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 297, issue C, 2026

Coordination between public and private health care providers in a dual-vaccine market

Fengjiao Chang, Chi To Ng, Feng Wu, T.C.E. Cheng, Fengtian Chang and Mingyao Sun

Unlocking the potential of blockchain in enterprise upgrading: Insights from resource orchestration theory

Qiang Lu, Wanfei Lu and Zheng Tao

Distributionally robust pre-positioning strategies for relief supplies with two ordering opportunities

Huali Sun and Chenxin Ma

Analytics for smarter planning of retail operations

Pedro Amorim, Fredrik Eng-Larsson and Alexander Hübner

Control of a production–inventory system optimized with LQR for dynamic demand management

Verónica Olvera, Cuauhtémoc Guerrero and Esther Segura

The effect of customer and supplier concentration on firm productivity: The moderating role of the firm's dominant position in the supply chain network

Jing Liang

Effective mitigation policies for disaster operations management in Manufacturing Closed Loop Supply Chains: Insights for transition from unknown-unknowns to known-unknowns

Efthymios Katsoras, Patroklos Georgiadis and Dimitrios Vlachos

Exploring AI adoption in manufacturing: An empirical study on effects of AI readiness

Heidi Heimberger, Djerdj Horvat, Angela Jäger and Frank Schultmann

Considering cost and convertibility during the design of reconfigurable manufacturing systems

Mari Chaikovskaia, Audrey Cerqueus and Alexandre Dolgui

Platform aggregation in two-sided markets

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

Corporate digital transformation and carbon mitigation: Chain effects and evidence from China

Xiujie Deng, Yuhan Huang, Wanting Fu and Xuedong Liang

Multi-agent reinforcement learning-based resilience reconfiguration approach of supply chain system-of-systems under disruption risks

Wei Ding, Zhenjun Ming, Guoxin Wang, Yan Yan and Deyi Zhang

Do green firms select and terminate supply chain partners based on sustainability criteria? International evidence

Yasir Shahab, Ammar Ali Gull, Muzhar Javed and Tanveer Ahsan

Navigating through STORMS: A review of supply chain resilience practices

Priyabrata Chowdhury, Booi H. Kam, Say Yen Teoh and Paul Childerhouse

Logistics service strategy under competing e-tailers: Sharing or not sharing?

Yanning Li, Lingchen Huang and Xiangfeng Chen

Towards fairness in multi-tier supply chains: Mechanisms of perception differences and pathways to alignment

Adegboyega Oyedijo, Ying Yang, Temidayo Akenroye, Tarik Saikouk and Tabish Zaman

Quantum group decision-making approach for green supplier selection featuring virtual character-involved consensus mechanism and interference effect

Zhuang Ma, Weimin Ma, KaiXin Gong, Hui Zhang and Yan Tu

Managerial beliefs and human-artificial intelligence collaboration in supply chain: A configurational perspective

Nagendra Kumar, Rajeev Ranjan Kumar and Alok Raj

Beyond substitution: How virtual representations stabilize operational paradoxes in new product development

Danilo Pesce, Gabriele Aimonino and Paolo Neirotti

Aged products spillover effect and the value of holding inventory under stochastic demand: the case of Port wine

Miguel Lunet, Marjolein Buisman, Fábio Neves-Moreira and Pedro Amorim

The impact of risk propagation on the robustness of R&D networks: A higher-order interaction perspective

Hui Liu, Die Shen, Chenhao Du, Jintao Lu, Min Guo and Jianhong Lin

How can firms leverage responsible artificial intelligence to build competitive advantages? The role of supply chain justice and complexity

Lixu Li, Ruitian Shi, Ruijie Zhang and Lujie Chen

Convey or conceal? How operations managers make sense of sharing knowledge in multi-plant networks

Maricela C. Arellano and Torbjørn Netland

Impact of supplier instability on supply chain financing: A social systems theory perspective

Ke Du, Fu Jia, Lujie Chen and Ying Yang

A novel resilience measurement model for supply chains based on risk propagation

Xiaoyan Gu, Yi Yang, Jun Li, Xingfen Wang, Jianping Li, Dengsheng Wu and Xin Long Xu

Recovering store brand supply from disruption: AI-LLMs-enabled procurement collaboration

Mengqi Liu, Rui Huang, Ke Liang and Huamin Wu

Deriving near-optimality conditions using approximation procedures for an inventory control system with lost sales

Ruud H. Teunter, M Zied Babai and Aris A. Syntetos

Enhancing supply chain resilience through digital twin-enabled risk management: The role of logistic service coordination and distribution network efficiency

Saumyaranjan Sahoo, Ashwani Kumar, Sachin Kumar Mangla and Ali Emrouznejad

Auction bidding when the cost is rising

Panos L. Lorentziadis

Sustainability assessment of express packaging products: An integrated model and a case study in China

Lijia Yang, Xianfeng Wu and Tianshuai Xie

Why one perspective is not enough: theory-data alignment for dyadic, triadic, and network studies in supply chain management

Andrea S. Patrucco, Laharish Guntuka, Prabhjot S. Mukandwal and Emel Aktas

Risk-averse RMS balancing and planning under uncertain demand and processing times

Feifeng Zheng, ChenChao Zhu, Huaxin Qiu and Ming Liu