Hopes for the future of operations management
探讨运营管理在实践、教学和研究方面的未来希望，指出尽管该领域历史悠久且资产庞大，但面临学生少、学术尊重不足等挑战。
Abstract Operations Management has a much longer history than our sister functions in business: finance, marketing, accounting, etc. Yet, we still struggle with fewer majoring students, fewer and newer journals, less academic respect, greater student fear, and fewer professors. Yet, most of the physical and human assets in real‐world organizations are still in the operations function and most of the excitement in industry lies in the operations area: TQM, JIT, supply chain management, ERP, mass customization, and so on. This paper will address some hopes for our future regarding practice, teaching, and research.