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 283, issue C, 2025

Impact of distribution channel dynamics on automotive assortment planning

Maduka Balasooriya, Evrim Dalkiran and Ratna Babu Chinnam

Unlocking sustainable performance with blockchain technology: Insights from organizational learning theory

Lixu Li, Yan Hou, Lujie Chen, Yaoqi Liu and Maria A.M. Trindade

Smart production and photocatalytic ultraviolet (PUV) wastewater treatment effect on a textile supply chain management

Biswajit Sarkar, Sreymouy Sao and Santanu Kumar Ghosh

To Cooperate or Not: Evaluating process innovation strategies in battery recycling and product innovation

Zhifeng Qian, Joshua Ignatius, Junwu Chai and Krishna Mohan Thazhathu Valiyaveettil

Cold storage, warm breaks: The effects of rest breaks on order picking performance in cold-storage environments

Thilini Ranasinghe, Dominic Loske and Eric H. Grosse

Transformative supply chains: the enabling role of digital technologies

Giovanni Francesco Massari, Raffaele Nacchiero and Ilaria Giannoccaro

To reveal or conceal: AI identity disclosure strategies for merchants

Zhenbin Ding, Yali Zhang, Jun Sun, Mark Goh and Zhaojun Yang

Competition or co-opetition: Optimal fresh produce delivery mode strategy for livestreaming platform

Yuqiu Xu and Kaiying Cao

Strategic service supplier selection in servitized manufacturing: A linguistic preference-based decision support system

Yanlin Li, Y.P. Tsang, C.K.M. Lee and Zhen-Song Chen

Cooperative service strategy for competitive platforms under multi-homing

Zongyin Li, Shaofu Du, Li Hu and Chong Huang

Credit where it's due: The synergy of trade credit and innovation in R&D-driven firms

Bahadır Karakoç

Board composition and sustainable supply chain management: Environmental committee's role

Abdullah S. Karaman, Hany Elbardan, Ali Uyar and Kannan Govindan

Cooperation dilemmas in construction and demolition waste recycling: From understanding to navigating

Weize Lin, Jing Zhang, Minjiu Yu and Ruwen Tan

Composite contract design for enhancing emergency reserves

Jing Peng, Yu Zhang, Tengfei Nie, Zixin Liu, Jianghua Zhang and Qingchun Meng

Balancing worker and producer benefits in economic production quantity

M.A. Darwish

Cross-channel influence of blockchain technology on green supply chains under asymmetric retail platform competition

Chung-Chi Hsieh, Ching-Yu Wu and Artya Lathifah

Are we truly ready for what is coming? A reflection on supply chain resilience in face of megatrends

Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin, Moacir Godinho Filho, Rafaela Alfalla-Luque and Andrea Trianni

Crowdsourcing-enabled AI: Unlocking value in digital services

Maciel M. Queiroz, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour and Mehdi Bagherzadeh

Joint optimization strategy based on a three-state manufacturing system considering dynamic buffers

Liangxing Shi, Xiaolei Lv, Yalong Wang, Yingdong He and Zhen He