International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 157, issue C, 2014

Supply diversification with isoelastic demand pp. 2-6

Tao Li, Suresh Sethi and Jun Zhang

Fleet sizing of laser guided vehicles and pallet shuttles in automated warehouses pp. 7-14

Andrea Ferrara, Elisa Gebennini and Andrea Grassi

The single period inventory model under dual sourcing and product carbon footprint constraint pp. 15-23

Emel Arıkan and Werner Jammernegg

Both Pareto and EOQ have limitations combining them delivers a powerful management tool for MRP and beyond pp. 24-30

Geoff Relph and Michael Newton

Behavioral analysis and adaptation of a negotiation based, quantitative planning approach for hybrid organizations pp. 31-38

Michael Oberlaender and Alexander Dobhan

Optimal dynamic pricing and ordering decisions for perishable products pp. 39-48

Ek Peng Chew, Chulung Lee, Rujing Liu, Ki-sung Hong and Anming Zhang

Deriving research agendas for manufacturing and logistics systems: A methodology pp. 49-61

Maurice Bonney and Mohamad Y. Jaber

Inventory configurations and drivers: An international study of assembling industries pp. 62-73

Krisztina Demeter and Ruggero Golini

A simple heuristic for vehicle routing – A variant of Clarke and Wright's saving method pp. 74-79

Anders Segerstedt

Multi-product multi-period Inventory Routing Problem with a transshipment option: A green approach pp. 80-88

S.M.J. Mirzapour Al-e-hashem and Yacine Rekik

Supply chain coordination with stock-dependent demand rate and credit incentives pp. 105-111

Shuai Yang, Ki-sung Hong and Chulung Lee

Rail car fleet design: Optimization of structure and size pp. 112-119

S.T. Klosterhalfen, J. Kallrath and G. Fischer

A vendor managed inventory model using continuous approximations for route length estimates and Markov chain modeling for cost estimates pp. 120-132

Christian Larsen and Marcel Turkensteen

An MILP approximation for ordering perishable products with non-stationary demand and service level constraints pp. 133-146

Karin G.J. Pauls-Worm, Eligius M.T. Hendrix, René Haijema and Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst

Emergency orders in the periodic-review inventory system with fixed ordering costs and compound Poisson demand pp. 147-157

Søren Glud Johansen and Anders Thorstenson

Optimal ordering, issuance and disposal policies for inventory management of perishable products pp. 158-169

Rene Haijema

Simulation optimization for the stochastic economic lot scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times pp. 170-176

Nils Löhndorf, Manuel Riel and Stefan Minner

Lead-time investigation and estimation in divergent supply chains pp. 177-189

Peter Berling and Mojtaba Farvid

Adapting inventory models for handling various payment structures using net present value equivalence analysis pp. 190-200

Patrick Beullens and Gerrit K. Janssens

Cumulative staircase considerations for dynamic lotsizing when backlogging is allowed pp. 201-211

Robert W. Grubbström

Intermittent demand forecasting: An empirical study on accuracy and the risk of obsolescence pp. 212-219

Mohamed Zied Babai, Aris Syntetos and Ruud Teunter

More grip on inventory control through improved forecasting: A comparative study at three companies pp. 220-237

E. van Wingerden, R.J.I. Basten, Rommert Dekker and W.D. Rustenburg

Optimal policy structure characterization for a two-period dual-sourcing inventory control model with forecast updating pp. 238-249

Ali Cheaitou, Christian van Delft, Zied Jemai and Yves Dallery

Decision alternatives between expected cost minimization and worst case scenario in emergency supply – Second revision pp. 250-260

Peter Kelle, Helmut Schneider and Huizhi Yi

Investing in disaster management capabilities versus pre-positioning inventory: A new approach to disaster preparedness pp. 261-272

Nathan Kunz, Gerald Reiner and Stefan Gold

Green supplier selection and evaluation using DEA-type composite indicators pp. 273-278

Imre Dobos and Gyöngyi Vörösmarty

Impact of transportation lead-time variability on the economic and environmental performance of inventory systems pp. 279-288

Emel Arıkan, Johannes Fichtinger and Jörg M. Ries

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) with Consignment Stock (CS) agreement for a two-level supply chain with an imperfect production process with/without restoration interruptions pp. 289-301

Ehab Bazan, Mohamad Y. Jaber, Simone Zanoni and Lucio E. Zavanella

Joint inventory and pricing decisions when customers are delay sensitive pp. 302-312

M. Güray Güler, Taner Bilgiç and Refik Güllü

An improved decision rule for emergency replenishments pp. 313-317

Sven Axsäter

Developing a service offering for a logistical service provider—Case of local food supply chain pp. 318-326

Antti Martikainen, Petri Niemi and Petra Pekkanen

Volume 156, issue C, 2014

Cyclic scheduling of perishable products in parallel machine with release dates, due dates and deadlines pp. 1-12

