International Journal of Production Economics

1991 - 2025

Continuation of Engineering Costs and Production Economics.

Current editor(s): Stefan Minner

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Volume 70, issue 3, 2001

U-shaped production lines: A review of theory and practice pp. 201-214

John Miltenburg

Unrelated parallel machine scheduling with setup consideration and a total weighted completion time objective pp. 215-226

Michael X. Weng, John Lu and Haiying Ren

Interdependencies between network and activity-analytical descriptions of production relationships in the implementation of large-scale projects - illustrated by textbook production pp. 227-235

Gunter Fandel

Linking maintenance strategies to performance pp. 237-244

Laura Swanson

An inter-organizational information system for supply chain management pp. 245-255

P. K. Humphreys, M. K. Lai and D. Sculli

Machine repairing models for production systems pp. 257-266

Wai Ki Ching

Reengineering of materials management system: A case study pp. 267-278

R. P. Mohanty and S. G. Deshmukh

On the present worth of multivariate quality loss pp. 279-288

Chao-Yu Chou and Chung-Ho Chen

The economic production quantity (EPQ) with shortage derived algebraically pp. 289-292

Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón

Letter to the editor pp. 293-293

T. Chakrabarti and K. S. Chaudhuri

Volume 70, issue 2, 2001

Minimizing makespan in a blocking flowshop using genetic algorithms pp. 101-115

Vince Caraffa, Stefano Ianes, Tapan Bagchi and Chelliah Sriskandarajah

Scheduling in the two-machine flowshop with due date constraints pp. 117-123

Bertrand M. T. Lin

Equipment flexibility vs. inventory: A simulation study of manufacturing systems pp. 125-143

Suresh Garg, Prem Vrat and Arun Kanda

Makespan estimation in batch process industries using aggregate resource and job set characteristics pp. 145-161

Wenny H.M. Raaymakers, J. Will M. Bertrand and Jan C. Fransoo

Forecasting practices of Canadian firms: Survey results and comparisons pp. 163-174

Robert D. Klassen and Benito E. Flores

The maximal profit flow model in designing multiple-production-line system with obtainable resource capacity pp. 175-184

Miao-Sheng Chen and Chun-Hsiung Lan

Minimizing WIP inventory in reliable production lines pp. 185-197

H. T. Papadopoulos and M. I. Vidalis

Volume 70, issue 1, 2001

Learning and process improvement during production ramp-up pp. 1-19

Christian Terwiesch and Roger E. Bohn

Information flows for high-performance manufacturing pp. 21-36

C. Forza and Fabrizio Salvador

A note on joint estimation of scale economies and productivity growth parameters pp. 37-43

Mike Tsionas and John (Ioannis) Loizides

Minimizing the expected total value of shortages for a population of items subject to practical restrictions on the reorder points pp. 45-54

Ilkyeong Moon and Edward A. Silver

Tolerance synthesis by neural learning and nonlinear programming pp. 55-65

Mu-Chen Chen

Order splitting under periodic review inventory systems pp. 67-76

Chi Chiang

Structure optimization for continuous production systems with buffers under reliability constraints pp. 77-87

G. Levitin and L. Meizin

An international comparison of the effect of manufacturing strategy-implementation gap on business performance pp. 89-97

Boo-Ho Rho, Kwangtae Park and Yung-Mok Yu

Volume 69, issue 3, 2001

Heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing: A comparison on solution quality and computing time pp. 255-264

Matthias Amen

The use of parametric and non-parametric frontier methods to measure the productive efficiency in the industrial sector: A comparative study pp. 265-275

Luis R. Murillo-Zamorano and Juan A. Vega-Cervera

The calculation of shadow prices for industrial wastes using distance functions: An analysis for Spanish ceramic pavements firms pp. 277-285

Ernest Reig-Martínez, Andres Picazo-Tadeo and Francesc Hernandez-Sancho

A framework for maintenance and replacement of a network structured system pp. 287-296

Philip A. Scarf and Harry H. Martin

Make to stock or make to order: The decoupling point in the food processing industries pp. 297-306

Dirk Pieter van Donk

A two-echelon inventory model with lost sales pp. 307-315

Jonas Andersson and Philip Melchiors

Common due date assignment for scheduling on a single machine with jointly reducible processing times pp. 317-322

Dirk Biskup and Hermann Jahnke

Minimizing total flow time in a two-machine flowshop problem with minimum makespan pp. 323-338

Jatinder N. D. Gupta, Venkata R. Neppalli and Frank Werner

Heuristics for replenishment with linear decreasing demand pp. 339-345

G. Q. Zhao, J. Yang and G. K. Rand

Volume 69, issue 2, 2001

Valuation of strategic production decisions pp. 119-127

Axel Brassler and Herfried Schneider

Integration of production and logistics -- in principle, in practice and in education pp. 129-140

Attila Chikan

Strategic behaviours in international telecommunications system pp. 141-149

Livio Cricelli, Massimo Gastaldi and Nathan Levialdi

QFD not just a tool but a way of quality management pp. 151-159

Cor P. M. Govers

Ten tools for customer-driven product development in industrial companies pp. 161-176

Hannu Karkkainen, Petteri Piippo and Markku Tuominen

The development of a decision support tool for the selection of advanced technology to achieve rapid product development pp. 177-191

Athakorn Kengpol and Christopher O'Brien

Customer service based design of the supply chain pp. 193-204

Jukka Korpela, Antti Lehmusvaara and Markku Tuominen

Manufacturing and supplier roles in product development pp. 205-213

David Maffin and Paul Braiden

Long-term capacity management: Linking the perspectives from manufacturing strategy and sales and operations planning pp. 215-225

Jan Olhager, Martin Rudberg and Joakim Wikner

The integrated management of logistic chains in the white goods industry. A field research in Italy pp. 227-238

Marco Perona, Roberto Cigolini, Mattia Adani, Roberto Biondi, Stefano Guzzetti, Ruggero Jenna, Mario Chessa and Stefano Agellara

Dynamic analysis of changes in decisional structures of production systems pp. 239-252

Gert Zulch, Andreas Rinn and Oliver Strate

Volume 69, issue 1, 2001

A caveat on the measurement of productive efficiency pp. 1-14

Per Agrell and B. Martin West

Strategy management through quantitative modelling of performance measurement systems pp. 15-22

U. S. Bititci, P. Suwignjo and A. S. Carrie

Coherence analysis methods for production systems by performance aggregation pp. 23-37

Yves Ducq, Bruno Vallespir and Guy Doumeingts

Performance analysis of a batch production system with limited flexibility pp. 39-48

A. Claudio Garavelli

Fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making procedure for evaluating advanced manufacturing system investments pp. 49-64

E. Ertugrul Karsak and Ethem Tolga

Cycles optimization: The equivalent annuity and the NPV approaches pp. 65-83

Elisa Luciano and Lorenzo Peccati

Internal obstacles restraining productivity improvement in small Finnish industrial enterprises pp. 85-91

Hannu Rantanen

An integrated approach to process control pp. 93-105

Werner A. J. Schippers

Performance measurement in construction logistics pp. 107-116

Tutu Wegelius-Lehtonen