International Journal of Production Research

1999 - 2025

Current editor(s): Professor A. Dolgui

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Volume 63, issue 7, 2025

Strategic decision-making for sustainable production and distribution in automotive industry: a machine learning enabled dynamic multi-objective optimisation pp. 2339-2362

Puja Sarkar, Vivekanand B. Khanapuri and Manoj Kumar Tiwari

Deep reinforcement learning for solving car resequencing with selectivity banks in automotive assembly shops pp. 2363-2384

Yuzhe Huang, Gaocai Fu, Buyun Sheng, Yingkang Lu, Junpeng Yu and Xiyan Yin

Optimising resource-constrained fleet selective maintenance with asynchronous maintenance breaks pp. 2385-2407

Alireza Amjadian, Ryan O'Neil, Abdelhakim Khatab, Jing Chen, Uday Venkatadri and Claver Diallo

Product transportation strategy in the presence of limited shipment capacity and purchase timing pp. 2408-2430

Cheng Zhang, Feng Yang and Feifei Shan

A heuristic method for multi-objective hybrid flow shop scheduling problem with parent-child relationships and space constraints pp. 2431-2455

Junli Zheng, Junbo Zhao and Sixiang Zhao

Scheduling a two-stage assembly problem with separated setup time to minimise total tardiness pp. 2456-2482

JianChao Luo, ZhiQiang Liu, JiaLi Fan, Jun-Qiang Wang, YanXiang Feng and Jun Xu

Multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem with multiple shifts and dynamic energy prices pp. 2483-2506

Wuliang Peng, Dongmin Yu and Fang Xie

Human-centric optimisation in manual picker-to-parts systems: a holistic energy expenditure approach pp. 2507-2525

Andrea Lucchese, Salvatore Digiesi and Fabio Sgarbossa

A distribution-free-based approach for stochastic food closed-loop supply chain pp. 2526-2555

Ding Chen, Feng Chu, Ming Liu and Yufei Huang

Self-reliance or dependence? patterns of information technology use on innovation performance pp. 2556-2576

Miao Hu, Kedi Wang, Shenyang Jiang, Baofeng Huo and Andy C. L. Yeung

Co-Kriging model-based multi-fidelity regression for refining milling stability predictions of variable tool overhang length using limited experimental data pp. 2577-2598

Congying Deng, Huiling Ding, Jianguo Miao and Feng Tan

Data-driven diagnosis framework for platform product supply chains under disruptions pp. 2599-2621

Mingxing Li, Yiji Cai, Daqiang Guo, Ting Qu and George Q. Huang

An LSTM-based predictive monitoring method for data with time-varying variability pp. 2622-2637

Jiaqi Qiu, Yu Lin and Inez M. Zwetsloot

Human-centred AI in industry 5.0: a systematic review pp. 2638-2669

Mario Passalacqua, Robert Pellerin, Florian Magnani, Philippe Doyon-Poulin, Laurène Del-Aguila, Jared Boasen and Pierre-Majorique Léger

Optimizing feeder bus timetables to boost advanced passenger transfers: a case study of Beijing pp. 2670-2693

Hankun Zheng, Huijun Sun, Xin Guo, Peiling Dai and Jianjun Wu

Integrating storage allocation with manual order picking and replenishment operations in a distribution centre pp. 2694-2710

Jean-François Cordeau, Pasquale Legato and Rina Mary Mazza

Volume 63, issue 6, 2025

Capacity management under uncertain demand and distribution policies: the case of Indian vaccine supply chain pp. 1985-2009

Vijaya Dixit, Ashish Omar, Ou Tang and Priyanka Verma

Evolve ensemble rules automatically for the block spatial scheduling under dynamic environments via surrogate-assisted cooperative evolution genetic programming pp. 2010-2037

Lubo Li, Haohua Zhang and Sijun Bai

Investigating the impact of cognitive assistive technologies on human performance and well-being: an experimental study in assembly and picking tasks pp. 2038-2057

Andrea Lucchese, Sotirios Panagou and Fabio Sgarbossa

Multivariate quality prediction of thin-walled parts machining using multi-task parallel deep transfer learning pp. 2058-2089

