International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 63, issue 3, 2000

A study on the effect of the extent and location of protective capacity in flow systems pp. 217-228

Sukran N. Kadipasaoglu, Wenuang Xiang, Simon F. Hurley and Basheer M. Khumawala

Evaluating shop floor input control using rapid modeling pp. 229-241

S. T. Enns

A comparison of managers perceptions of short-termism in Sweden and the U.S pp. 243-254

Esbjorn Segelod

Performance-based strategic resource allocation in supply networks pp. 255-266

Anthony D. Ross

A multi-grid size dynamic programming approach for the production control of a random-speed machine pp. 267-275

Wai Ping So and Yat-wah Wan

Just-in-time: A cross-sectional plant analysis pp. 277-301

Jeffrey L. Callen, Chris Fader and Itzhak Krinsky

Joint determination of process mean, production run size and material order quantity for a container-filling process pp. 303-317

Jinshyang Roan, Linguo Gong and Kwei Tang

Volume 63, issue 2, 2000

Designer-buyer-supplier interface: Theory versus practice pp. 111-130

S. Dowlatshahi

Tabu search for minimizing total tardiness in a job shop pp. 131-140

Vinicius Amaral Armentano and Cintia Rigao Scrich

The NBD repeat purchase process and M/G/[infinity] queues pp. 141-145

Charles S. Tapiero

Measuring product development performance in manufacturing organisations pp. 147-159

H. Driva, K. S. Pawar and U. Menon

Near cost-optimal inventory control policies for divergent networks under fill rate constraints pp. 161-179

Matthieu van der Heijden

Application of fuzzy decision making in part-machine grouping pp. 181-193

Zulal Gungor and Feyzan Arikan

Computer simulation of a PCB production line: metamodeling approach pp. 195-205

Berna Dengiz and Kunter S. Akbay

An inventory model with deteriorating items under inflation when a delay in payment is permissible pp. 207-214

Hung-Chang Liao, Chih-Hung Tsai and Chao-Ton Su

Volume 63, issue 1, 2000

A comparative analysis of utilizing activity-based costing and the theory of constraints for making product-mix decisions pp. 1-17

Robert Kee and Charles Schmidt

Incorporating operator-process interactions in process control: A framework and an application to glucose refining pp. 19-31

Kumar Rajaram and Ramchandran Jaikumar

Automatic production control applying control theory pp. 33-46

Hans-Peter Wiendahl and Jan-Wilhelm Breithaupt

Measuring maintenance performance - in search for a maintenance productivity index pp. 47-58

Hans Lofsten

The efficiency of conventional fuel power plants in South Korea: A comparison of parametric and non-parametric approaches pp. 59-67

Soo-Uk Park and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd

A mathematical model for a buffered two-stage manufacturing cell with an unreliable transfer device pp. 69-81

S. M. A. Suliman

A comparison of search techniques for minimizing assembly time in printed wiring assembly pp. 83-98

Hsin-Pin Fu and Chao-Ton Su

Business process reengineering of an air cargo handling process pp. 99-108

M. R. Rotab Khan

Volume 62, issue 3, 1999

Activity-based costing for production learning pp. 175-180

M. C. Andrade, R. C. Pessanha Filho, A. M. Espozel, L. O. A. Maia and R. Y. Qassim

A review of the stochastic lot scheduling problem pp. 181-200

Charles R. Sox, Peter L. Jackson, Alan Bowman and John A. Muckstadt

Estimating the cost of steel pipe bending, a comparison between neural networks and regression analysis pp. 201-207

Avraham Shtub and Ronen Versano

A dynamic efficiency model using data envelopment analysis pp. 209-218

Jati K. Sengupta

On the sensitivity of project variability to activity mean duration pp. 219-232

S. E. Elmaghraby, Y. Fathi and M. R. Taner

Minimum cost safety stocks for frequent delivery manufacturing pp. 233-236

Luis Otavio Aleotti Maia and Raad Yahya Qassim

Combining the analytic hierarchy process and goal programming for global facility location-allocation problem pp. 237-248

Masood A. Badri

A heuristic for bi-objective vehicle routing with time window constraints pp. 249-258

Sung-Chul Hong and Yang-Byung Park

Analysis of order review/release problems in production systems pp. 259-279

I. Sabuncuoglu and H. Y. Karapinar

A decision network algorithm for multi-stage dynamic lot sizing problems pp. 281-285

Cevriye Gencer, Serpil Erol and Yalcin Erol

Volume 62, issue 1-2, 1999

Design and implementation of agile manufacturing systems pp. 1-6

A. Gunasekaran

A methodology for achieving agility in manufacturing organisations: An introduction pp. 7-22

H. Sharifi and ZhongXiang Zhang

Application of information technology to a virtual enterprise broker: The case of Bill Epstein pp. 23-32

J. J. Kanet, W. Faisst and P. Mertens

Agile manufacturing:: The drivers, concepts and attributes pp. 33-43

Y. Y. Yusuf, M. Sarhadi and A. Gunasekaran

MCSARCH: An architecture for the development of manufacturing control systems pp. 45-59

Omar Aguirre, Richard Weston, Francisco Martin and Jose Luis Ajuria

Total cycle time compression and the agile supply chain pp. 61-73

Rachel Mason-Jones and Denis R. Towill

Risk-pooling over demand uncertainty in the presence of product modularity pp. 75-85

Z. Kevin Weng

Agile manufacturing: A framework for research and development pp. 87-105

A. Gunasekaran

Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain pp. 107-118

J. Ben Naylor, Mohamed M Naim and Danny Berry

Quick Response supply chain alliances in the Australian textiles, clothing and footwear industry pp. 119-132

Marcia Perry, Amrik S. Sohal and Peter Rumpf

A framework for designing efficient value chain networks pp. 133-144

Srinivas Talluri, R. C. Baker and Joseph Sarkis

Object-oriented modeling of control system for agile manufacturing cells pp. 145-153

Jie Zhang, Jian Gu, Peigen Li and Zhengcheng Duan

Working towards agile manufacturing in the UK industry pp. 155-169

J. M. Sharp, Z. Irani and S. Desai

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