International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2026

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 152, issue C, 2014

Two-echelon multiple-vehicle location–routing problem with time windows for optimization of sustainable supply chain network of perishable food pp. 9-28

K. Govindan, A. Jafarian, R. Khodaverdi and K. Devika

Vehicle scheduling and routing at a cross docking center for food supply chains pp. 29-41

Dwi Agustina, C.K.M. Lee and Rajesh Piplani

Joint pricing and inventory control for fresh produce and foods with quality and physical quantity deteriorating simultaneously pp. 42-48

Yiyan Qin, Jianjun Wang and Caimin Wei

A sustainable vegetable supply chain using plant factories in Taiwanese markets: A Nash–Cournot model pp. 49-56

Ming-Che Hu, Yu-Hui Chen and Li-Chun Huang

Modelling food logistics networks with emission considerations: The case of an international beef supply chain pp. 57-70

M. Soysal, Jacqueline Bloemhof-Ruwaard and J.G.A.J. van der Vorst

A case analysis of a sustainable food supply chain distribution system—A multi-objective approach pp. 71-87

Sahar Validi, Arijit Bhattacharya and P.J. Byrne

Economic and environmental assessment of reusable plastic containers: A food catering supply chain case study pp. 88-101

Riccardo Accorsi, Alessandro Cascini, Susan Cholette, Riccardo Manzini and Cristina Mora

An Institutional Theory perspective on sustainable practices across the dairy supply chain pp. 102-111

J.L. Glover, D. Champion, K.J. Daniels and A.J.D. Dainty

Firm size and sustainable performance in food supply chains: Insights from Greek SMEs pp. 112-130

Michael Bourlakis, George Maglaras, Emel Aktas, David Gallear and Christos Fotopoulos

Sustainable supply chain management practices and dynamic capabilities in the food industry: A critical analysis of the literature pp. 131-143

Philip Beske, Anna Land and Stefan Seuring

Causes of waste across multi-tier supply networks: Cases in the UK food sector pp. 144-158

Carlos Mena, Leon A. Terry, Adrian Williams and Lisa Ellram

Critical factors for sub-supplier management: A sustainable food supply chains perspective pp. 159-173

Jörg H. Grimm, Joerg S. Hofstetter and Joseph Sarkis

Extending environmental management beyond the firm boundaries: An empirical study of Dutch food and beverage firms pp. 174-187

K. Grekova, H.J. Bremmers, J.H. Trienekens, Ron Kemp and S.W.F. Omta

Quality control in food supply chain management: An analytical model and case study of the adulterated milk incident in China pp. 188-199

Chialin Chen, Jun Zhang and Teresa Delaurentis

Mining logistics data to assure the quality in a sustainable food supply chain: A case in the red wine industry pp. 200-209

S.L. Ting, Y.K. Tse, G.T.S. Ho, S.H. Chung and G. Pang

Volume 151, issue C, 2014

The benefits of supply chain visibility: A value assessment model pp. 1-19

Maria Caridi, Antonella Moretto, Alessandro Perego and Angela Tumino

Reconciling sales and operations management with distant suppliers in the automotive industry: A simulation approach pp. 20-36

Lâm Laurent Lim, Gülgün Alpan and Bernard Penz

A multi-echelon inventory system with supplier selection and order allocation under stochastic demand pp. 37-47

Cong Guo and Xueping Li

Optimal inventory policy for a Markovian two-echelon system with returns and lateral transshipment pp. 48-55

Allen H. Tai and Wai-Ki Ching

A construction of knowledge rules for reactive planning of job-mix assignment to homogeneous serial batch machines pp. 56-66

Yon-Chun Chou, Yue-Lan Lin and King-Fai Chun

Continuous cooperation: A proposal using a fuzzy multicriteria sorting method pp. 67-75

Maisa Mendonça Silva, Ana Paula Cabral Seixas Costa and Ana Paula Henriques de Gusmão

Optimal prognostic distance to minimize total maintenance cost: The case of the airline industry pp. 76-88

R. Fritzsche, J.N.D. Gupta and R. Lasch

Developing social capital in buyer–supplier relationships: The contingent effect of relationship-specific adaptations pp. 89-99

Sinéad Roden and Benn Lawson

The development of a lean, agile and leagile supply network taxonomy based on differing types of flexibility pp. 100-111

Laura Purvis, Jonathan Gosling and Mohamed M. Naim

Risk hedging in a supply chain: Option vs. price discount pp. 112-120

Zhongyi Liu, Lihua Chen, Ling Li and Xin Zhai

Economic design of Shewhart control charts for monitoring autocorrelated data with skip sampling strategies pp. 121-130

Bruno Chaves Franco, Giovanni Celano, Philippe Castagliola and Antonio Fernando Branco Costa