Pei Wang, Pengde Huang, Haizhen Tao, Yongkui Liu, Tao Wang and Hai Qu

Machine-learning-based sampling inspection under OQC capacity for real-time quality monitoring in the TFT-LCD industry pp. 2090-2113

Ming-Sung Shih, James C. Chen, Tzu-Li Chen, Chih-Hsiung Chiang and Ching-Lan Hsu

Incorporating car-sequencing rules in the planning of mixed-model assembly lines pp. 2114-2132

Celso Gustavo Stall Sikora and Lorenzo Tiacci

Integrated two-stage multi-factory assembly scheduling with maintenance considerations pp. 2133-2149

Hamed Kazemi, Mustapha Nourelfath, Amir M. Fathollahi-Fard and Michel Gendreau

Analytical model and swapping policy assessment of a vertical lift module – buffer integrated storage system pp. 2150-2169

Jakob Marolt, Fabio Sgarbossa, Jesus A. Jimenez, Abhimanyu Sharotry and Tone Lerher

Enhancing energy efficiency in distributed hybrid forging flow-shops: a novel scheduling approach to capitalise on residual forging heat pp. 2170-2189

Chenfei Liu, Qiang Cheng, Chenyang Cheng, Hongyan Chu, Zhifeng Liu and Wei Zhang

Revolutionize cold chain: an AI/ML driven approach to overcome capacity shortages pp. 2190-2212

Ilya Jackson, Jafar Namdar, Maria Jesús Saénz, Richard Augustus Elmquist III and Luis Rodrigo Dávila Novoa

Energy efficient scheduling in a robotic cell with a material handling robot serving two parallel machines pp. 2213-2230

Çiya Aydoğan and Sinan Gürel

Towards human-centric warehousing: the impact of rack configuration and cognitive demands on order picking performance pp. 2231-2247

Dominic Loske, Eric H. Grosse, Christoph H. Glock and Matthias Klumpp

Turret-index optimisation with mathematical programming and metaheuristic approaches pp. 2248-2267

Adil Baykasoglu, Elif Yoruk and Seyda Topaloglu Yildiz

Towards trustworthy AI for link prediction in supply chain knowledge graph: a neurosymbolic reasoning approach pp. 2268-2290

Edward Elson Kosasih and Alexandra Brintrup

The strong effect of flexible capacities on achievable WIP levels and throughput times: a simple model and its implications pp. 2291-2304

Hermann Lödding, Constantin Steffens and Michael Winter

Reviewing and conceptualising the role of 4.0 technologies for sustainable warehousing pp. 2305-2337

Sara Perotti, Luca Cannava, Jörg M. Ries and Eric H. Grosse

Volume 63, issue 5, 2025

Digital transformation for safer circular lithium-ion battery supply chains: a blockchain ecosystem-data perspective pp. 1585-1606

Zhuowen Chen, Joseph Sarkis and Abdullah Yildizbasi

An effective hybrid meta-heuristic method for the simultaneous batch production and transportation problem in additive manufacturing pp. 1607-1623

Shijin Wang, Hanyu Zhang and Feng Chu

Life can’t be too sweet: the effects of sugar-sweetened beverage labelling on the government’s health battle pp. 1624-1648

Yang Liu, Bin Shen and Dmitry Ivanov

Optimisation of recovery policies in the era of supply chain disruptions: a system dynamics and reinforcement learning approach pp. 1649-1673

Fabian Bussieweke, Josefa Mula and Francisco Campuzano-Bolarin

Minimising makespan in distributed assembly hybrid flowshop scheduling problems pp. 1674-1691

Kuo-Ching Ying, Shih-Wei Lin and Kuan-Fu Chen

A methodology for evaluating feature selection and clustering methods with project-specific requirements pp. 1692-1706

H. von Linde and O. Riedel

Robust optimization algorithm for integrated crane assignment and scheduling in slab yard with uncertain arrival time pp. 1707-1724

Xu Wang, Qiuhong Zhao, Shixin Liu, Jia Wang and Liang Qi

Supermarket-chain grocery delivery optimization through crowdshipping pp. 1725-1752

