Head of An-Najah’s Industrial Engineering Department participates in the POMS 25th Annual Conference
Dr. Ayham Jaaron, Head of the Industrial Engineering Department at An-Najah University, participated in the 25th Production and Operations Management (POMS) Annual Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from May 9th-May 12th 2014.
The POMS 2014 Annual Conference represents a milestone for the POMS society as it is the 25th anniversary of the very first conference! Consistent with this celebration and to honor the impact POMS members have made to the profession, the selected conference theme was: Impact and Vision: Reaching New Heights.
The conference provided the opportunity to share academic research through a series of paper presentations. Additionally, the conference provided a forum for industry speakers to challenge and motivate future academic research with relevance to practice. The majority of participants were faculty at colleges and universities. The Conference, held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, included more than 1400 researchers from all over the world. The conference was presented through 23 tracks and 2 Plenary Sessions. Half plenary sessions showcasing the increased level of influence practicing managers exert on POM research and teaching was of particular interest at this year’s conference.
Dr. Ayham Jaaron presented a paper co-authored with Professor Chris Backhouse, Vice President of Loughborough University for Strategic Planning in the UK. The paper, entitled “Mass Customization in Higher Education: the Advent of the Vanguard Method,” presented novel form of service operations design by investigating its impact on the way the higher education system delivers customized services to students on a real-time basis. Using a case study methodology, the paper addresses benefits of applying this design in terms of student experience and administrative efficiency.
Dr. Jaaron’s success at the conference represented a step forward on previous extensive collaboration with researchers in the POM field. The conference, organized by the American Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), is considered one of the most significant events organized yearly to discuss production and operations management (POM) related research issues.