Nargess Shirvani, Rubén Ruiz and Shahram Shadrokh

A risk-averse competitive newsvendor problem under the CVaR criterion pp. 13-23

Meng Wu, Stuart X. Zhu and Ruud H. Teunter

Some new problems on two-agent scheduling to minimize the earliness costs pp. 24-30

Shuenn-Ren Cheng

Online bounded-batch scheduling to minimize total weighted completion time on parallel machines pp. 31-38

Ran Ma, Long Wan, Lijun Wei and Jinjiang Yuan

The green bullwhip effect: Transferring environmental requirements along a supply chain pp. 39-51

Su-Yol Lee, Robert D. Klassen, Andrea Furlan and Andrea Vinelli

Warranty return policies for products with unknown claim causes and their optimisation pp. 52-61

Shaomin Wu

New AHP-based approaches for multi-criteria inventory classification pp. 62-74

F. Lolli, A. Ishizaka and R. Gamberini

How durable should durable products be made under different scenarios of technological advance? pp. 75-82

Lian Qi and James Sawhill

Product development practices, manufacturing practices, and performance: A mediational perspective pp. 83-97

Xenophon Koufteros, Guanyi Lu, Richard C. Peters, Kee-hung Lai, Christina W.Y. Wong and T.C. Edwin Cheng

Long- and short-term efficiency in an automobile factory: An econometric case study pp. 98-107

Carlos Sáenz-Royo and Vicente Salas-Fumás

Closed-loop supply chain models for a high-tech product under alternative reverse channel and collection cost structures pp. 108-123

Chia-Hung Chuang, Charles Wang and Yabing Zhao

Yield and allocation management in a continuous make-to-stock system with demand upgrade substitution pp. 124-131

Guanghua Han, Ming Dong and Shaoxuan Liu

Modeling and analyzing information delays in supply chains using transfer functions pp. 132-145

Kai Hoberg and Ulrich W. Thonemann

Setting safety stocks for stable rotation cycle schedules pp. 146-158

James A. Rappold and Keenan D. Yoho

An EPQ model of ramp type demand with Weibull deterioration under inflation and finite horizon in crisp and fuzzy environment pp. 159-166

Shilpi Pal, G.S. Mahapatra and G.P. Samanta

Note on “The economic lot-sizing problem with remanufacturing and one-way substitution” pp. 167-168

Pedro Piñeyro and Omar Viera

The immediate impact of purchasing/sales contract announcements on the market value of firms: An empirical study in China pp. 169-179

Jun Yang, Wei Lu and Chunhui Zhou

On intermittent demand model optimisation and selection pp. 180-190

Nikolaos Kourentzes

Applying real options to IT investment evaluation: The case of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in the supply chain pp. 191-207

Andriana G. Dimakopoulou, Katerina C. Pramatari and Andrianos Tsekrekos

Information and decision-making delays in MRP, KANBAN, and CONWIP pp. 208-213

Qiguo Gong, Yuru Yang and Shouyang Wang

An integrated approach for ship block manufacturing process performance evaluation: Case from a Korean shipbuilding company pp. 214-222

Jaehun Park, Dongha Lee and Joe Zhu

The routed inventory pooling problem with three non-identical retailers pp. 223-234

Harmen W. Bouma and Ruud H. Teunter

How to calibrate conventional market-oriented organizational culture in 21st century production-centered firms? A customer relationship perspective pp. 235-245

Chiquan Guo, Yong J. Wang and Ashley Metcalf

Time-of-use based electricity cost of manufacturing systems: Modeling and monotonicity analysis pp. 246-259

Yong Wang and Lin Li

Supply quality management with optimal wholesale price and revenue sharing contracts: A two-stage game approach pp. 260-268

Fouad El Ouardighi

Performance topology mapping: understanding the drivers of performance pp. 269-282

Rhian Silvestro

Random switching exponential smoothing and inventory forecasting pp. 283-294

Giacomo Sbrana and Andrea Silvestrini

The study of relationships between the collaboration for supply chain, supply chain capabilities and firm performance: A case of the Taiwan׳s TFT-LCD industry pp. 295-304

Shu-Hsien Liao and Fang-I Kuo

Pricing and product line strategy in a supply chain with risk-averse players pp. 305-315

Tiaojun Xiao and Tiantian Xu

Inventory management with simultaneously horizontal and vertical substitution pp. 316-324

Taofeng Ye

Scheduling jobs with equal-processing-time on parallel machines with non-identical capacities to minimize makespan pp. 325-331

Jun-Qiang Wang and Joseph Y.-T. Leung

An operational policy for a three-stage distributive supply chain system with retailers’ backorders pp. 332-345

Bhaba R. Sarker, Ratkrit Rochanaluk, Huizhi Yi and Pius J. Egbelu

Price competition and co-operation in a duopoly closed-loop supply chain pp. 346-360

Sarat Kumar Jena and S.p Sarmah