From pom-skills
Selects or audits the method for a POM manuscript: analytical modeling, empirical identification, behavioral experiments, simulation, or operations data science. Matches method to the operations question.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/pom-skills:pom-methodsThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- The method may not match the operations question (level, uncertainty, causality)
POM explicitly places no restriction on research methods, while being historically anchored in analytical modeling. Pick the method the question demands, and route to the matching Department.
| Operations question / claim | Method |
|---|---|
| Optimal policy under cost/service objective | Optimization (LP/MIP/convex, dynamic programming); characterize the policy |
| Decisions under demand/lead-time uncertainty | Stochastic modeling, queueing, inventory theory, MDP/ADP |
| Strategic interaction (suppliers, competitors, platforms) | Game theory (Nash/Stackelberg); prove equilibrium existence/uniqueness |
| Causal operational effect from field data | Empirical OM: DiD, IV, RD, matching with a clear identification strategy |
| Human operational decision bias | Behavioral/experimental OM (lab/online); randomization, manipulation checks |
| Systems too complex for closed form | Discrete-event simulation; validation, warm-up, replications, CIs |
| Prediction feeding an operational decision | Operations data science (ML / forecasting), tied to a decision/loss |
A method exists to serve an OM contribution judged interesting to practicing managers. If the paper's value is mainly a technical advance with thin OM decision content, a methods journal may fit better. Keep heavy derivations, solver details, and extra robustness for the unlimited online e-companion so the 32-page main document stays focused.
Use this as a second-pass capability check. First lock the operational decision, the performance metric, and the implementable lever; then test whether the manuscript addresses POM reviewers who want operational insight tied to production, service, supply-chain, or platform decisions.
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.【Method family】optimization / stochastic / game-theory / empirical / behavioral / simulation / data-science
【Operations question】<decision problem>
【Validity risks】assumptions / identification / measurement / leakage / validation
【Practice tie】how the method yields a manager-usable result
【e-companion plan】proofs / extra analyses to move online
【Next step】pom-data-analysis
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin pom-skillsSelects the appropriate analytical model class or empirical identification strategy for M&SOM manuscripts based on the operational decision. Useful when matching method to operations problem.
Builds formal models and develops theory for Production and Operations Management manuscripts, including analytical modeling, empirical hypothesis derivation, and behavioral experiment design.
Guides selection and defense of analytical or empirical methods for Management Science manuscripts, matching the question to the appropriate Department standard.