F. J. Hwang, Bohan Hu and M. Y. Kovalyov

Optimising distributed heterogeneous flowshop group scheduling arising from PCB mounting: integrating construction and improvement heuristics pp. 1753-1778

Zhenduo Han, Biao Zhang, Hongyan Sang, Chao Lu, Leilei Meng and Wenqiang Zou

Reactive tabu search and mixed-integer linear programming for multi-day assignment, scheduling, and routing problems of specialised education and home-care services pp. 1779-1802

Mira Bou Saleh, Abderrahim Chariete, Leo Schwartz, Olivier Grunder and Amir Hajjam El Hassani

The dual-resource-constrained re-entrant flexible flow shop a constraint programming approach and a hybrid genetic algorithm pp. 1803-1824

Johanna Mlekusch and Richard F. Hartl

Financing a push and pull supply chain under revenue sharing: value addition and default risk transmission mechanism pp. 1825-1850

Xiaofeng Xie, Xun Xu, Zixuan Zhou and Jing Gu

The role of digital twins in lean supply chain management: review and research directions pp. 1851-1872

Daqiang Guo and Soujanya Mantravadi

Exploring the role of drones and UAVs in logistics and supply chain management: a novel text-based literature review pp. 1873-1897

Hamed Jahani, Yunes Khosravi, Bahareh Kargar, Kok-Leong Ong and Sobhan Arisian

Machine learning in smart production logistics: a review of technological capabilities pp. 1898-1932

Erik Flores-García, Dong Hoon Kwak, Yongkuk Jeong and Magnus Wiktorsson

A review on unsupervised learning algorithms and applications in supply chain management pp. 1933-1983

Benjamin Rolf, Alexander Beier, Ilya Jackson, Marcel Müller, Tobias Reggelin, Heiner Stuckenschmidt and Sebastian Lang

Volume 63, issue 4, 2025

Synergizing ChatGPT and experiential learning: unravelling TOC based production planning and control variants through the dice game pp. 1209-1234

Mahesh Gupta, Ajay Gupta, Fernando Bernardi de Souza, Lucas Martins Ikeziri and Mohit Datt

Proposing a maturity model for assessing Artificial Intelligence and Big data in the process industry pp. 1235-1255

Rosanna Fornasiero, Lorenz Kiebler, Mohammadtaghi Falsafi and Saskia Sardesai

Post-Covid challenges and opportunities: rethinking ESG performance in the logistics sector pp. 1256-1274

Rambabu Juvvala, Shirish Sangle and Manoj Kumar Tiwari

Integrated scheduling of multi-objective lot-streaming hybrid flowshop with AGV based on deep reinforcement learning pp. 1275-1303

Hongtao Tang, Jiawei Huang, Chenhao Ren, Yiping Shao and Jiansha Lu

The picker routing problem in mixed-shelves, multi-block warehouses pp. 1304-1325

Mustapha Haouassi, Yannick Kergosien, Jorge E. Mendoza and Louis-Martin Rousseau

Smarter facility layout design: leveraging worker localisation data to minimise travel time and alleviate congestion pp. 1326-1353

Ayse Aslan, Gokula Vasantha, Hanane El-Raoui, John Quigley, Jack Hanson, Jonathan Corney and Andrew Sherlock

Joint risk-based maintenance strategy and integrated monitoring approach for manufacturing system operational process considering workpiece quality pp. 1354-1371

Ruoyu Liao, Yihai He, Min Xie, Haibin Cao, Hanjun Guo, Haiyun Lu and Wei Dai

Decentralised protocols for autonomous mobile robots in material handling: inductive learnings from centralised controller pp. 1372-1398

Byeongmok Kim, Yonggab Kim and Seokcheon Lee

Product line strategy and supply chain structures for mass customized production using 3D printing pp. 1399-1414

Bing Li, Qing Zhang and Shouwang Lu

Is it wise for manufacturers to implement preventive maintenance in the sharing business model? pp. 1415-1435

Dong-dong Wang, Kangzhou Wang, Zhifeng Qian and Feng Jiang

Blockchain adoption for product freshness traceability under platform competition pp. 1436-1449

Pengwen Hou, Tongling Feng, Yating Li and Shuxia Peng

A dual-critic DQN architecture for lifter assignment in multi-floor semiconductor FAB pp. 1450-1472

