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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:

  • to extend and integrate knowledge that contributes to the improved understanding and practice of production and operations management (POM);

  • to disseminate information on POM to managers, scientists, educators, students, public and private organizations, national and local governments, and the general public; and

  • to promote the improvement of POM and its teaching in public and private manufacturing and service organizations throughout the world


History

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.


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.

  • electronic links which include POMS website (www.poms.org)  and e-mail to and from the POMS home office (poms@fiu.edu).

  • 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.

  • 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.


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:

  • Receipt of the quarterly Production and Operations Management journal.

  • Discounted registration fee at the POMS annual conference.

  • Periodic receipt of Job Bulletin, Research Bulletin, and other e- mail announcements.

  • Receipt of the POMS Chronicle newsletter

  • Continuing access to the portions of the POMS website that will be locked in the future:

    • 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

    • 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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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