International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

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Volume 93-94, issue 1, 2005

Preface pp. xiii-xiii

Attila Chikan

Evaluation of two simple extreme transshipment strategies pp. 1-11

Stefan Minner and Edward A. Silver

Trend breaks in US inventory to sales ratios pp. 13-23

F. Owen Irvine

Comparing CONWIP, synchronized CONWIP, and Kanban in complex supply chains pp. 25-40

Katsuhiko Takahashi, Myreshka and Daisuke Hirotani

The role of ERP tools in supply chain information sharing, cooperation, and cost optimization pp. 41-52

Peter Kelle and Asli Akbulut

A simple decision rule for decentralized two-echelon inventory control pp. 53-59

Sven Axsater

Macroeconomic characteristics and inventory investment: a multi-country study pp. 61-73

Attila Chikan, Erzsébet Kovács and Tunde Tatrai

Inventory investment and output volatility pp. 75-86

F. Owen Irvine and Scott Schuh

Measuring the convexity of the cost function pp. 87-99

Moheb Ghali

An alternative estimate of real inventory change for national economic accounts pp. 101-110

Christian Ehemann

Optimal inventory policies when sales are discretionary pp. 111-119

Herbert Scarf

Logistics customer service levels in Poland:: Changes between 1993 and 2001 pp. 121-128

Danuta Kisperska-Moron

Inventory management: Is there a knock-on effect? pp. 129-138

Gyula Vastag and D. Clay Whybark

The role of C-products in providing customer service--refining the inventory policy according to customer-specific factors pp. 139-149

Janne Huiskonen, Petri Niemi and Timo Pirttila

The relationship between UK manufacturers' inventory levels and supply, internal and market factors pp. 151-160

Adegoke Oke and Marek Szwejczewski

Motives behind purchasing consortia pp. 161-168

Eija Tella and Veli-Matti Virolainen

Cost-parametric analysis of lateral transshipment policies in two-echelon supply chains pp. 169-178

Jonathan Burton and Avijit Banerjee

Controlling inventories in a supply chain: A case study pp. 179-188

Eric Porras Musalem and Rommert Dekker

Concurrent pricing and lot sizing for make-to-order contract production pp. 189-195

Avijit Banerjee

Model and analysis of integrated production-inventory system: The case of steel production pp. 197-205

Simone Zanoni and Lucio Zavanella

Logistics in Bulgarian manufacturing companies pp. 207-215

Pavel Dimitrov

Worst-case analysis of the full load policy in the single link problem pp. 217-224

Luca Bertazzi and Maria Grazia Speranza

Production planning: An improved hybrid approach pp. 225-229

M.D. Byrne and Md Saddam Hossain

Order allocation in a multiple-supplier environment pp. 231-238

Ruengsak Kawtummachai and Nguyen Van Hop

Advanced available-to-promise: Classification, selected methods and requirements for operations and inventory management pp. 239-252

Richard Pibernik

Inventory management in supply chains: A bargaining problem pp. 253-262

Eric Sucky

Management control and the production environment: A review pp. 263-272

Paula van Veen-Dirks

The complex relationship between inventory control and organisational setting: Theory and practice pp. 273-284

Jan de Vries

Considering stochastic lead times in a manufacturing/remanufacturing system with deterministic demands and returns pp. 285-300

Ou Tang and Robert W. Grubbstrom

The effects of emission trading on production and inventories in the Arrow-Karlin model pp. 301-308

Imre Dobos

Stocking decisions for repairable spare parts pooling in a multi-hub system pp. 309-317

Hartanto Wong, Dirk Cattrysse and Dirk Van Oudheusden

Timing production in LP models in a rolling schedule pp. 319-329

J.M. Spitter, A.G. de Kok and N.P. Dellaert

Eliminating drift in inventory and order based production control systems pp. 331-344

S.M. Disney and D.R. Towill

Stability of perishable goods in cold logistic chains pp. 345-356

Marija Bogataj, Ludvik Bogataj and Robert Vodopivec

Turnpike policies for periodic review inventory model with emergency orders pp. 357-373

