International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 102, issue 2, 2006

Time-phased creation of hybrid manufacturing systems pp. 183-198

George Ioannou

Uncapacitated production and location planning models with demand fulfillment flexibility pp. 199-216

Yasemin Merzifonluoglu and Joseph Geunes

A heuristic solution procedure for an integrated inventory system under controllable lead-time with equal or unequal sized batch shipments between a vendor and a buyer pp. 217-225

Mohammad A. Hoque and Suresh K. Goyal

A new multi-objective heuristic algorithm for solving the stochastic assembly line re-balancing problem pp. 226-243

Rita Gamberini, Andrea Grassi and Bianca Rimini

Cost evaluation of a two-echelon inventory system with lost sales and approximately Poisson demand pp. 244-254

Mehdi Seifbarghy and Mohammad Reza Akbari Jokar

Decentralized inventory control in a two-component assembly system pp. 255-264

Hongsheng Chu, Jingchun Wang, Yihui Jin and Hansheng Suo

A genetic algorithm for solving a fuzzy economic lot-size scheduling problem pp. 265-288

Ping-Teng Chang, Ming-Jong Yao, Shih-Fen Huang and Chia-Tsung Chen

A fuzzy approach for supplier evaluation and selection in supply chain management pp. 289-301

Chen-Tung Chen, Ching-Torng Lin and Sue-Fn Huang

Joint economic lot size in distribution system with multiple shipment policy pp. 302-316

Hans Siajadi, Raafat N. Ibrahim and Paul B. Lochert

A flow-network approach for equilibrium of material requirements planning pp. 317-332

Mehmet Mutlu Yenisey

Response surface analysis of a multi-product batch processing facility using a simulation metamodel pp. 333-343

Jose H. Noguera and Edward F. Watson

A Lagrangean relaxation algorithm for multi-item lot-sizing problems with joint piecewise linear resource costs pp. 344-357

Nafee Rizk, Alain Martel and Amar Ramudhin

Designing logistics networks in divergent process industries: A methodology and its application to the lumber industry pp. 358-378

Didier Vila, Alain Martel and Robert Beauregard

An examination of the impact of coordinating supply chain policies and price markdowns on short lifecycle product retail performance pp. 379-392

Anand Nair and David J. Closs

Volume 102, issue 1, 2006

A group genetic algorithm for the machine cell formation problem pp. 1-21

Eduardo Vila Goncalves Filho and Alexandre Jose Tiberti

Cost characterizations of supply chain delivery performance pp. 22-36

Alfred L. Guiffrida and Rakesh Nagi

A heuristic procedure for the two-level control of serial supply chains under fuzzy customer demand pp. 37-50

Ying Xie, Dobrila Petrovic and Keith Burnham

Generation of possible multiple components disassembly sequence for maintenance using a disassembly constraint graph pp. 51-65

Jing Rong Li, Li Pheng Khoo and Shu Beng Tor

Sequence-dependent group scheduling problems in flexible flow shops pp. 66-86

Rasaratnam Logendran, Paula deSzoeke and Faith Barnard

Single item optimal lot sizing under continuous unit cost decrease pp. 87-94

Moutaz Khouja and Suresh Goyal

Determination of price and warranty length for a normal lifetime distributed product pp. 95-107

Chin-Chun Wu, Pei-Chun Lin and Chao-Yu Chou

Comparing two weighted approaches for sequencing mixed-model assembly lines with multiple objectives pp. 108-131

Fong-Yuen Ding, Jin Zhu and Hui Sun

Scheduling of multi-buyer joint replenishments pp. 132-142

Chi Kin Chan, Leon Yuk-on Li, Chi To Ng, Bernard Kin-sion Cheung and Andre Langevin

Single machine parallel batch scheduling problem with release dates and three hierarchical criteria to minimize makespan, machine occupation time and stocking cost pp. 143-148

Wenhua Li and Jinjiang Yuan

Time-bounds for production networks pp. 149-166

Glenn A. Gibson and John Y. Alawneh

EOQ, JIT and fixed costs in the ready-mixed concrete industry pp. 167-180

Wu Min and Low Sui Pheng

Volume 101, issue 2, 2006

Time-based manufacturing improves business performance--results from a survey pp. 213-229

