International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 27, issue 3, 1992

Analysing divergent logistic networks with local (R, S) inventory control pp. 187-219

M. C. van der Heijden

A strategic planning model for oilfield service and supply companies pp. 221-231

Robert M. Bowker, James S. Dyer, James A. Fitzsimmons and Kingshuk K. Sinha

A systematic procedure for the selection of bulk material handling equipment pp. 233-240

Jayadev Velury and W. J. Kennedy

A simple case of preventive maintenance decision-making with limited historical data pp. 241-250

Edward A. Silver and Claude-Nicolas Fiechter

An heuristic approach for finite time maintenance policy pp. 251-256

V. Jayabalan and Dipak Chaudhuri

Options in advanced energy-related production processes pp. 257-264

L. J. O. Lint

A dynamic approach to operations management: An alternative to static optimization pp. 265-282

Ramachandran Jaikumar and Roger E. Bohn

"On-the-fly" line balancing with very little WIP pp. 283-289

John O. McClain, L. Joseph Thomas and Charles Sox

The software engineers reference book: by John A. McDermid, Heinemann, 1991, 1032 pp pp. 291-291

Gabor Urban

Erfolgsstrategien fur Zulieferer (successful strategies of suppliers): by Robert Fieten, Gabler, 1991,220 pp pp. 292-292

Andrea Gelei

Volume 27, issue 2, 1992

Replacement analysis for components of large scale production systems pp. 97-110

James T. Luxhoj

Variations of order-level inventory models for deteriorating items pp. 111-117

Adrijit Goswami and K. S. Chaudhuri

Effects of cycle time on integrated procurement-production systems - Sensitivity analysis pp. 119-126

S. K. Goyal, S. G. Deshmukh and A. Subash Babu

The profit-oriented interval cutting problem: model and stability analysis pp. 127-133

Knut Richter

Comment on the "analytic Delphi method" pp. 135-136

Kevin J. McCarthy

Scheduling in n-job, m-stage flowshop with parallel processors to minimize makespan pp. 137-143

Chandrasekharan Rajendran and Dipak Chaudhuri

The manufacture of soda ash in the Arabian Gulf pp. 145-153

K. M. Wagialla, I. S. Al-Mutaz and M. E. El-Dahshan

Some results for inventory models having inventory level dependent demand rate pp. 155-160

Mark Goh

The rate of return regulated version of Farrell efficiency pp. 161-165

Rolf Fare and James Logan

An organizational approach to product quality via statistical experiment design pp. 167-173

T. N. Goh

Just-In-Time purchasing: Single or multiple sourcing? pp. 175-181

Jae-Dong Hong and Jack C. Hayya

Production control - A structural and design oriented approach: by J.W.M. Bertrand, J.C. Wortmann and J. Wijngaard, 1990, xi + 322 pp pp. 183-183

Kaj Rosling

Volume 27, issue 1, 1992

A clustering analysis of forecasting methods in a multi-objective inventory system pp. 1-8

Abraham Mehrez and Michael Y. Hu

Evaluating the introduction of JIT pp. 9-22

Peter L. Primrose

Determination of nested reorder intervals in a distribution network pp. 23-28

Paul Iyogun

A compact heuristic for common cycle lot-size scheduling in multi-stage, multi-product production processes pp. 29-41

M. K. El-Najdawi

Quality selection of a two-dimensional process level under single acceptance sampling by variables pp. 43-56

Olle Carlsson

Continuous quality improvement: Why some organisations lack commitment pp. 57-67

B. G. Dale and K. Lightburn

Quality costing for total quality management pp. 69-81

Leslie J. Porter and Paul Rayner

Innovative output and firm size in the pharmaceutical industry pp. 83-90

Samuel B. Graves and Nan S. Langowitz

Quality improvement through standards: by Barry Dale and John Oakland, Stanley Thornes (Publishers) ltd. 1991. ISBN 0-7487-05558-9, 268 pp pp. 91-91

Kristina Demeter

Storage and commodity markets: by Jeffry C. Williams and Brian D. Wright, Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-521-32616-8 502 pp, $64.50 pp. 91-92

Andrea Galei

Volume 26, issue 1-3, 1992

Foreword pp. 1-1

Attila Chikan

Does levelling lead to shortages? An empirical test pp. 5-11

Istvan Abel, J. P. Bonin and Istvan P Szekely

Linear model for Bulgarian inventory investment between 1962 and 1985 pp. 13-18

Lilia Chankova

Inventories in the economy in transition pp. 19-23

Attila Chikan

A test of the linear rational expectations equilibrium inventory model in the EEC pp. 25-32

Sophia Dimelis

Using mixed frequency data to improve macroeconomic forecasts of inventory investment pp. 33-41

Michael R. Donihue and E. Howrey

Empirical estimation of three models of production and inventory behavior using monthly industry data pp. 43-48