Stanislaw Bylka

Lot sizes in a capacity constrained facility--a simulation study of stationary stochastic demand pp. 375-386

Par Brander, Erik Leven and Anders Segerstedt

Integrated inventory models with controllable lead time and backorder discount considerations pp. 387-397

Jason Chao-Hsien Pan and Yu-Cheng Hsiao

Replenish-up-to inventory control policy with random replenishment intervals pp. 399-405

Kadir Ertogral and M.A. Rahim

Integer-ratio policies for distribution/inventory systems pp. 407-415

B. Abdul-Jalbar, J. Gutierrez and J. Sicilia

The hotel yield management with two types of room prices, overbooking and cancellations pp. 417-428

Takeshi Koide and Hiroaki Ishii

Base-stock policies for the lost sales inventory system with Poisson demand and Erlangian lead times pp. 429-437

Soren Glud Johansen

A discounted cash flow approach to the base stock inventory model pp. 439-445

R.M. Hill and T.P.M. Pakkala

A continuous production-inventory problem with regeneration cycles pp. 447-454

Ryszarda Rempala

Sensitivity results considering rescheduling by AND/OR graphs pp. 455-464

Dusan Hvalica and Ludvik Bogataj

The distribution-free newsboy problem: Extensions to the shortage penalty case pp. 465-477

Hesham K. Alfares and Hassan H. Elmorra

The impact of aggregation level on forecasting performance pp. 479-491

Giulio Zotteri, Matteo Kalchschmidt and Federico Caniato

Fuzzy approach to the spatial games in the total market area pp. 493-503

Marija Bogataj and Janez Usenik

Simulation-based optimisation of multi-echelon inventory systems pp. 505-513

P. Kochel and U. Nielander

Volume 60-61, issue 1, 1999

Sustainable production - a new paradigm for a new millennium pp. 1-7

Christopher O'Brien

Turbulent times require creative thinking: New European concepts in production management pp. 9-27

Hans-Jorg Bullinger

Next generation of production research:: Wisdom, collaboration, and society pp. 29-34

Shimon Y. Nof

Concepts and methods for a production integrated environmental protection pp. 35-42

H. -J. Bullinger, J. von Steinaecker and A. Weller

Agility, adaptability and leanness: A comparison of concepts and a study of practice pp. 43-51

Hiroshi Katayama and David Bennett

The forces that shape organisational performance measurement systems: An interdisciplinary review pp. 53-60

Daniel B. Waggoner, Andy D. Neely and Mike P. Kennerley

Performance measurement for product design and development in a manufacturing environment pp. 61-68

Kulwant S. Pawar and Helen Driva

A technology oriented productivity measurement model pp. 69-77

Wen-Chih Chiou, Hsiu-Wei Kuo and Iuan-Yuan Lu

Towards a framework for analyzing efficiency during start-up:: An empirical investigation of a Swedish auto manufacturer pp. 79-86

Henrik Almgren

A methodology for formulating a business strategy in manufacturing firms pp. 87-94

Luis E. Quezada, Felisa M. Cordova, Serge Widmer and Christopher O'Brien

Creating a model of process innovation for reengineering of business and manufacturing pp. 95-101

Jorma Papinniemi

Reengineering for human resource management in Japanese companies: Is it important to be introduced? pp. 103-108

Didik Purwadi, Kazuo Tanaka and Masaharu Ota

Component part standardization: A way to reduce the life-cycle costs of products pp. 109-116

H. S. C. Perera, Nagen Nagarur and Mario T. Tabucanon

Impact of various flexibility types in a hybrid fabrication/assembly production system pp. 117-123

Hitoshi Tsubone and Mitsuyoshi Horikawa

Impact of commonality and flexibility on manufacturing performance: A simulation study pp. 125-134

Nagen Nagarur and Abdullahil Azeem

An analysis of innovation management systems' characteristics pp. 135-143

Markku Tuominen, Petteri Piippo, Takaya Ichimura and Yoshio Matsumoto

Introducing a platform strategy in product development pp. 145-153

Moreno Muffatto

Company-wide integration of strategic maintenance: An empirical analysis pp. 155-164

