International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 89, issue 3, 2004

Lean production and the Internet pp. 247-260

Peter Bruun and R.N.Robert N. Mefford

Using business process re-engineering for the development of production efficiency in companies making engineered to order products pp. 261-273

N. S. Cameron and P. M. Braiden

A GDSS based approach for the assessment of customer needs in industrial markets pp. 275-292

K.Kalle Elfvengren, Hannu Karkkainen, Marko Torkkeli and Markku Tuominen

A general model for extended strategic supply chain management with emphasis on product life cycles including development and recycling pp. 293-308

G. Fandel and M. Stammen

Industrial service profiling: Matching service offerings and processes pp. 309-320

Pontus Johansson and Jan Olhager

Deregulation and restructuring of the global electricity supply industry and its impact upon power plant suppliers pp. 321-337

T. McGovern and C. Hicks

Implementation of e-procurement and e-fulfillment processes: A comparison of cases in the motorcycle industry pp. 339-351

Moreno Muffatto and Andrea Payaro

Supply chain management survey of Swedish manufacturing firms pp. 353-361

Jan Olhager and Erik Selldin

Dynamic knowledge-related learning processes in internationalizing high-tech SMEs pp. 363-378

Sami Saarenketo, Kaisu Puumalainen, Olli Kuivalainen and Kalevi Kylaheiko

Operationalising strategy: Mapping manufacturing variables pp. 379-393

Kim Hua Tan and Ken Platts

Maintenance concept development: A case study pp. 395-405

Geert Waeyenbergh and Liliane Pintelon

Volume 89, issue 2, 2004

Editorial pp. v-vi

Robert W. Grubbstrom and Hans H. Hinterhuber

Assessing the impact of e-business on supply chain dynamics pp. 109-118

S. M. Disney, M. M. Naim and A. Potter

A methodology to support decision making across the supply chain of an industrial distributor pp. 119-129

Ismail Erol and W.G.William Ferrell

Supply chain coordination by revenue sharing contracts pp. 131-139

Ilaria Giannoccaro and Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo

Enhanced supply chain management for e-business transactions pp. 141-152

Stavros Goutsos and Nikos Karacapilidis

The need for co-distribution in rural areas--a study of Pajala in Sweden pp. 153-163

Charlotte Hageback and Anders Segerstedt

A functional model of supply chains and waste pp. 165-174

C. Hicks, O. Heidrich, T. McGovern and T. Donnelly

Automated negotiations of supply contracts for flexible production networks pp. 175-187

Ralf Neubert, Otmar Gorlitz and Tobias Teich

Integration techniques in customer-supplier relationships: An empirical research in the Italian industry of household appliances pp. 189-205

Marco Perona and Nicola Saccani

The evolution towards an integrated steel supply chain: A case study from the UK pp. 207-216

Andrew Potter, Robert Mason, Mohamed Naim and Chandra Lalwani

Customized supply chain design: Problems and alternatives for a production company in the food industry. A simulation based analysis pp. 217-229

Gerald Reiner and Michael Trcka

Supplier logistics performance measurement: Indications from a study in the automotive industry pp. 231-243

J. Schmitz and K. W. Platts

Volume 89, issue 1, 2004

Quality and reputation: The effects of external and internal factors over time pp. 1-20

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde and Susan A. Slotnick

Regression metamodeling for the design of automated manufacturing system composed of parallel machines sharing a material handling resource pp. 21-30

Severine Durieux and Henri Pierreval

A note on inventory model involving variable lead time with defective units for mixtures of distribution pp. 31-44

Wen-Chuan Lee, Jong-Wuu Wu and Wen-Bin Hou

Quantification of flexibility in advanced manufacturing systems using fuzzy concept pp. 45-56

Ahmet Beskese, Cengiz Kahraman and Zahir Irani

Warranty analysis: An approach to modeling imperfect repairs pp. 57-68

S. Chukova, R. Arnold and Dong Q. Wang

Selecting the best alternative based on life-cycle cost distributions of alternatives pp. 69-75

R. Jiang, W. J. Zhang and P. Ji

The effect of information technologies on TQM: An initial analysis pp. 77-93

Angel R. Martinez-Lorente, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez and Frank W. Dewhurst

Malmquist productivity index estimation with zero-value variables: The case of Greek prefectural training councils pp. 95-106

Kostas Tsekouras, Christos J. Pantzios and Giannis Karagiannis

Volume 88, issue 3, 2004

A heuristic to minimize makespan of cell scheduling problem pp. 231-241

M. Solimanpur, Prem Vrat and Ravi Shankar

Optimizing assembly planning through a three-stage integrated approach pp. 243-256

Ruey-Shun Chen, Kun-Yung Lu and Pei-Hao Tai

A case study on the multistage IC final testing scheduling problem with reentry pp. 257-267

W. L. Pearn, S. H. Chung, A. Y. Chen and M. H. Yang

AHP approach in the credit evaluation of the manufacturing firms in Turkey pp. 269-289

Mustafa Yurdakul and Yusuf Tansel Ic

An empirical study of ISO certification in the maquiladora industry pp. 291-306

Shad Dowlatshahi and Cristina Urias

An EOQ model with deteriorating items under inflation when supplier credits linked to order quantity pp. 307-316

Chun-Tao Chang

Volume 88, issue 2, 2004

Mathematical methods and their applications to inventory control and related topics pp. 123-123

H.-J.Hans-Joachim Girlich

Stochastic orders and inventory problems pp. 125-135

E. V. Bulinskaya

Applications of integral transforms to planning and finance pp. 137-144

H.-J.Hans-Joachim Girlich

On the compact presentation of the lead times perturbations in distribution networks pp. 145-155

Marija Bogataj and Ludvik Bogataj

Finite queueing systems--structural investigations and optimal design pp. 157-171

Peter Kochel

Simulated annealing in lot sizing problems pp. 173-181

Ou Tang

Heuristics for impulse replenishment with continuous periodic demand pp. 183-190

S.Stanislaw Bylka and Ryszarda Rempala

The effect of various operators on the genetic search for large scheduling problems pp. 191-203

A.C.Andreas C. Nearchou

Optimal returns policy for supply chain with e-marketplace pp. 205-227

Tsan-Ming Choi, Duan Li and Houmin Yan

Volume 88, issue 1, 2004

Manufacturing investments in the Czech Republic:: An international comparison pp. 1-14

Frank Lefley, Frank Wharton, Ladislav Hajek, Josef Hynek and Vaclav Janecek

The impact of forecasting methods on the bullwhip effect pp. 15-27

Xiaolong Zhang

The procurement of strategic parts. Analysis of a portfolio of contracts with suppliers using a system dynamics simulation model pp. 29-49

Adolfo Crespo Marquez and Carol Blanchar

Logistic planning of rework with deteriorating work-in-process pp. 51-59

Simme Douwe P. Flapper and Ruud H. Teunter

The impact of outsourcing on the transaction costs and boundaries of manufacturing pp. 61-71

Ian McCarthy and Angela Anagnostou

Multistate network reliability evaluation under the maintenance cost constraint pp. 73-83

Wei-Chang Yeh

Minimizing total completion time in a two-machine flowshop with a learning effect pp. 85-93

Wen-Chiung Lee and Chin-Chia Wu

Environmental and reverse logistics policies in European bottling and packaging firms pp. 95-104

Pilar L. Gonzalez-Torre, B. Adenso-Diaz and Hakim Artiba

The stochastic dynamic production/inventory lot-sizing problem with service-level constraints pp. 105-119

S. Armagan Tarim and Brian G. Kingsman