International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 162, issue C, 2015

Cost minimizing target setting heuristics for making inefficient decision-making units efficient pp. 1-12

Parag C. Pendharkar

Distribution channel strategies in a mixed market pp. 13-24

Junsong Bian, Xiaolei Guo and Kevin W. Li

Effect of investments in manufacturing practices on process efficiency and organizational performance pp. 45-54

DonHee Lee, Boo-Ho Rho and Seong No Yoon

Quality design and environmental implications of green consumerism in remanufacturing pp. 55-69

Wenjun Gu, Dilip Chhajed, Nicholas C. Petruzzi and Baris Yalabik

Optimal inventory and hedging decisions with CVaR consideration pp. 70-82

Weili Xue, Lijun Ma and Houcai Shen

Supply chain unethical behaviors and continuity of relationship: Using the PLS approach for testing moderation effects of inter-organizational justice pp. 83-91

Ramazan Kaynak, Tuba Sert, Gurkan Sert and Bulent Akyuz

Making decisions on offshore outsourcing and backshoring: A case study in the bicycle industry pp. 92-100

Michael Gylling, Jussi Heikkilä, Kari Jussila and Markku Saarinen

Green supply chain management: A review and bibliometric analysis pp. 101-114

Behnam Fahimnia, Joseph Sarkis and Hoda Davarzani

Disentangling diversification in supply chain networks pp. 115-124

Kamil J. Mizgier, Stephan M. Wagner and Matthias Jüttner

Understanding firms׳ selection of their ISO 9000 third-party certifiers pp. 125-133

Pavel Castka, Daniel Prajogo, Amrik Sohal and Andy C.L. Yeung

Coordination contracts for outsourcing supply chain with financial constraint pp. 134-142

Xiaoyan Xu, Xiaoying Cheng and Yanhong Sun

A note on forecasting demand using the multivariate exponential smoothing framework pp. 143-150

Federico Poloni and Giacomo Sbrana

Approximating the EOQ with partial backordering at an exponential or rational rate by a constant or linearly changing rate pp. 151-159

David W. Pentico, Carl Toews and Matthew J. Drake

Production decisions in a hybrid manufacturing–remanufacturing system with carbon cap and trade mechanism pp. 160-173

Xiangyun Chang, Haiyang Xia, Huiyun Zhu, Tijun Fan and Hongqing Zhao

Cooperative quality investment in outsourcing pp. 174-191

Jingxian Chen, Liang Liang and Feng Yang

Procurement auctions and supply chain performance pp. 192-200

Mingzhou Jin and Andrew Junfang Yu

Simultaneous balancing and buffer allocation decisions for the design of mixed-model assembly lines with parallel workstations and stochastic task times pp. 201-215

Lorenzo Tiacci

The impact of hard and soft quality management on quality and innovation performance: An empirical study pp. 216-226

Jing Zeng, Chi Anh Phan and Yoshiki Matsui

Leveraging fitness and lean bundles to build the cumulative performance sand cone model pp. 227-241

Thomas Bortolotti, Pamela Danese, Barbara B. Flynn and Pietro Romano

An analysis of the direct and mediated effects of employee commitment and supply chain integration on organisational performance pp. 242-257

Rafaela Alfalla-Luque, Juan A. Marin-Garcia and Carmen Medina-Lopez

Planning and scheduling in the automotive industry: A comparison of industrial practice at German and Japanese makers pp. 258-272

Thomas Staeblein and Katsuki Aoki

Volume 161, issue C, 2015

Demand forecasting and inventory control: A simulation study on automotive spare parts pp. 1-16

José Roberto do Rego and Marco Aurélio de Mesquita

Supply chain disclosure and ethical sourcing pp. 17-30

Jen-Yi Chen and Susan A. Slotnick

A game-theoretical approach for optimizing maintenance, spares and service capacity in performance contracting pp. 31-43

Tongdan Jin, Zhigang Tian and Min Xie

Integrated pricing and lot-sizing decision in a two-echelon supply chain with a finite production rate pp. 44-53

Chuanxu Wang, Rongbing Huang and Qianli Wei

A fuzzy-based integrated framework for supply chain risk assessment pp. 54-63

Faisal Aqlan and Sarah S. Lam

Forecasting method for noisy demand pp. 64-73

Liljana Ferbar Tratar

A heuristic for scheduling jobs on two identical parallel machines with a machine availability constraint pp. 74-82

Xiuli Wang and T.C.E. Cheng

Modeling and solving the mixed-model sequencing problem to improve productivity pp. 83-95