On the relationship between business environment and competitive priorities: The role of performance frontiers pp. 131-145

Shaohan Cai and Zhilin Yang

Humanitarian relief chain: Rapid response under uncertainty pp. 146-157

Amiya K. Chakravarty

Contracting for vendor-managed inventory with consignment stock and stockout-cost sharing pp. 158-173

Jun-Yeon Lee and Richard K. Cho

Maritime transport chains: carrier, port and shipper choice effects pp. 174-179

Wayne K. Talley

Flexible service policies for a Markov inventory system with two demand classes pp. 180-185

Mingwu Liu, Mengying Feng and Chee Yew Wong

Minimizing setup costs in a transfer line design problem with sequential operation processing pp. 186-194

Alexandre Dolgui, Sergey Kovalev, Mikhail Y. Kovalyov, Jenny Nossack and Erwin Pesch

Exact solutions to the supply chain equations for arbitrary, time-dependent demands pp. 195-205

Roger D.H. Warburton, J.P.E. Hodgson and E.H. Nielsen

Simulation-based optimization methods for setting production planning parameters pp. 206-213

Margaretha Gansterer, Christian Almeder and Richard F. Hartl

Improving corporate social responsibility in a supply chain through a new revenue sharing contract pp. 214-222

Che-Fu Hsueh

Volume 150, issue C, 2014

Biorenewable fuels at the intersection of product and process flexibility: A novel modeling approach and application pp. 1-8

David Correll, Yoshinori Suzuki and Bobby Martens

A deterministic multi product single machine EPQ model with backordering, scraped products, rework and interruption in manufacturing process pp. 9-27

Ata Allah Taleizadeh, Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón and Babak Mohammadi

Guiding the next generation of doctoral students in operations management pp. 28-36

ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang

Scheduling production for a sawmill: A robust optimization approach pp. 37-51

Mauricio Varas, Sergio Maturana, Rodrigo Pascual, Ignacio Vargas and Jorge Vera

Channel coordination with a loss-averse retailer and option contracts pp. 52-57

Xu Chen, Gang Hao and Ling Li

Internalization of R&D outsourcing: An empirical study pp. 58-73

Sang Yun Han and Sung Joo Bae

Analysis of productivity, efficiency and technological changes in hospital services in Ontario: How does case-mix matter? pp. 74-82

Hedayet Chowdhury, Valentin Zelenyuk, Audrey Laporte and Walter P. Wodchis

Modeling the benefits of cross-training to address the nursing shortage pp. 83-95

Jomon Aliyas Paul and Leo MacDonald

Scheduling problems with multiple due windows assignment and controllable processing times on a single machine pp. 96-103

Dar-Li Yang, Chien-Jung Lai and Suh-Jenq Yang

Supply chain agility: Securing performance for Chinese manufacturers pp. 104-113

Jie Yang

Performance of cumulative count of conforming chart of variable sampling intervals with estimated control limits pp. 114-124

Min Zhang, Guohua Nie and Zhen He

Carbon footprint inventory route planning and selection of hot spot suppliers pp. 125-139

Tsai Chi Kuo, Gary Yu-Hsin Chen, Miao Ling Wang and Ming Way Ho

A bi-objective stochastic programming model for a centralized green supply chain with deteriorating products pp. 140-154

Z. Sazvar, S.M.J. Mirzapour Al-e-hashem, A. Baboli and M.R. Akbari Jokar

Online scheduling of two job types on a set of multipurpose machines pp. 155-162

Shlomo Karhi and Dvir Shabtay

An empirical analysis of manufacturing competitive factors and offshoring pp. 163-173

Giovani J.C. da Silveira

Stochastic optimal control of manufacturing systems under production-dependent failure rates pp. 174-187

Kouedeu Annie Francie, Kenne Jean-Pierre, Dejax Pierre, Songmene Victor and Polotski Vladimir

Optimization of manufacturing systems under environmental considerations for a greenness-dependent demand pp. 188-198

Imen Nouira, Yannick Frein and Atidel B. Hadj-Alouane

Coordinated scheduling on parallel machines with batch delivery pp. 199-203

Long Wan and An Zhang

A non-zero integer non-linear programming model for maintenance workforce sizing pp. 204-214

D.E. Ighravwe and S.A. Oke

The technological evolution of food traceability systems and their impact on firm sustainable performance: A RBV approach pp. 215-224

Freddy Moises Brofman Epelbaum and Marian Garcia Martinez

The Weibull scheduling index for client driven manufacturing processes pp. 225-238

Fermin Mallor and Ivan G. Guardiola

Diversified firms on dynamical supply chain cope with financial crisis better pp. 239-245

You Quan Chong, Bin Wang, Gladys Li Yue Tan and Siew Ann Cheong