Abraham Y. Nahm, Mark A. Vonderembse, S. Subba Rao and T.S. Ragu-Nathan

Welfare maximization, pricing, and allocation with a product performance or environmental quality standard: Illustration for the gasoline and additives market pp. 230-245

Paul W. Gallagher, Hosein Shapouri and Jeffrey Price

Overtime vs. regular shift planning decisions in packing shops pp. 246-258

A.G. Lagodimos and A.N. Mihiotis

An ant-colony optimization algorithm for minimizing the completion-time variance of jobs in flowshops pp. 259-272

Yuvraj Gajpal and Chandrasekharan Rajendran

A fuzzy programming approach for vendor selection problem in a supply chain pp. 273-285

Manoj Kumar, Prem Vrat and Ravi Shankar

Cumulative count of conforming chart with variable sampling intervals pp. 286-297

J.Y. Liu, M. Xie, T.N. Goh, Q.H. Liu and Z.H. Yang

The importance of assumptions in investment evaluation pp. 298-311

E. Borgonovo and L. Peccati

Meta-heuristics from nature for the loop layout design problem pp. 312-328

Andreas C. Nearchou

Similarity coefficient methods applied to the cell formation problem: A taxonomy and review pp. 329-352

Yong Yin and Kazuhiko Yasuda

Agility evaluation using fuzzy logic pp. 353-368

Ching-Torng Lin, Hero Chiu and Yi-Hong Tseng

An optimal replenishment policy for non-instantaneous deteriorating items with stock-dependent demand and partial backlogging pp. 369-384

Kun-Shan Wu, Liang-Yuh Ouyang and Chih-Te Yang

Volume 101, issue 1, 2006

Integrated enterprise and supply chain management pp. 1-1

Christopher O'Brien and Ou Tang

On bullwhip in supply chains--historical review, present practice and expected future impact pp. 2-18

S. Geary, S.M. Disney and D.R. Towill

A heuristic job-shop scheduling algorithm to minimize the total holding cost of completed and in-process products subject to no tardy jobs pp. 19-29

Hiroshi Ohta and Toshihiro Nakatani

Supply contract with bidirectional options: The buyer's perspective pp. 30-52

Qunzhi Wang and De-bi Tsao

Multi-level, multi-stage capacity-constrained production-inventory systems in discrete time with non-zero lead times using MRP theory pp. 53-62

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Thi Thu Thuy Huynh

Coordinating the resource investment decision for a two-market, price-setting firm pp. 63-88

Ebru K. Bish and Seong J. Hong

Supply chain coordination with quantity discount policy pp. 89-98

Jianli Li and Liwen Liu

A multiple attribute utility theory approach to lean and green supply chain management pp. 99-108

Yasutaka Kainuma and Nobuhiko Tawara

Managing uncertainty in ERP-controlled manufacturing environments in SMEs pp. 109-127

S.C. Lenny Koh and Sameh M. Saad

Modeling of B2B mobile commerce processes pp. 128-139

Michael Stender and Thomas Ritz

Scenario-based planning for lot-sizing and scheduling with uncertain processing times pp. 140-149

Patrizia Beraldi, Gianpaolo Ghiani, Emanuela Guerriero and Antonio Grieco

Chaotic behavior in manufacturing systems pp. 150-158

Miguel D. Alfaro and Juan M. Sepulveda

A framework for group decision support systems: An application in the evaluation of information technology for logistics firms pp. 159-171

Athakorn Kengpol and Markku Tuominen

Controllable, observable and stable state space representations of a generalized order-up-to policy pp. 172-184

Chandra S. Lalwani, Stephen M. Disney and Denis R. Towill

Order-fulfillment ability analysis in the supply-chain system with fuzzy operation times pp. 185-193

Chen-Tung Chen and Sue-Fen Huang

On the equivalence of control theoretic, differential, and difference equation approaches to modeling supply chains pp. 194-208

Stephen M. Disney, Denis R. Towill and Roger D.H. Warburton