Engineering Costs and Production Economics

1980 - 1991

Continuation of Engineering and Process Economics. Continued by International Journal of Production Economics.

Current editor(s): R. W. Grubbström

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Volume 10, issue 4, 1986

Efforts to promote the economic and technological development of the Republic of China: His Excellency, Minister of Finance Robert C. Chien pp. 263-265

Robert C. Chien

Cost and price indices pp. 267-270

Norman Boyd

Scale economies and the "0.6 rule" pp. 271-278

Michael Tribe and R. L. W. Alpine

Supplier's discount policy with a single price break point pp. 279-286

Hark Hwang and Kap Hwan Kim

Improving lot sizing decisions based on heuristic methods pp. 287-291

S. K. Goyal

Comparative energy efficiencies of the dairy manufacturing and processing industry: Australia and New Zealand pp. 293-303

G. C. Cox and E. J. Miller

Optimal slack due-date determination and sequencing pp. 305-309

T. C. E. Cheng

Pilot-to-project cash flow estimation pp. 311-318

Leland Blank and Anna Randazzo

Volume 10, issue 3, 1986

Cost and price indices pp. 189-201

Norman Boyd

A constant lot size model with equal and unequal sized batch shipments between production stages pp. 203-210

S. K. Goyal and A. Z. Szendrovits

Utilizing traveling--Salesman subtours to create sales districts pp. 211-215

Bruce R. Feiring

A short-cycle product aggregate planning model incorporating improvement curve productivity pp. 217-233

Behrokh Khoshnevis and Philip M. Wolfe

Production in less developed countries: A sensitivity analysis pp. 235-243

A. D. M. van de Ven and J. F. A. M. van Luijk

International technology transfer for improved production functions pp. 245-252

George K. Chacko

A note on the economic replenishment interval for an item with a linear trend in demand pp. 253-255

Suresh Goyal, Martin Kusy and Rajan Soni

Volume 10, issue 2, 1986

Multiple-criteria decision-making: Balancing a variety of needs and goals pp. 85-87

Mario T. Tabucanon

Optimal system design with multiple criteria: De Novo programming approach pp. 89-94

Milan Zeleny

Estimates of the minimum nondominated criterion values in multiple-criteria decision-making pp. 95-104

M. I. Dessouky, M. Ghiassi and W. J. Davis

Facilities layout with multiple objectives: MFLAP pp. 105-112

P. H. Waghodekar and Sadananda Sahu

The location-allocation problem using multi-objectives pp. 113-120

Amitava Mitra and Jessie C. Fortenberry

A solution of vehicle routing problems in a multiple objective environment pp. 121-132

Yang Byung Park and C. Patrick Koelling

Bi-criterion single-machine scheduling with forbidden early shipments pp. 133-137

Timothy D. Fry and G. Keong Leong

A multicriteria approach to the marking-up of a bid pp. 139-153

Nathaniel C. Tarranza and David G. Carmichael

Goal achievement through goal programming: Short versus long term pp. 155-160

Ahmed K. Rifai and Joseph O. Pecenka

A goal programming model for project crashing with piecewise linear time-cost trade-off pp. 161-172

Prem Vrat and Charoen Kriengkrairut

Multiobjective models for selection of priority areas and industrial projects for investment promotion pp. 173-184

Virginia D. Jose and M. T. Tabucanon

Volume 10, issue 1, 1986

Cost and price indices pp. 1-12

Norman Boyd

Multi-item inventory grouping with dependent set-up cost and group overhead cost pp. 13-23

Amiya K. Chakravarty and Suresh K. Goyal

Ex-ante measures for evaluating forecasting models pp. 25-34

Bert Steece

Due-date determination for an single-machine shop with SPT dispatching pp. 35-41

T. C. E. Cheng

On the validity of reorderpoint inventory models for regular and sporadic demand pp. 43-55

Jurgen Alscher, Martin Kuhn and Christoph Schneeweiss

A profit maximization model for machine/part assignment in a manufacturing system pp. 57-67

Lawrence C. Leung and J. M. A. Tanchoco

Note on aggregation in linear programming problems pp. 69-72

Jan Frolik

On improving replenishment policies for linear trend in demand pp. 73-76

S. K. Goyal

Transport system optimization and pricing: by Jan Owen Jansson. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1984 pp. 77-78

R. W. Grubbstrom

Cost accounting for the construction firm: by Bill G. Eppes and Daniel E. Whiteman. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1984 pp. 78-78

R. W. Grubbstrom

Volume 9, issue 4, 1985

Cost and price indices pp. 329-333

Norman Boyd

A strategic planning framework for chemicals and fuels production. Part 2: Economic and energy analytic complementarity pp. 335-343