Patrik Jonsson

Subcontractors in a partnership environment:: A study on changing manufacturing strategy pp. 165-170

Ulla Lehtinen

A design for a management information system with consideration for stochastic variability pp. 171-176

Kenichi Nakashima

Decision support tool for justifying alternative manufacturing and production control systems pp. 177-186

N. Chiadamrong and C. O'Brien

Interactive decision system in stochastic multiobjective portfolio selection pp. 187-193

Chue Shing and Hiroyuki Nagasawa

Module-based intelligent advisory system pp. 195-201

Jyri Papstel

An automated welding operation planning system for block assembly in shipbuilding pp. 203-209

Kyu-Kab Cho, Jung-Guy Sun and Jung-Soo Oh

Decision support system for a jewellery manufacturer pp. 211-219

T. N. Wong, C. H. Cheung and H. Lau

Policy exercise: An essential enabler of virtual corporation pp. 221-228

Tomoaki Tsuchiya and Shigehisa Tsuchiya

Integrated environmental management process applying genetic algorithm pp. 229-234

Toshihiko Takeuchi, Yusuke Yazu and Akiyuki Sakuma

An experimental evaluation of input devices for pointing work pp. 235-240

Hiroshi Ichikawa, Manabu Homma and Mamoru Umemura

An object-oriented multitasking control environment for multirobot system programming and execution with 3D graphic simulation pp. 241-250

Gen'ichi Yasuda

Concurrent engineering for global manufacturing pp. 251-260

Hassan S. Abdalla

Performance and partnership in global manufacturing-modelling frameworks and techniques pp. 261-269

Edmond K. Lo and Chamli Pushpakumara

Quality assurance in food and agribusiness supply chains: Developing successful partnerships pp. 271-279

Gerrit Willem Ziggers and Jacques Trienekens

Communication-based coordination modeling in distributed manufacturing systems pp. 281-287

Jose A. Ceroni, Masayuki Matsui and Shimon Y. Nof

Designing of a production ordering system for automobile repair parts pp. 289-294

Shusaku Hiraki, Kazuyoshi Ishii and Hiroshi Katayama

Studies on the optimal location of commerce - basic laws considering the distribution of population pp. 295-300

Kentaro Minagawa and Kazushi Sumiyoshi

The procedure of determining the order picking strategies in distribution center pp. 301-307

Che-Hung Lin and Iuan-Yuan Lu

A study on shelf space allocation and management pp. 309-317

Ming-Hsien Yang and Wen-Cher Chen

Determination of dominant facility locations with minimum noise levels for the cost contour map pp. 319-325

Suebsak Nanthavanij and Nuttapol Asadathorn

Agent oriented system approach for workflow automation pp. 327-335

Atsushi Inamoto

A genetic algorithm method for one-dimensional machine location problems pp. 337-342

Dijin Gong, Genji Yamazaki, Mitsuo Gen and Weixuan Xu

The development of an object-oriented simulation system based on the thought process of the manufacturing system design pp. 343-351

Hironori Hibino, Yoshiro Fukuda, Susumu Fujii, Fumio Kojima, Keiji Mitsuyuki and Yoshiyuki Yura

An optimal worker allocation problem for a U-shaped production line pp. 353-358

Koichi Nakade and Katsuhisa Ohno

The eclectic model for stochastic dynamic production cycling problem pp. 359-367

Masao Yokoyama

Transient behavior of a single-stage kanban system based on the queueing model pp. 369-374

Yoichi Seki and Naoto Hoshino

A semi-open decomposition approach for an open queueing network in a general configuration with a kanban blocking mechanism pp. 375-380

Zhao Xiaobo and Zhaoying Zhou

Further developments on safety stocks in an MRP system applying Laplace transforms and input-output analysis pp. 381-387

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Ou Tang

Optimal inventory control policy subject to different selling prices of perishable commodities pp. 389-394

Yasuo Adachi, Toyokazu Nose and Sennosuke Kuriyama

Measuring the impact of asymmetric demand distributions on inventories pp. 395-404