Jiwon Kim and Jeonghoon Mo

Spatio-temporal task pricing for shared electric micro-mobility battery-swapping platform with reinforcement learning pp. 1473-1494

Minjeong Kim and Ilkyeong Moon

The formation of cooperatives with the implications of information sharing and contract farming pp. 1495-1516

Qing Li, Khaled Hadj-Hamou and Yacine Rekik

Operational practices for integrating lean and industry 4.0 – a dynamic capabilities perspective pp. 1517-1537

Tim Komkowski, Michael Sony, Jiju Antony, Fabiane Letícia Lizarelli, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes and Guilherme Luz Tortorella

Grand challenges in industrial and systems engineering pp. 1538-1583

Waldemar Karwowski, Gavriel Salvendy, Laura Albert, Woo Chang Kim, Brian Denton, Maged Dessouky, Alexandre Dolgui, Vince Duffy, Soundar Kumara, Jingshan Li, Azad M. Madni, Leon McGinnis, William Rouse, Jeff Shamma, Max Shen, David Simchi-Levi, Julie Swann and Manoj Kumar Tiwari

Volume 63, issue 3, 2025

Real-time stochastic flexible flow shop scheduling in a credit factory with model-based reinforcement learning pp. 845-864

Liao Chen, Hongjia Liu, Ning Jia, Nianlu Ren, Runbang Cui and Wei Wei

Sparse group principal component analysis using elastic-net regularisation and its application to virtual metrology in semiconductor manufacturing pp. 865-881

Geonseok Lee, Tianhui Wang, Dohyun Kim and Myong-Kee Jeong

Integrated scheduling of production and material delivery for the intelligent manufacturing system pp. 882-903

Tianning Liang, Liping Zhou and Zhibin Jiang

An intelligent open trading system for on-demand delivery facilitated by deep Q network based reinforcement learning pp. 904-926

Chaojie Guo, Lele Zhang, Russell G. Thompson, Greg Foliente and Xiaoshuai Peng

Joint transshipment, markdown, and clearance decisions at a fast-fashion retailer pp. 927-948

Siamak Naderi, Abdullah Dasci and Kemal Kilic

Discrete cutting path problems: a general solution framework and industrial applications pp. 949-969

Daniil Khachai, Olga Battaïa, Alexander Petunin and Michael Khachay

A configuration optimization approach for reconfigurable manufacturing system based on column-generation combined with graph neural network pp. 970-991

Feng Cui, Zhibin Jiang, Xin Zhou, Junli Zheng and Na Geng

Modular Digital Twin – an approach for generating and exploiting product sustainability information towards service-oriented business models pp. 992-1010

Andreas Werner, Frauke Schuseil, Moritz Hämmerle, Sascha Schaper and Katharina Hölzle

How does artificial intelligence impact employees’ engagement in lean organisations? pp. 1011-1027

Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Daryl Powell, Peter Hines, Alejandro Mac Cawley Vergara, Diego Tlapa-Mendoza and Roberto Vassolo

A selection procedure for the design of mixed-model assembly systems considering walking workers and fixed workers pp. 1028-1045

Martina Calzavara, Maurizio Faccio, Serena Finco, Alessandro Persona and Ilenia Zennaro

Integrated shelf-life rules for multi-level pharmaceutical tablets manufacturing processes pp. 1046-1066

Michael Simonis and Stefan Nickel

Cause marketing decisions in supply chains: cause effect and marketing effect pp. 1067-1087

Xueqing Cui, Yongjian Li, Xiang Li and Xiaoqiang Cai

The choice of sustainable coproduction technology in a supply chain pp. 1088-1104

Minyue Jin, Baoyong Li, Xiaolan Qiu, Feng Yang and Jiajia Nie

Strategic workforce and project planning for engineering automotive production systems: tackling the transition to electric vehicles pp. 1105-1125

Maximilian Kolter, Martin Grunow, Rainer Kolisch and Thomas Stäblein

Fostering innovation by complementing human competences and emerging technologies: an industry 5.0 perspective pp. 1126-1149

