Production and Operations Management Society
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) is an international professional society for academics and practitioners with interests in production, operations management, and supply chain management. The society was established in 1989 by Prof. Kalyan Singhal in collaboration with three hundred professionals from the field.[1]
The current president of POMS is Prof. Chelliah Siskandarajah who is the Hugh Roy Cullen Chair in Business Administration Information and Operations Management at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. The president-elect is Prof. Zuojun (Max)Shen from University of California Berkeley.[2]
The mission of POMS is to create, extend and disseminate knowledge in the field of production and operations management.
POMS Activities
Publications
Production and Operations Management (POM) is the flagship journal of the society. POM is a scientific peer-review journal that publishes research from areas covering operations management, supply chain management, and business analytics.[3] The editor-in-chief for the journal is Prof. Kalyan Singhal. Prof. Subodha Kumar is the deputy editor-in-chief.[4]
POMS chronicle is the official news letter of the society and is published twice a year.
Conferences
The annual POMS conference is generally held in the early May. The last conference (2019 POMS Annual Conference) was held in Washington D.C.[5] It was attended by more than 1900 professionals from around the world. In addition to the Annual conferences, several international conferences are held every year around the world. In 2019, international conferences were held in Brighton (UK), Tianjin University (China), Mumbai (India), and Hong Kong. [6][7]
Chapters
POMS society has chapters in Beijing, India, Hong Kong, Latin America, Caribbean, and Taiwan.
Awards
POMS recognizes scholars and practitioners from POM field by bestowing awards in various accomplishments. They include:
- POMS Fellows Award
- Martin K. Starr Excellence in Production and Operations Management Practice Award
- Sushil K. Gupta Distinguished POMS Service Award
- Paul Kleindorfer Award
- Wickham Skinner Award
- Emerging Economies Doctoral Student Award
- Distinguished Lecturer Award
External Links
References
- ^ "POMS". www.poms.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "POMS". www.poms.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Production and Operations Management". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "POMS". www.poms.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "POMS 2019". pomsmeetings.org. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "POMS-HK 2019". www.cb.cityu.edu.hk. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "POMS 2019 Conference | Operations Supply Chain Management". POMS 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-17.