Emilio Bartezzaghi, Roberto Verganti and Giulio Zotteri

A turbine-blade balancing problem pp. 405-410

Wonjoon Choi, Haeyong Kang and Taehyun Baek

Biomechanical study on the postures in manual lifting tasks using cusp surface analysis pp. 411-420

Yasufumi Kume and Nozomi Sato

A genetic algorithm-based approach for design of independent manufacturing cells pp. 421-426

Chiung Moon and Mitsuo Gen

Information analysis in a distributed dynamic group technology method pp. 427-432

David Ben-Arieh and Ravi Sreenivasan

Multivariate analysis model for machine-part cell formation problem in group technology pp. 433-438

Masatoshi Kitaoka, Rui Nakamura, Seiichi Serizawa and Jun Usuki

Dynamic control of a cellular-line production system under variations in the product mix pp. 439-445

Mitsuru Kuroda, Takahiro Tomita and Kazuhiko Maeda

Limited flexibility in cellular manufacturing systems: A simulation study pp. 447-455

Vito Albino and A. Claudio Garavelli

Dynamic process planning system for a machining center in an FMS environment pp. 457-464

Kazumasa Ohashi

An adaptive dispatching algorithm for automated guided vehicles based on an evolutionary process pp. 465-472

Sang Hwi Kim and Hark Hwang

Integrated manufacturing planning for an AGV-based FMS pp. 473-478

Yoonho Seo and Pius J. Egbelu

The use of feedforward neural networks for machine vision calibration pp. 479-489

Mark B. Lynch, Cihan H. Dagli and Mahesh Vallenki

Performance-based control for the machining process and its application pp. 491-496

Hongzan Bin, Jianxin Jin, Yu Sun and Ming Yang

A study of estimation method for mouth position using image processing technique pp. 497-502

Shuichi Tokunaga, Hirokazu Osaki and Yutaka Sakai

Rescheduling and optimization of schedules considering machine failures pp. 503-513

Bo Guo and Yasuo Nonaka

Simulated annealing approach for minimizing the makespan of the general job-shop pp. 515-522

Tsuyoshi Satake, Katsumi Morikawa, Katsuhiko Takahashi and Nobuto Nakamura

Cyclic scheduling for re-entrant manufacturing systems pp. 523-528

Kenji Yura

Bi-criteria scheduling problem on three identical parallel machines pp. 529-536

Shintaro Mohri, Teruo Masuda and Hiroaki Ishii

Single machine scheduling to meet due times under shutdown constraints pp. 537-547

Makoto Asano and Hiroshi Ohta

A quick optimal algorithm for sequencing on one machine to minimize total tardiness pp. 549-555

Yasuhiro Hirakawa

A sequencing problem to level part usage rates and work loads for a mixed-model assembly line with a bypass subline pp. 557-564

Takayoshi Tamura, Hong Long and Katsuhisa Ohno

Sequencing method for products in consideration of assembly time pp. 565-573

Kenji Kurashige, Yanagawa Yoshinari, Shigeji Miyazaki and Yoshimasa Kameyama

A study of "fragrance" on working environment characteristics in VDT work activities pp. 575-581

Mitsuyuki Kawakami, Shinichi Aoki and Takao Ohkubo

Intelligent process control in manufacturing industry with sequential processes pp. 583-590

Boo Sik Kang, Deok Hyoen Choe and Sang Chan Park

A study on "science SQC" by utilizing "management SQC" - A demonstrative study on a new SQC concept and procedure in the manufacturing industry pp. 591-598

Kakuro Amasaka

Patterns of organizational and technological development in the Thai manufacturing industry pp. 599-605

Montalee Nagswasdi and Christopher O'Brien

Structural reliability estimation based on simulation within limited sampling region pp. 607-612

Masaaki Yonezawa, Shoya Okuda and Young Tae Park

Optimal control policy for a tool-wear process subject to shocks and random failures pp. 613-621

Viliam Makis

A Bayesian approach to prediction of system failure rates by criticalities under event trees pp. 623-628

Chi-Hyuck Jun, Soo Y. Chang, Yushin Hong and Heejoong Yang

Statistical model selection based on Bayes decision theory and its application to change detection problem pp. 629-638

Masayuki Gotoh and Shigeichi Hirasawa