Djerdj Horvat, Angela Jäger and Christian M. Lerch

Equity financing for carbon emission reduction supported by platform retailer: bane or boon for supplier encroachment? pp. 1150-1173

Shuang Ma, Tianyu Zhang, Yu Gong, Peiwu Dong and Xiaofan Wu

End-to-end supply chain resilience management using deep learning, survival analysis, and explainable artificial intelligence pp. 1174-1202

Xingyu Li, Vasiliy Krivtsov, Chaoye Pan, Aydin Nassehi, Robert X. Gao and Dmitry Ivanov

A note on scheduling identical parallel machines with preemptions and setup times pp. 1203-1208

Mourad Boudhar, Alexandre Dolgui, Amina Haned, Abida Kerdali, Sergey Kovalev and Mikhail Y. Kovalyov

Volume 63, issue 2, 2025

Artificial intelligence applications in healthcare supply chain networks under disaster conditions pp. 395-403

Vikas Kumar, Fariba Goodarzian, Peiman Ghasemi, Felix T. S. Chan and Narain Gupta

Optimisation of COVID-19 vaccination process using GIS, machine learning, and the multi-layered transportation model pp. 404-417

Kenan Mengüç, Nezir Aydin and Mesut Ulu

A novel data-driven patient and medical waste queueing-inventory system under pandemic: a real-life case study pp. 418-434

Mohammad Rahiminia, Sareh Shahrabifarahani, Mohammad Alipour-Vaezi, Amir Aghsami and Fariborz Jolai

Artificial intelligence for sense making in survival supply chains pp. 435-458

Ajit Sharma

Sorting radiology departments in a disaster management assessment with G-ARASsort pp. 459-482

Arash Moheimani, Alessio Ishizaka, Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini and Sachin Kumar Mangla

Predicting the length-of-stay of pediatric patients using machine learning algorithms pp. 483-496

Natália Boff Medeiros, Flávio Sanson Fogliatto, Miriam Karla Rocha and Guilherme Luz Tortorella

Collaboration and coordination strategies for a multi-level AI-enabled healthcare supply chain under disaster pp. 497-523

Arnab Adhikari, Raunak Joshi and Sumanta Basu

Novel control strategies and iterative approaches to order various COVID-19 vaccines to prevent shortages and immunisation expansion pp. 524-554

Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh, Mohammad Reza Ghatreh Samani and Parnian Farokhnejad

Deep reinforcement learning approach for dynamic capacity planning in decentralised regenerative medicine supply chains pp. 555-570

Chin-Yuan Tseng, Junxuan Li, Li-Hsiang Lin, Kan Wang, Chelsea C. White III and Ben Wang

Blood supply chain configuration and optimization under the COVID-19 using benders decomposition based heuristic algorithm pp. 571-593

Omid Abdolazimi, Mir Saman Pishvaee, Mohammad Shafiee, Davood Shishebori, Junfeng Ma and Sarah Entezari

Applying artificial intelligence in healthcare: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 594-627

Sreejith Balasubramanian, Vinaya Shukla, Nazrul Islam, Arvind Upadhyay and Linh Duong

Emergency medical supplies scheduling during public health emergencies: algorithm design based on AI techniques pp. 628-650

Huosong Xia, Zelin Sun, Yuan Wang, Justin Zuopeng Zhang, Muhammad Mustafa Kamal, Sajjad M. Jasimuddin and Nazrul Islam

Modeling third-party reverse logistics for healthcare waste recycling in the post-pandemic era pp. 651-686

Meenu Singh, Sunil Kumar Jauhar, Millie Pant and Sanjoy Kumar Paul

Exploring blockchain implementation challenges in the context of healthcare supply chain (HCSC) pp. 687-702

Ozlem Bak, Ashley Braganza and Weifeng Chen

A column generation-based approach for the adaptive stochastic blood donation tailoring problem pp. 703-728

Milad Elyasi, Okan Örsan Özener, İhsan Yanıkoğlu, Ali Ekici and Alexandre Dolgui

AI-enhanced robust method for integrated healthcare resource pre-positioning and patient scheduling pp. 729-757

Yang Liu, Jianghua Zhang and Felix T. S. Chan

A hybrid ANN-MILP model for agile recovery production planning for PPE products under sharp demands pp. 758-778