Joaquín Bautista, Rocío Alfaro and Cristina Batalla

Optimal supplier switching with volume-dependent switching costs pp. 96-104

Jianxiong Zhang, Wansheng Tang and Mingmao Hu

Optimizing ERP readiness improvements under budgetary constraints pp. 105-115

Sadra Ahmadi, Chung-Hsing Yeh, Rodney Martin and Elpiniki Papageorgiou

On human decision behavior in multi-echelon inventory management pp. 116-128

Yingshuai Zhao and Xiaobo Zhao

Planning operations before market launch for balancing time-to-market and risks in pharmaceutical supply chains pp. 129-139

Klaus Reinholdt Nyhuus Hansen and Martin Grunow

Supply chain coordination contracts with inventory level and retail price dependent demand pp. 140-152

S. Saha and S.K. Goyal

Performance measures and metrics in outsourcing decisions: A review for research and applications pp. 153-166

Angappa Gunasekaran, Zahir Irani, King-Lun Choy, Lionel Filippi and Thanos Papadopoulos

Flexible nurse staffing based on hourly bed census predictions pp. 167-180

N. Kortbeek, A. Braaksma, C.A.J. Burger, P.J.M. Bakker and R.J. Boucherie

Quality control game model in logistics service supply chain based on different combinations of risk attitude pp. 181-191

Weihua Liu and Yijia Wang

A multi-objective approach to supply chain risk management: Integrating visibility with supply and demand risk pp. 192-200

S. Vahid Nooraie and Mahour Mellat Parast

Implementation of technology and production strategy practices: Relationship levels in different industries pp. 201-216

Pedro Garrido-Vega, Cesar H. Ortega Jimenez, José Luis Díez Pérez de los Ríos and Michiya Morita

Implications of the Tohoku earthquake for Toyota׳s coordination mechanism: Supply chain disruption of automotive semiconductors pp. 217-227

Hirofumi Matsuo

Aligning product characteristics and the supply chain process – A normative perspective pp. 228-241

Michiya Morita, Jose A.D. Machuca, E. James Flynn and José Luis Pérez de los Ríos

Volume 160, issue C, 2015

Evolution of the performance measurement system in the Logistics Department of a broadcasting company: An action research pp. 1-12

Debora M. Gutierrez, Luiz F. Scavarda, Luiza Fiorencio and Roberto A. Martins

Integrated batch production and distribution scheduling with limited vehicle capacity pp. 13-25

Su Gao, Lian Qi and Lei Lei

Algorithms for asset replacement under limited technological forecast pp. 26-33

Yuri Yatsenko and Natali Hritonenko

Destocking, the bullwhip effect, and the credit crisis: Empirical modeling of supply chain dynamics pp. 34-46

Maximiliano Udenio, Jan C. Fransoo and Robert Peels

Economic performance and supply chains: The impact of upstream firms׳ waste output on downstream firms׳ performance in Japan pp. 47-65

Hitoshi Hayami, Masao Nakamura and Alice Nakamura

Forecasting aggregate retail sales: The case of South Africa pp. 66-79

Goodness C. Aye, Mehmet Balcilar, Rangan Gupta and Anandamayee Majumdar

Resilience by teaming in supply network formation and re-configuration pp. 80-93

Rodrigo Reyes Levalle and Shimon Y. Nof

Coordinating contracts for fresh product outsourcing logistics channels with power structures pp. 94-105

Qing Wu, Yinping Mu and Yi Feng

Network embeddedness and new product development in the biopharmaceutical industry: The moderating role of open innovation flow pp. 106-119

Erica Mazzola, Giovanni Perrone and Dzidziso Samuel Kamuriwo

Exploring the relationship between leadership, operational practices, institutional pressures and environmental performance: A framework for green supply chain pp. 120-132

Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran and Sadia Samar Ali

Variable neighborhood search for the economic lot sizing problem with product returns and recovery pp. 133-143

Angelo Sifaleras, Ioannis Konstantaras and Nenad Mladenović

A two period pricing model for new fashion style launching strategy pp. 144-156

Erfeng Zhou, Juzhi Zhang, Qinglong Gou and Liang Liang

Internal lean practices and performance: The role of technological turbulence pp. 157-171

Roberto Chavez, Wantao Yu, Mark Jacobs, Brian Fynes, Frank Wiengarten and Antonio Lecuna

Fleet optimization for cyclic inventory routing problems pp. 172-181

Birger Raa

Successful lean implementation: Organizational culture and soft lean practices pp. 182-201

Thomas Bortolotti, Stefania Boscari and Pamela Danese

Value stream mapping to reduce the lead-time of a product development process pp. 202-212

Satish Tyagi, Alok Choudhary, Xianming Cai and Kai Yang

A mathematical programming approach for optimizing control plans in semiconductor manufacturing pp. 213-219

Justin Nduhura Munga, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, Claude Yugma and Philippe Vialletelle

A risk-averse newsvendor model under marketing-dependency and price-dependency pp. 220-229

Jiansheng Dai and Weidong Meng