Moheb A. Ghali

Direct tests of the hypothesis that expectations are rational pp. 49-59

F. Owen Irvine

Short term inventory and employment interplay in Finnish manufacturing industry pp. 61-70

Kalevi Kylaheiko

Simulating a 100% just-in-time economy pp. 71-78

Michael Lovell

The inventory investment equation: an empirical work using business survey data pp. 79-88

Leonor Modesto

Weather-induced instability in agricultural produce with respect to buffer stocks in India and Iran: an integrated optimisation and dynamic input-output model pp. 89-97

K. N. Prasad, A. A. Banouei and A. M. Swaminathan

Observation errors and inventory cycles pp. 99-105

Michael Reiter

Inventories in macroeconomic fluctuations: the stylized facts pp. 107-114

Monika Sebold-Bender

A comparison of the behavior of Japanese and US inventories pp. 115-122

Kenneth West

Simulation of inventory control systems pp. 125-134

Poul Alstrom and Per Madsen

Electronic data interchange and inventories pp. 135-143

Mohsen Anvari

Production lot sizing with work-in-process considerations in response to periodic demand pp. 145-151

Avijit Banerjee

A simulation-based method to aid the improvement of manufacturing flexibility pp. 153-159

M. D. Byrne

Mixed model assembly simulation pp. 161-167

John G. Carlson and Andrew C. Yao

Work in process: performance measures pp. 169-172

Donald W. Fogarty

Simplicity, totality and change: a logistic viewpoint in inventory management pp. 173-180

Raimo Keloharju

Relativity of the "new logistic technologies" and of their inventory aspects pp. 181-186

Danuta Kisperska-Moron

A simulation study of bottleneck scheduling pp. 187-192

A. D. Neely and M. D. Byrne

The inventory investment decision and firm value: A conceptual framework pp. 193-201

Richard Nyerges

Simulating the impact of process capability on lot sizes in batch manufacturing pp. 203-210

Shanthakumar Palaniswami

Strategic inventory management of renewable energy resources. Aluminium as an energy storage medium and market commodity pp. 211-216

E. C. Partington

An overview of the state and problems of inventory management in Finland pp. 217-220

Timo Pirttila and Veli-Matti Virolainen

The relationship of work-in-process inventories, manufacturing lead times and waiting line analysis pp. 221-227

S. Subba Rao

A decision support system for materials management pp. 229-236

M. G. Speranza and W. Ukovich

Forming the material supply structure through the choice of the production cooperation range pp. 237-241

Maciej Sygit

Principal economic decisions of operational production management in Czechoslovak enterprises of electrotechnical industry pp. 243-246

Gustav Tomek

The system implications of pure manufacturing policy options pp. 247-255

Martin Walbank

Hierarchical production planning and multi-echelon inventory management pp. 257-264

W. H. M. Zijm

Some issues on the modelling of incentives for special sales pp. 267-272

F. J. Arcelus and G. Srinivasan

Combinatorial optimization of the location--inventory problem pp. 273-276

Marija Bogataj and Ludvik Bogataj

Perturbed inventory systems with delays pp. 277-281

L. Bogataj and M. Bogataj

Heavy-traffic inventory--production systems pp. 283-291

E. V. Bulinskaya

Performance optimization of a system through the transitive interaction between its sections pp. 293-296

V. Fragopoulou-Manthou and R. Kalfakakou

Order point/order quantity models with random yield pp. 297-298

Yigal Gerchak

Controlled stochastic processes and inventories pp. 299-302

Hans-Joachim Girlich and Bernd Kolkwitz

Hypergame analysis of the stability of relationships between computerbased logistics systems pp. 303-310

Ian Graham, Fiona O'Doherty, Alan McKinnon and Lynne Baxter

Intertemporal generalization of the relationship between material requirements planning and input-output analysis pp. 311-318

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Peter Ovrin

Extension of a reliability-type inventory model to just-in-time systems pp. 319-326

Peter Kelle and Helmut Schneider

A stochastic inventory problem with piecewise quadratic costs pp. 327-332

Mahmut Parlar and Ryszarda Rempala

Single facility, multi-item lot sizing under just-in-time and "cyclic scheduling for improvement" pp. 333-339

S. Ramani and N. Narayanan

Average cost estimation of lot-sizing heuristics pp. 341-345

Knut Richter

Changing the givens in modelling inventory problems: the example of just-in-time systems pp. 347-351

Edward A. Silver

Minimum cost allocation of supply centers with limitation on time delivery pp. 353-358

C. Tsouros and M. Satratzemi

Multiple batch structures in throughput scheduling pp. 359-366

P. J. Weeda

Incremental order quantity for the case of very lumpy demand pp. 367-371

Cengiz Yilmaz