Articles

I provide direct hyperlinks to articles if they are avialble on publicly accessible web pages. Any copyrighted material that has appeared in a journal is cited without a hyperlink. However, the UTD library electronically subscribes to all the journals below. To access a journal go to the UTD Library. Click on "eJournals ONLY" (Electronic Journals). You will see an alphabetical list of journals the library maintains electronically.
For example, to access Harvard Business Review (HBR), click on "H" for "H" of Harvard. You will see that HBR is listed about 15-20 among the journals starting with letter "H". Click on HBR link, you will be transfered to EBSCO web site which keeps all of the HBR issues. Repeat this process by clicking on "M" to access "Management Science" issues and so on.
Only accesses from computers on the UTD domain are allowed. Thus, you may need to download articles at the UTD labs. But once you have the electronic version you can read / print it. Please be aware of copyright laws.

- Chapter 1: HBR run a special issue on scientific decision making in Jan 2006. See the articles in the issue.

- Chapter 2: An econometric analysis of inventory turnover performance in retail services. By Gaur, Fisher and Raman in Management Science Feb 2005, Vol.51, No.2: 181-194.

- Chapter 3: Case: The circored iron ore reduction plant in Trinidad. By Loch and Terweisch. Insead case, 2002.

- Chapter 4: Assembly line balancing. See the special issue of European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.168, Iss.3, Feb 2006.

- Chapter 6: OM goes down "the tube". Read the fun article "Queueing for Toilets", which concludes that building codes in New Zeland provide "more than the required level of WC’s for males, and sometimes very much less than the required level for females, especially in theatres, cinemas, and sports stadiums."

- Chapter 7: Telephone Call Centers: Tutorial, Review, and Research Prospects. By Gans, Koole, Mandelbaum in Manufacturing and Operations Management Spring 2003, Vol.5, No.2: 79-141.

HBR publishes many articles on supply chains.
Here is a list of interesting articles:

- 2005 July/August: "Collaboration Rules" by P. Evans and B. Wolf

- 2004 October: "The Triple-A Supply Chain" by H. L. Lee

- 2004 October: "Leading a Supply Chain Turnaround" by R. E. Slone

- 2004 March: "A Real-World Way to Manage Real Options" by T. Copeland and P. Tufano