The IUP Journal of Operations Management

Volume 25, Issue 3, July-September 2026

ISSN :0972-6888

Impact Factor: 1.32; Acceptance rate: 50%; Turnaround time: 3- 4- months

A "peer-reviewed" journal included in EBSCO and ProQuest (Part of Clarivate) Database

It is a quarterly journal focusing on Inventory control, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Just-In-Time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM), Business Process Re-engineering, Logistics management, Six Sigma, Benchmarking and flexible manufacturing systems.

Focus Areas

  • Inventory Control   |  
  • Supply Chain Management   |  
  • ERP, JIT, TQM   |  
  • Business Process   |  
  • Re-Engineering   |  
  • Logistics Management   |  
  • Business Process Outsourcing   |  
  • Six Sigma   |  
  • Benchmarking   |  
  • Flexible Manufacturing Systems   |  

Current Issue

Volume 25, Issue 3, July-September 2026
An Attention-Driven Firefly Optimization Framework for Multi-Warehouse Inventory Optimization Under Demand Uncertainty

Author: Sandeep Bhattacharjee

Published Online: August, 2026

Keywords: Attention-driven firefly optimization, Demand uncertainty, Inventory optimization, Metaheuristic optimization, Multi-warehouse inventory, Reorder point, Safety stock, Supply chain management

Solving Transshipment Problems with Transient Nodes: A Greedy Approach

Author: Raju Prajapati and Om Prakash Dubey

Published Online: August, 2026

Keywords: Transportation problem, Transshipment problem, Mathematical model, Heuristic method, Minimum cost path technique

Risks in Oil and Gas Supply Chain: A TISM Approach

Author: S Priya and Mavoothu D

Published Online: August, 2026

Keywords: TISM, Oil and gas, Supply chain, Risk

Archives


Volume 25, Issue 2, April-June 2026
Service Speed Innovation and Customer Satisfaction in a Rural Quick-Service Restaurant: An Empirical Study

Author: Karthik Kumaran A P and Well Haorei

Published Online: May, 2026

Keywords: Service innovation, Rural entrepreneurship, Lean service operations, Customer satisfaction, Operational standardization, Quick-service

Enhancing Sustainable Supply Chain Risk Management Through Hybrid Machine Learning and Binary Optimization

Author: Yogesh Babu K and Anil B Gowda

Published Online: May, 2026

Keywords: Supply chain risk management (SCRM), Supplier selection, Delay time, Machine learning (ML), Deep learning (DL), Supply chain resilience

Infrastructural Barriers to Technological Upgradation in Food Processing MSMEs of Northeast India

Author: Nirupam Choudhury, Debomalya Ghose and Ajita Tiwari

Published Online: May, 2026

Keywords: Technological upgradation, Food processing MSMEs, Infrastructure barriers, Northeast India, Modernization