International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

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 289, issue C, 2025

Capital-constrained third-party logistics firm encroachment with a retail platform

Fuli Shen, Lei Song and Gongbing Bi

Green premiums or economic pitfalls? Unraveling the profitability puzzle of credence attributes in agricultural supply chains

Mahsa Boroushaki, Tava Lennon Olsen and Quan Zhou

Circular supply chain network design: A robust probabilistic multi-objective optimisation approach

Ali Nazarinia, Amir Pirayesh, Olivier Dupouët and Maïder Saint-Jean

Sustainable cast iron supply chain network design: Robust multi-objective optimization with scenario reduction via genetic algorithm

Kasra Fathollahzadeh, Mehran Saeedi, Matin Ghasempour Anaraki and Meysam Rabiee

Effective job reassignments in large scale collaborative additive manufacturing networks

Dominik Zehetner and Margaretha Gansterer

Strengthening short food supply chains: Prioritizing obstacles and opportunities with PROMETHEE, Fuzzy DEMATEL, and Fuzzy TOPSIS class

Giovana Degaspari Pinto, Vitor Melão Cassânego, Lucas Gabriel Zanon, Diogo Ferraz and Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto

Constructing resilient supply chain for risk-averse buyers by data-driven robust optimization approach

Yanjiao Wang, Aixia Chen and Naiqi Liu

Factors and their multilevel relationships in global facility location decision making: An integrative review and framework for offshoring and backshoring decisions

Aseem Kinra, Debarshee Bhardwaj and Herbert Kotzab

A tripartite sequential game for relief prepositioning with framework agreements and catastrophe insurance

Xihui Wang, Mengzhe Zhou, Jianfang Shao and Qi Dong

Carrots, sticks, or hybrids? Evaluating policy instruments for low-carbon economic transition in CCUS supply chains

Lu Liu, Weijie Chen, Yu Xiong and Wenting Yang

Integrated data-driven and artificial intelligence framework to develop digital twins in distribution system of supply chains: A real industrial case

Matineh Ziari and Ata Allah Taleizadeh

Enhancing digital manufacturing efficiency and dominance relation driven big Data analytics

Zhuo Jin, Zhixiang Zhou and Huaqing Wu

Manufacturer encroachment in car per-use rental: The role of partial integration of supply chain

Jinyi Chen, ChenGuang Liu and Yongjie Dong

Pricing and wage decisions for on-demand food delivery platforms with multiple customer classes and courier pools

Yoo Seok Seo, JeongWook Lim, Byeong Kwon Lee and Kun Soo Park

Beware of the customer: Managing customer deviance in last mile logistics

Kathrin Mayr, Richard Heininger, Christoph Teller and Christian Stary

Power dynamics and financial flexibility: Insights from supply chain dyads

Ying Xu, Liukai Wang, Jason X. Wang and Xiangrui Meng

ESG greenwashing behaviour in the electric vehicle supply chain: Insights from evolutionary game theory

Yuhang Gao, Mimi Zhang, Muhammad Ali Nasir, Yan Hao, Jinghui Wu and Lixiao Zhang

Process innovation similarity with suppliers and bullwhip effect

Zishun Qian, Tingting Yan and Jianbin Li

Shareholding or authorization? The choice of cooperation between original equipment manufacturers and independent remanufacturers

Fei Cheng, Qiao Chen, Xiaoxi Liu and Yimeng Zhang

Evaluating the efficacy of emerging third-party logistics role: An examination of potential limitations

Chaorui Huang, Xin Wen and Sai-Ho Chung