International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2026

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 30-31, issue 1, 1993

Strategic and operational issues in production economics pp. 1-2

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Hans H. Hinterhuber

Production control in engineer-to-order firms pp. 3-22

J. W. M. Bertrand and D. R. Muntslag

The influence of central government's policy on production and the inventory in a spatial oligopoly pp. 23-30

Marija Bogataj and Ludvik Bogataj

Capacity smoothing and sequencing for mixed-model lines pp. 31-42

Maria Decker

Simulation of pull type manufacturing system for evaluating maintenance planning pp. 43-52

Semra Durmusoglu

Integrating marketing and production planning in make-to-order companies pp. 53-66

Brian Kingsman, Lee Worden, Linda Hendry, Alan Mercer and Elaine Wilson

Manufacturing flexibility and profitability pp. 67-78

Jan Olhager

Feedback production planning in a stochastic two-machine flowshop: Asymptotic analysis and computational results pp. 79-93

Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan, Zhang Qing and Xun Yu Zhou

Manpower capacity planning -- A hierarchical approach pp. 95-106

Bernhard Wild and Christoph Schneewei

Production Planning and Control (PPC) systems including load-oriented order release -- Problems and research perspectives pp. 107-122

G. Zapfel and H. Missbauer

Process planning for a modular component placement system pp. 123-135

W. H. M. Zijm and A. van Harten

Capacitated lot-sizing with minimum batch sizes and setup times pp. 137-152

Edward J. Anderson and Boon Soon Cheah

Initial order quantities in a multistage production system with backlogging pp. 153-166

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Huiping Ding

Measuring and improving planning stability of reorder-point lot-sizing policies pp. 167-178

Thomas Jensen

Optimal and approximate (Q, r) inventory policies with lost sales and gamma-distributed lead time pp. 179-194

Soren Glud Johansen and Anders Thorstenson

A theoretical framework for understanding why JIT reduces cost and cycle time and improves quality pp. 195-204

John Miltenburg

Different evaluations of `criticity' in production processes pp. 205-212

Luigi Poiaga

A capacitated single-item lot-size model pp. 213-219

Kaj Rosling

Heterogeneous batch structures in throughput scheduling pp. 221-227

P. J. Weeda

Industrial conversion to natural gas--An efficient and risk neutral strategy? pp. 229-242

Berndt Andersson and Ted Lindblom

The challenges of capacity planning pp. 243-264

Nils Arne Bakke and Roland Hellberg

Engineering design and product development and its relationship to manufacturing: A programme of case study research in British companies pp. 265-272

P. M. Braiden, N. Alderman and A. T. Thwaites

Manufacturing practice in a transition economy pp. 273-280

Attila Chikan and Krisztina Demeter

Integrated performance measurement: A review of current practice and emerging trends pp. 281-296

M. J. Gregory

What makes a strategist out of a manager? What engineers should know about strategic management pp. 297-307

Hans H. Hinterhuber and Wolfgang Popp

Design of the decision process for strategic investment in advanced manufacturing systems pp. 309-322

C. O'Brien and S. J. E. Smith

Operational technology transfer: Can we calculate the behavior costs? pp. 323-330

Shanthakumar Palaniswami and Ronald C. Bishop

The analytic hierarchy process based expert analysis of strategies and critical success factors of forest industries in Finland pp. 331-343

Markku Tuominen and Pentti Sierila

Progress on developing a framework for computer aided production management pp. 345-353

M. C. Bonney and M. A. Head

Architectural framework for the design of a simulation environment for decentralized production management pp. 355-364

Chr. Kruse, M. Zell and A. -W. Scheer

Decentralized production planning and design of a production management system based on an object-oriented architecture pp. 365-383

M. Rohloff

Quality of services "applicable to production?" pp. 385-397

C. P. M. Govers

Improving service quality: Learning from manufacturing pp. 399-413

Robert N. Mefford

Inventory control and quality system requirements--a case study pp. 415-425

Urpo Moisio and Veli-Matti Virolainen

Analysis of the conversion from a job shop system to a cellular manufacturing system pp. 427-436

M. Bulent Durmusoglu

Using a knowledge-based decision support system development environment to implement a scheduling system for a workshop pp. 437-451

Michel Klein, Catherine Lecomte and Pierre Dejax

An expert system for a local planning environment pp. 453-464

G. J. Meester

The appraisal of industrial investments: A new method and a case study pp. 465-476

Paolo Gallo and Lorenzo Peccati

Post-implementation reviews of investment: Evidence from a two-stage study pp. 477-488

Eleanor J. Morgan and Yan Ling Tang

An integrated approach to the layout of flexible transfer lines (FTLs): Buffer stocks allocation pp. 489-499

Layek Abdel-Malek and Chi Tang

Determining the number of spares in an inventory/repair system which supports equipment with scheduled usage pp. 501-518

Michael S. Bridgman and Clark A. Mount-Campbell

The economic lot size and relevant costs pp. 519-530

Michael Corbey and Rutger Jansen

Determining economic inventory policies in a multi-stage just-in-time production system pp. 531-542

