International Journal of Production Economics

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Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

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Volume 45, issue 1-3, 1996

Preface pp. xi-xi

Attila Chikan

The volume and structure of inventories pp. 1-7

Attila Chikan

Inventories cycle in an augmented RBC model pp. 9-19

Fabrice Collard and Jean-François Jacques

Temporal aggregation and estimation of inventory functions pp. 21-27

Moheb Ghali

Conditional volatility and the production smoothing hypothesis of inventory investment pp. 29-36

Isamu Ginama

Has inventory management in the US become more efficient and flexible? A macroeconomic perspective pp. 37-46

Albert A. Hirsch

Inventory investment in Greek manufacturing industry: Effects from participation in the European market pp. 47-54

Helen Louri

Macroeconomic implications of S,s versus accelerator finished goods inventory strategies pp. 55-64

Michael Lovell

Financing constraints and reordering rules pp. 65-75

Alistair Milne

Does the time shape of inventory data hold clues on inventory behaviour pp. 77-81

Paul Reinhardt and Dirk Beyer

Heuristic production triggering mechanisms under discrete unequal inventory withdrawals pp. 83-90

Avijit Banerjee, Jonathan Burton and Snehamay Banerjee

Inventory and enterprise integration pp. 91-99

M. C. Bonney, M. A. Head, C. C. Tien, N. Huang and R. J. Barson

A visually interactive expert system for a distribution center environment pp. 101-109

John G. Carlson and Andrew C. Yao

A conceptual framework for managing congestion in manufacturing pp. 111-119

A. Gunasekaran, T. Martikainen, I. Virtanen and P. Yli-Olli

Systems design of a two-echelon steel industry supply chain pp. 121-130

K. Hafeez, M. Griffiths, J. Griffiths and M. M. Naim

A framework for cost-service analysis in differentiation of logistics services pp. 131-137

Timo Pirttila and Janne Huiskonen

A comparison of fixed and adaptive type controls for multi-product processing pp. 139-146

Peter Kelle and David Peak

Inventories and customer service in Polish manufacturing companies pp. 147-157

Danuta Kisperska-Moron

Inventory forecasting with a multiple criteria decision tool pp. 159-168

Jukka Korpela and Markku Tuominen

A decision aid in warehouse site selection pp. 169-180

Jukka Korpela and Markku Tuominen

Information systems design requirements for inventory management: A conceptual approach pp. 181-186

Vassiliki Manthou, Panagiotis Notopoulos and Maro Vlachopoulou

The implementation and use of material requirements planning system in Northern Greece: A case study pp. 187-193

Vassiliki Manthou, Maro Vlachopoulou and Petros Theodorou

Generic organizational choices for logistics in decentralized organizations Implications for inventory management pp. 195-202

Timo Pirttila and Petri Niemi

The new management paradigm: An extension through the IFAM perspective pp. 203-214

Richard T. Nyerges

Import related inventory management in Indian economy pp. 215-222

K. N. Prasad, A.M. Swaminathan, (Miss) and R. G. Parkar

A step-wise method for product range management and production control decisions: A case study at a board industry company pp. 223-230

Timo Pirttila and Robert Sandstrom

Macroeconomic analyses of inventories: learning from practice pp. 231-237

Linda G. Sprague and John G. Wacker

Reducing inventories in a multi-echelon manufacturing firm A case study pp. 239-249

Alan J. Stenger

Restructuring the bill of material for productivity: A strategic evaluation of product configuration pp. 251-260

Peter W. Stonebraker

Grain stocking and storing in Benue State: An appraisal of the Federal Government of Nigeria's food grain storage policy pp. 261-270

J. Chinedu Umeh, C. C. Agunwamba and O. A. D. Agada

Positioning inventory in distribution systems pp. 271-278

D. Clay Whybark and Shitao Yang

An MCDM framework for dynamic systems pp. 279-292

Per Agrell and Joakim Wikner

Tracking signals in inventory control systems A simulation study pp. 293-302

Poul Alstrom and Per Madsen

Comparison of echelon stock and installation stock policies for two-level inventory systems pp. 303-310

Sven Axsater and Lars Juntti

The undershoot of the reorder point: Tests of an approximation pp. 311-320

Manuel P. Baganha, David F. Pyke and Geraldo Ferrer

Investment policy for multiple product setup reduction under budgetary and capacity constraints pp. 321-327

Avijit Banerjee, Vijay R. Pyreddy and Seung Lae Kim

Stochastic considerations of Grubbstrom--Molinder model of MRP, input-output and multi-echelon inventory systems pp. 329-336

Ludvik Bogataj and Liljana Horvat

Inventories in spatial models pp. 337-342

Marija Bogataj

Variance laws for inventory management pp. 343-352

I. E. Boylan and F. R. Johnston

Stability problems in inventory theory pp. 353-359

E. V. Bulinskaya

Inventory model with two stocks pp. 361-368

S. Bylka and J. Komar

Controlling a divergent 2-echelon network with transshipments using the consistent appropriate share rationing policy pp. 369-379

E. B. Diks and A. G. de Kok

Continuous review inventory control when capacity is variable pp. 381-388

Yunzeng Wang and Yigal Gerchak

Some comments on normal approximation for stochastic demand processes pp. 389-395

Hans-Joachim Girlich

Inventory trigger control policies developed in terms of control theory pp. 397-406

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Joakim Wikner

Stochastic properties of a production--inventory process with planned production using transform methodology pp. 407-419

Robert W. Grubbstrom

Batching policies for a product life cycle pp. 421-427

Roger M. Hill

On queueing models for some multi-location problems pp. 429-433

Peter Kochel

Fuzzy models for the newsboy problem pp. 435-441

Dobrila Petrovic, Radivoj Petrovic and Mirko Vujosevic

The extended EOQ repair and waste disposal model pp. 443-447

Knut Richter

A capacity-constrained multi-level inventory and production control problem pp. 449-461

Anders Segerstedt

Some insights regarding selecting sets of scenarios in combinatorial stochastic problems pp. 463-472

Henrik Jonsson and Edward A. Silver

Optimal solution of a total time distribution problem pp. 473-478

C. Tsouros and M. Satratzemi

A dynamic game model for distribution problems with non-stochastic uncertainty pp. 479-487

Franco Blanchini, Franca Rinaldi and Walter Ukovich

Product remanufacturing and disposal: A numerical comparison of alternative control strategies pp. 489-498

Erwin van der Laan, Rommert Dekker and Marc Salomon

EOQ formula when inventory cost is fuzzy pp. 499-504

Mirko Vujosevic, Dobrila Petrovic and Radivoj Petrovic