Guest Editorial: Reflections on the past, present and future of operations management

1 IntroductionAt any of our professional meetings it seems that one of themain topics of conversation at hallway meetings, coffeebreaks, or cocktail receptions is the present state ofoperations management (OM) and its future. Much thesame can be said about our academic institutions wheresuch conversations often reach even into the offices ofDeans, particularly as resource allocation decisions arebeing made. Having recently retired from a 40...