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Purpose
Production
and Operations Management Society (POMS)
is an international professional organization representing the
interests of POM professionals from around the world. The
purposes
of the Society are:
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to
extend and integrate knowledge that contributes to the
improved
understanding and practice of production and operations
management (POM);
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to
disseminate information on POM to managers, scientists,
educators, students, public and private organizations,
national
and local governments, and the general public; and
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to
promote the improvement of POM and its teaching in public
and private manufacturing and service organizations
throughout
the world
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Kalyan
Singhal, in collaboration with about three hundred professors
and executives, founded POMS on June 30, 1989.
The society held its first international meeting in
Washington,
D.C. in October 1990.
The inaugural issue of its journal, Production and
Operations
Management was published in March 1992.
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Gateway
to the POM World
The
Production and Operations Management Society
(POMS) has become the "Gateway to the POM
World".
The
long term goal and vision for POMS is that it should become
the "home" organization for all POM professionals
and be recognized as such by other professional organizations,
accreditation bodies, university administrators, business and
industry leaders, and our own colleagues in business schools.
POMS must become the repository of fundamental POM information
and the most authoritative source of developments in the POM
field.
To
achieve this goal, POMS facilitates communication among
professors
and POM professionals from all over the globe. POMS provides
the following multi-dimensional links which create a
“virtual
department” and provide avenues for
sharing ideas that impact teaching, research and
practice.
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electronic links which
include POMS website (www.poms.org) and e-mail to and from
the POMS home office (poms@fiu.edu).
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the
printed word
which includes Production
and Operations Management , an
increasingly
influential quarterly journal solely devoted to the POM
field, and the newsletter - POMS Chronicle.
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face-to-face
contact
at POMS-sponsored conferences both in the United States
and in other countries with an opportunity to network with
members of POM community from all over the
world.
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Advantages
of Membership
The
Society's approach to Production and Operations Management is
problem-centered; it does not rely on particular
methodologies.
We are dedicated to uncovering and understanding the canon of
knowledge in POM and we encourage reviews and
reinterpretations
of past research and the provocative idea that initiates new
research. Pedagogy remains a core interest of the Society;
conference
sessions, the website, and various bulletins are evidence of
this interest.
The tangible
benefits of the Society include:
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Receipt
of the quarterly Production and Operations
Management
journal.
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Discounted
registration fee at the POMS annual conference.
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Periodic
receipt of Job Bulletin, Research Bulletin, and other e-
mail
announcements.
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Receipt
of the POMS Chronicle newsletter
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Continuing
access to the portions of the POMS website that will be
locked in the future:
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Pedagogy
area -- links to course websites and syllabi at many
schools; links to case collections and international
groups; clearinghouse for sabbaticals and leaves
around
the world
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Membership
area -- find and phone or e-mail other members
easily
Become a new member by traveling to our website
(www.poms.org)
and accessing the Members area, or write the POMS
Home Office at the address below.
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We
hope you find our site useful. Thanks for visiting and please
return often.
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For
information contact:
Dr.
Sushil K. Gupta, Executive Director-POMS
Associate
Dean, College of Engineering, Florida International
University
EAS
2460, 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174,
USA
Phone:
305 348 1401; Fax: 305 348 6890;
E-mail:
POMS@FIU.EDU; Web page: www.poms.org
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