Michael R. Chambers

Firm and industry cost functions for the control of emissions pp. 345-353

Soren Wibe

Inventory problems under multiple constraints: Some studies pp. 355-367

R. P. Mohanty

Management systems applications of learning curves and progress functions pp. 369-383

Denis R. Towill

Volume 9, issue 1-3, 1985

Preface pp. 1-2

Robret W. Grubbstrom and Hans H. Hinterhuber

Structure, applications and limits of dynamic production functions of the firm based on the input-output approach pp. 3-10

Hans-Ulrich Kupper

Flexibility of manufacturing to customer order -- As a multigoal problem pp. 11-14

Allan Lehtimaki

The general multi-products dynamic lot size model with individual inventory costs and joint production costs pp. 15-21

V. I. Leopoulos and J. M. Proth

The optimum behaviour of a multi-echelon production and inventory system pp. 23-32

P. J. O'Grady and M. C. Bonney

Analysis of manufacturing and quality systems using simulation pp. 33-40

Shanthakumar Palaniswami and M. Zia Hassan

Minimizing the expected opportunity loss in storage and production planning pp. 41-50

H. Pastijn

Lot sizing heuristic for multi-echelon assembly systems pp. 51-57

Kang Peng

Management of multi-item, multi-group inventories with multiple criteria under service level constraints pp. 59-64

S. Ramani and K. V. Krishnan Kutty

Coordination of metal movement at a pipe spinning plant: Concepts and the computerised system pp. 65-71

David Rhodes and Mike Wright

Machine clustering for economic production pp. 73-81

Larry E. Stanfel

Application of multi-objective stochastic linear programming to power systems planning pp. 83-89

J. Teghem and P. L. Kunsch

Minimal and maximal floats in project networks pp. 91-97

Hans Ziegler

A case study on the use of robots in assembly processes pp. 99-103

Layek Abdel-Malek

Optimal production of oil and gas pp. 105-111

T. T. Abodunde and Franz Wirl

A roi-maximizing eoq model under variable demand and markup rates pp. 113-117

F. J. Arcelus and G. Srinivasan

The impact of capacity investments on work-in-process and inventories pp. 119-124

Sven Axsater and Jan Olhager

Algorithmic grouping of operation sequences pp. 125-134

R. Panneer Selvam and K. N. Balasubramanian

Capacity-oriented production planning in case of a single bottle-neck pp. 135-140

Roland Bemelmans

MRP system nervousness: Causes and cures pp. 141-146

Joseph D. Blackburn, Dean H. Kropp and Robert A. Millen

Maintenance resource planning an integrative approach pp. 147-154

W. Bruggeman and Roland van Dierdonck

Micro routines for demonstrating G/T, JIT, KANBAN and MRP pp. 155-164

John G. Carlson

Heuristic modelling of a multi-echelon production-inventory system pp. 165-168

Attila Chikan

Designing a quality assurance information system for a process firm -- A case study pp. 169-176

Charles A. Snyder, James F. Cox and George Griesinger

Capital rationalization pp. 177-183

Anders Eriksson

Coordination of production schedules and distribution (A case study) pp. 185-192

P. Feser, H. O. Gunther and Ch. Schneeweiss

Consistency analysis in a hierarchical production planning system pp. 193-199

G. Fontan, S. Imbert and C. Merce

Capacity planning in MRP, JIT and OPT: A critique pp. 201-209

Ludo F. Gelders and Luk N. Van Wassenhove

On the generalizability of MRP simulation results pp. 211-217

J. Roberta Minifie and Ed Heard

Implementation aspects of computer aided production control pp. 219-224

Jiri Herman

International plant location under price and exchange rate uncertainty pp. 225-229

James E. Hodder and James V. Jucker

Safety stock planning in a multi-stage production-inventory system pp. 231-237

Peter Kelle

A decision support system for production and financial planning in a tannery pp. 239-247

Michel R. Klein and Florence Klein-Estrabaud

Rebuilding of sales, production and material management systems in an electronics company pp. 249-257

Jorma Kuutti

Interest rates, inflation, and inventory investment: some finnish experiences pp. 259-266

Kalevi Kylaheiko and Timo Pirttila

Using an orderbook model to co-ordinate business priorities pp. 267-289

Alastair Nicholson

An integrated computer-based system for financial and managerial decisions pp. 291-297

Marilyn Willis and Leila J. Pratt

A case study of the efficiency of the scheduling function pp. 299-304

Peter Lundell and Bjorn Ostlund

Implementation strategies for the integration of Japanese KANBAN-principles in German companies pp. 305-319

Horst Wildemann

A schematic model of experiments with mathematical models applied to production control pp. 321-327

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