International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 111, issue 2, 2008

Sustainable supply chain management pp. 193-194

Rajesh Piplani, Nyoman Pujawan and Saibal Ray

Designing and evaluating sustainable logistics networks pp. 195-208

J. Quariguasi Frota Neto, Jacqueline Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.A.E.E. van Nunen and E. van Heck

Low-frequency collection of materials disassembled from end-of-life vehicles: On the value of on-line monitoring in optimizing route planning pp. 209-228

Harold Krikke, Ieke le Blanc, Maaike van Krieken and Hein Fleuren

A genetic algorithm to optimize the total cost and service level for just-in-time distribution in a supply chain pp. 229-243

Reza Zanjirani Farahani and Mahsa Elahipanah

Redesigning closed-loop service network at a computer manufacturer: A case study pp. 244-260

Ratih Kusumastuti, Rajesh Piplani and Geok Hian Lim

Confirmation of a measurement model for green supply chain management practices implementation pp. 261-273

Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis and Kee-hung Lai

ISO 26000 and supply chains--On the diffusion of the social responsibility standard pp. 274-286

Pavel Castka and Michaela A. Balzarova

Competition in remanufacturing and the effects of government subsidies pp. 287-298

Supriya Mitra and Scott Webster

Environmental management and manufacturing performance: The role of collaboration in the supply chain pp. 299-315

Stephan Vachon and Robert D. Klassen

Locating collection centers for distance- and incentive-dependent returns pp. 316-333

Necati Aras and Deniz Aksen

Negotiation-based coordination in product recovery networks pp. 334-350

Grit Walther, Eberhard Schmid and Thomas S. Spengler

A new decision-making structure for the order entry stage in make-to-order environments pp. 351-367

M. Ebadian, M. Rabbani, F. Jolai, S.A. Torabi and R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam

Heuristics for scheduling in a no-wait open shop with movable dedicated machines pp. 368-377

Hung-Tso Lin, Hong-Tau Lee and Wen-Jung Pan

A two objective model for decision making in a supply chain pp. 378-388

Shaligram Pokharel

Adapting Wright's modification of Holt's method to forecasting intermittent demand pp. 389-408

Nezih Altay, Frank Rudisill and Lewis A. Litteral

Lumpy demand forecasting using neural networks pp. 409-420

Rafael S. Gutierrez, Adriano O. Solis and Somnath Mukhopadhyay

An improved (Q, R) formulation when the stockout cost is incurred on a per-stockout basis pp. 421-434

Amy Hing Ling Lau and Hon-Shiang Lau

The single-machine parallel-batching on-line scheduling problem with family jobs to minimize makespan pp. 435-440

Qingqin Nong, Jinjiang Yuan, Ruyan Fu, Lin Lin and Ji Tian

The impact of pricing policy on sales variability in a supermarket retail context pp. 441-455

James W. Hamister and Nallan C. Suresh

On the optimal selection of process alternatives in a Six Sigma implementation pp. 456-467

U. Dinesh Kumar, David Nowicki, Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez and Dinesh Verma

Optimal production allocation and distribution supply chain networks pp. 468-483

Panagiotis Tsiakis and Lazaros G. Papageorgiou

Cost estimation for sheet metal parts using multiple regression and artificial neural networks: A case study pp. 484-492

B. Verlinden, J.R. Duflou, P. Collin and D. Cattrysse

A tabu search procedure for developing robust predictive project schedules pp. 493-508

Olivier Lambrechts, Erik Demeulemeester and Willy Herroelen

Assembly line balancing: Which model to use when pp. 509-528

Nils Boysen, Malte Fliedner and Armin Scholl

Optimizing liquefied natural gas terminal design for effective supply-chain operations pp. 529-542

Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Alfred D'Ambrosio and S. Gary Teng

Price discounts in exchange for reduced customer demand variability and applications to advance demand information acquisition pp. 543-561

Sumit Kunnumkal and Huseyin Topaloglu

Power-of-two single-warehouse multi-buyer inventory coordination with private information pp. 562-574

Chi-Leung Chu and V. Jorge Leon

Manufacturing strategy, competitive strategy and firm performance: An empirical study in a developing economy environment pp. 575-592

Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah and Moses Acquaah

Meta-heuristics for scheduling a flowline manufacturing cell with sequence dependent family setup times pp. 593-605

S. Hamed Hendizadeh, Hamidreza Faramarzi, S.Afshin Mansouri, Jatinder N.D. Gupta and Tarek Y ElMekkawy

Mass customization: A method for market segmentation and choice menu design pp. 606-622