Reza Babazadeh, Hanieh Taraghi Nazloo and Mehdi A. Kamran

Mitigating healthcare supply chain challenges under disaster conditions: a holistic AI-based analysis of social media data pp. 779-797

Vishwa V. Kumar, Avimanyu Sahoo, Siva K. Balasubramanian and Sampson Gholston

Multidimensional typologies of faulty medical device events: analysis, risk characterisation, and stakeholder mapping pp. 798-821

Mohit Goswami, Felix T. S. Chan, M. Ramkumar, Yash Daultani and Nripendra P. Rana

Application of artificial intelligence for resilient and sustainable healthcare system: systematic literature review and future research directions pp. 822-844

Laxmi Pandit Vishwakarma, Rajesh Kr Singh, Ruchi Mishra and Archana Kumari

Volume 63, issue 1, 2025

Internet of behaviors: conceptual model, practical and theoretical implications for supply chain and operations management pp. 1-8

Alexandre Dolgui and Dmitry Ivanov

A mathematical model and solution algorithms for optimising system-level configurations of reconfigurable single part flow lines pp. 9-25

Hyeon-Il Kim, Ae-Jin Youn and Dong-Ho Lee

Energy-conserving cold chain with ambient temperature, path flexibility, and hybrid fleet: formulation and heuristic approach pp. 26-50

Longlong Leng, Qilin Jin, Ting Chen, Anping Wan and Zheng Wang

Balancing parallel assembly lines with human-robot collaboration: problem definition, mathematical model and tabu search approach pp. 51-85

Zhaofang Mao, Jiaxin Zhang, Yiting Sun, Kan Fang and Dian Huang

Scheduling stochastic distributed flexible job shops using an multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with simulation evaluation pp. 86-103

Yaping Fu, Kaizhou Gao, Ling Wang, Min Huang, Yun-Chia Liang and Hongyu Dong

An improved skip-lot sampling scheme with resampling mechanism using an advanced capability index pp. 104-118

Zih-Huei Wang, Chien-Wei Wu and Pei-Yi Li

A reinforcement learning enhanced memetic algorithm for multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling toward Industry 5.0 pp. 119-147

Xiao Chang, Xiaoliang Jia and Jiahao Ren

Customised product design optimisation considering module synergy effects and expert preferences pp. 148-170

Zhen He, Mengyuan Han and Shuguang He

A MINP model and hybrid heuristic algorithm for railway cold chain service network design problem: a case study of China pp. 171-192

Dandan Li, Mi Gan, Yu Qiao, Qichen Ou and Xiaobo Liu

Artificial intelligent technologies in Japanese manufacturing firms: an empirical survey study pp. 193-219

Wael Hadid, Satoshi Horii and Akinori Yokota

‘There are also unknown unknowns’: a resilience-informed approach for forecasting and monitoring management reserve in projects pp. 220-240

Seyed Ashkan Zarghami

Prediction-based decomposition optimisation for multi-portfolio supply chain resilience strategies under disruption risks pp. 241-262

Yi Yang, Chen Peng, En-Zhi Cao and Wenxuan Zou

Optimisation of process plan generation for reconfigurable manufacturing systems: efficient heuristics and lower bounds pp. 263-285

Abdelkader Mechaacha, Fayçal Belkaid and Nadjib Brahimi

Supply chain fraud prediction with machine learning and artificial intelligence pp. 286-313

Mark E. Lokanan and Vikas Maddhesia

Order sequencing, tote scheduling, and robot routing optimization in multi-tote storage and retrieval autonomous mobile robot systems pp. 314-341

Huiwen Bai, Peng Yang, Zhizhen Qin, Mingyao Qi and Wangqi Xiong

Verification and validation of digital twins: a systematic literature review for manufacturing applications pp. 342-370

Julia Bitencourt, Ana Wooley and Gregory Harris

Roxana ontology: a standard-based knowledge model for the formalisation of adaptive human-based processes in the manufacturing industry pp. 371-394

Manja Mai-Ly Pfaff-Kastner, Tim Wunderlich, Ken Wenzel and Steffen Ihlenfeldt