A. Gunasekaran, S. K. Goyal, T. Martikainen and P. Yli-Olli

Inventory control of repairable tools with incomplete information pp. 543-550

Thomas Hamann and Jean-Marie Proth

Reducing system nervousness in multi-product inventory systems pp. 551-562

Erik van der Sluis

Global relations between inventory, manufacturing lead time and delivery date promises pp. 563-569

Gyula Vastag and D. Clay Whybark

Freight rates for small shipments pp. 571-577

F. J. Arcelus and J. E. Rowcroft

Scheduling of packaging lines in the process industry: An empirical investigation pp. 579-589

Peter van Dam, Gerard Gaalman and Gerard Sierksma

A practical solution to a newspaper distribution problem pp. 591-599

R. J. Mantel and M. Fontein

Volume 299, issue C, 2026

Information fusion in consumer complaints: A LLM-Guided topic model for product quality improvement

Ling Yan, Chenghao Fan, Kening Liu, Linhan Ouyang and Yuanyuan Gao

Lead time distribution in a small manufacturing system with unreliable machines and finite buffers

Chuan Shi and Stanley B. Gershwin

Quality and contract design for platform brands under two-sided information asymmetry

Huaqing Hu, Shuxiao Sun, Gaoyan Lyu and Baofeng Huo

Closed-loop decision-making framework for electric vehicle battery recycling: Synchronizing reverse logistics network optimization with disassembly line design

Fuli Zhou, Menghan Zhu, Sunil Tiwari, Yandong He and Ming K. Lim

Nonlinear dynamics analysis and chaos control of price game among automobile manufacturers

Dan Zhao, Su-ya Jia, Wen-wu Li, Yi-meng Sun, He-ping Wang and Jin-huan Tang

Examining the link between supplier diversification and ESG practices: An opportunity-motivation-ability perspective

Jia Ren, Shuo Shan, Fuzhen Liu and Kee-hung Lai

Navigating the Trade-offs: The nonlinear effects of digital transformation on supply chain resilience through efficiency and transparency

Bingmei Gu and Yudan Kong

Navigating platformization tensions in manufacturing: An organizational ambidexterity perspective

Jacopo Manotti, Valeriia Skliarenko and Giorgio Locatelli

Deposit financing for capital-constrained electric vehicle manufacturer in the presence of default risk and information asymmetry

Chaorui Huang, Hoi-Lam Ma, Xin Wen, Song-Man Wu and Sai-Ho Chung

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for ordering and inventory allocation in a decentralized two-echelon dual-channel supply chain

Qiang Zhou, Yefei Yang, Fangfang Ma and T.C. Edwin Cheng

Persuading eco-conscious consumers by disclosing environmental quality information

Jun Qiu, Yaoyao Ku, T.C. Edwin Cheng and Peng Wu

Toward more efficient formal recycling of electric vehicle batteries: a choice-driven game-theoretic approach

Jing Lin, Xingjun Huang, Yun Lin, Feng Liu, Lin Zhou and Fuli Zhou

Unraveling cross docking: Operations performance, demand variation, and fulfillment mechanism

Yongrui Duan, Zhang, Xingyue (Luna), Yuliang Yao and Jiazhen Huo

Integrating large language models for data-driven adaptive decision support in floriculture production: Managing contextual heterogeneity

Claire Y.T. Chen, Edward W. Sun, Chloe Y.H. Huang and Siyuan Lu

Product return service and customer repurchase on the B2B platforms: The contingent roles of logistics capability and competition intensity

Jiaxin Du, Wei Wang, Meng Chen and Hefu Liu

Supply chain learning in the Australian food industry: the impact of digital transformation

Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Mohsin Malik, Andrea Trianni, Matthew Pepper, Roberto Vassolo, Fausto Garcia, Juan Pablo Cosentino and Diego Norena-Chavez

From support to marketization: Electricity–Carbon–Green certificate market coordination reshaping new electricity system under dual price-difference settlement mechanism

Cui Linyu, Wang Bangjun and Wang Yue

A blockchain-enabled circular economy framework for lifecycle optimization and incentivized recycling of solar panels

Amit Vishwakarma, Adolf Acquaye, Angappa Gunasekaran, Rohit Sharma and Masoud Khakdaman

Backward channel decentralization vs integration: Roles of market coverage and emission abatement under competition

Suzhen Liang, Adilson Borges, Junsong Bian, Yunchuan Liu and Xiaohang Yue

Predicting supplier sustainability performance: The importance of the supply network

Christian Wagner, Stephan M. Wagner and Christoph G. Schmidt

Integrated demand forecasting and reinforcement learning for order point optimization in inventory planning

Georg Schett, Claudia Ehrig, Benjamin Schwendinger, Ursula Neumann, Nico Beck, Florian Stadler and Fazel Ansari

A graph-based heuristic for the non-stationary stochastic lot-sizing problem under penalty costs

Xiyuan Ma, Roberto Rossi and Thomas Welsh Archibald

Advances in production economics: Insights, challenges, and future directions

Olga Battaïa, Hing Kai Chan and Kevin W. Li

Green manufacturing certification and outward foreign direct investment: A supply chain network capability perspective

Jianxin Wang, Jiating Xie and Fengkun Shi

Supply chain sorcery: A practical approach to measure and demystify performance-based contracts

David R. Nowicki, John M. Dickens and Wesley Randall