Flavio S. Fogliatto and Giovani J.C. da Silveira

Single machine scheduling with outsourcing allowed pp. 623-634

Ik Sun Lee and C.S. Sung

Partitioning bottleneck work center for cellular manufacturing: An integrated performance and cost model pp. 635-647

Atul Agarwal

Economic-based design of engineering systems with degrading components pp. 648-663

Young Kap Son and Gordon J. Savage

Possibilistic optimization in planning decision of construction industry pp. 664-675

Pandian M. Vasant, Nader N. Barsoum and Arijit Bhattacharya

Coordination of a single-manufacturer/multi-buyer supply chain with credit option pp. 676-685

S.P. Sarmah, D. Acharya and S.K. Goyal

Optimal buffer inventory and opportunistic preventive maintenance under random production capacity availability pp. 686-696

Romulo I. Zequeira, Jose E. Valdes and Christophe Berenguer

Determining the most appropriate set of weekly working hours for planning annualised working time pp. 697-706

Amaia Lusa, Rafael Pastor and Albert Corominas

A note on: Developing an exact solution for an inventory system with product recovery pp. 707-712

I. Konstantaras and S. Papachristos

Mapping the structural properties of production process and product mix pp. 713-728

Katariina Kemppainen, Ari P.J. Vepsalainen and Markku Tinnila

An analytical model to evaluating the implementation of a batch-production-oriented line pp. 729-740

M. Gamberi, R. Gamberini, R. Manzini and A. Regattieri

Lot sizing in reverse MRP for scheduling disassembly pp. 741-751

Y. Barba-Gutierrez, B. Adenso-Diaz and S.M. Gupta

A semi-Markov decision algorithm for the maintenance of a production system with buffer capacity and continuous repair times pp. 752-762

T.D. Dimitrakos and E.G. Kyriakidis

An adapted multi-criteria approach to suppliers and products selection--An application oriented to lead-time reduction pp. 763-781

Eleonora Bottani and Antonio Rizzi

Integrating Forward and Reverse Supply Chains: Application to a metal-mechanic company pp. 782-792

M. Victoria de la Fuente, Lorenzo Ros and Manuel Cardos

Customer driven production planning pp. 793-801

H. Jodlbauer

Single-machine scheduling with a time-dependent learning effect pp. 802-811

J.-B. Wang, C.T. Ng, T.C.E. Cheng and L.L. Liu

Optimal booking of machines in a virtual job-shop with stochastic processing times to minimize total machine rental and job tardiness costs pp. 812-821

Zohar Laslo, Dimitri Golenko-Ginzburg and Baruch Keren

Volume 111, issue 1, 2008

Editorial pp. 1-(null)

C.S. Lalwani and K.S. Pawar

Managing information flows for improved value chain performance pp. 2-12

Kate Bailey and Mark Francis

Multiple retailer supplier performance: An exploratory investigation into using SPC techniques pp. 13-26

C. Morgan and A. Dewhurst

The design and operation of distribution centres within agile supply chains pp. 27-41

Peter Baker

A critical review of survey-based research in supply chain integration pp. 42-55

Taco van der Vaart and Dirk Pieter van Donk

The effect of relationship characteristics on relationship quality and performance pp. 56-69

Brian Fynes, Sean de Burca and John Mangan

Multi-process capability plot and fuzzy inference evaluation pp. 70-79

K.S. Chen and T.W. Chen

Performance evaluation for introducing statistical process control to the liquid crystal display industry pp. 80-92

Shun-Hsing Chen, Ching-Chow Yang, Wen-Tsann Lin and Tsu-Ming Yeh

Economic design of cumulative count of conforming charts under inspection by samples pp. 93-104

Cai Wen Zhang, Min Xie and Thong Ngee Goh

Estimating the duration of stochastic workflow for product development process pp. 105-117

Heejung Lee and Hyo-Won Suh

Minimax distribution free procedure with backorder price discount pp. 118-128

Yu-Jen Lin

The implications of pooled returns policies pp. 129-146

Alexander Brown, Mabel C. Chou and Christopher S. Tang

An order quantity negotiation model for distributor-driven supply chains pp. 147-158

Hosang Jung, Bongju Jeong and Chi-Guhn Lee

Warranty servicing with imperfect repair pp. 159-169

Won Young Yun, D.N.P. Murthy and N. Jack

Differential importance and comparative statics: An application to inventory management pp. 170-179

E. Borgonovo

Production planning with limited inventory capacity and allowed stockout pp. 180-191

X. Liu and Yl. Tu