans, James R., University of Cincinnati, USA
- Ferdows, Kasra, Georgetown University, USA
- Francis, Arthur, University of Bradford, UK
- Gallear, David, Brunel University , UK
- Ghobadian, Abby, Henley Management College, UK
- Gozlu, Sitki, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Kono, Hiro, Keio University, Japan
- Muffatto, Moreno, Universita di Padova, Italy
- Nakandala, Dilupa, Western Sydney University, Australia
- Narasimhan, Ram, Michigan State University, USA
- Prabhu, Vas, Newcastle Business School, UK
- Rekettye, Gabor, University of Pecs, Hungary
- Rezayat, Fahimeh, California State University, USA
- Slack, Nigel, University of Warwick, UK
- Sohal, Amrik, Monash University, Australia
- Voros, Jozsef, University of Pecs, Hungary
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Journal news
A new lease of life for old laptops
16 May, 2024
Researchers in India have developed a tool that can estimate the remaining useful life of an otherwise obsolete laptop computer based on quality grading of two of its main components – hard drive and rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The work, published in the International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, focused on developing a decision support tool (DST) that could improve sustainable laptop remanufacturing practices. Gurunathan Anandh, Shanmugam Prasanna Venkatesan, Sandanam Domnic, and Santosh Awaje of the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, discuss the concept of remanufacturing, the process of disassembling, assessing, and repairing or replacing components to restore functionality to a device. Remanufacturing could be one solution to the environmental and economic challenges we currently face. However, successful remanufacturing needs accurate information about the device's components, which presents its own challenges [...]
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