Journal: International Journal of Production Economics

Found 2380 papers in total
Order splitting under periodic review inventory systems
Order splitting under periodic review inventory systems
2001,
Most research on order splitting has focused on the reduction of safety stock in the...
Cycles optimization: The equivalent annuity and the net present value approaches
Cycles optimization: The equivalent annuity and the net present value approaches
2001,
The paper discusses the use of a generalized version of the equivalent annuity...
A framework for maintenance and replacement of a network structured system
A framework for maintenance and replacement of a network structured system
2001,
The asset management problem of a network owner operating in a regulatory climate is...
Fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making procedure for evaluating advanced manufacturing system investments
Fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making procedure for evaluating advanced manufacturing system investments
2001,
In this paper, a fuzzy decision algorithm is proposed to select the most suitable...
A caveat on the measurement of productive efficiency
A caveat on the measurement of productive efficiency
2001,
The correspondence between used performance measures and enterprise objectives, such...
Coherence analysis methods for production systems by performance aggregation
Coherence analysis methods for production systems by performance aggregation
2001,
This paper aims at describing methods for the coherence analysis in production...
Valuation of strategic production decisions
Valuation of strategic production decisions
2001,
The value chains in industry need to be competitively organised to enable them to meet...
Long-term capacity management: Linking the perspectives from manufacturing strategy and sales and operations planning
Long-term capacity management: Linking the perspectives from manufacturing strategy and sales and operations planning
2001,
Efficient long-term capacity management is vital to any manufacturing firm. It has...
Dynamic analysis of changes in decisional structures of production systems
Dynamic analysis of changes in decisional structures of production systems
2001,
In the realm of enterprise reorganization, terms such as process orientation, group...
Heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing: A comparison on solution quality and computing time
Heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing: A comparison on solution quality and computing time
2001,
This paper is focused on the solution quality and computing time requirements of...
The use of parametric and non-parametric frontier methods to measure the productive efficiency in the industrial sector: A comparative study
The use of parametric and non-parametric frontier methods to measure the productive efficiency in the industrial sector: A comparative study
2001,
Parametric frontier models and non-parametric methods have monopolised the recent...
Learning and process improvement during production ramp-up
Learning and process improvement during production ramp-up
2001,
Rapid product lifecycles and high development costs pressure manufacturing firms to...
Structure optimization for continuous production systems with buffers under reliability constraints
Structure optimization for continuous production systems with buffers under reliability constraints
2001,
A problem of structure optimization of a series-parallel production system is...
The maximal profit flow model in designing multiple-production-line system with obtainable resource capacity
The maximal profit flow model in designing multiple-production-line system with obtainable resource capacity
2001,
A maximal profit flow model for reaching the optimal design of...
Minimizing work-in-process inventory in reliable production lines
Minimizing work-in-process inventory in reliable production lines
2001,
This work deals with the well-known buffer allocation problem in short reliable...
Performance analysis of a batch production system with limited flexibility
Performance analysis of a batch production system with limited flexibility
2001,
The concept of limited flexibility, originally applied to production planning, has...
Equipment flexibility vs. inventory: A simulation study of manufacturing systems
Equipment flexibility vs. inventory: A simulation study of manufacturing systems
2001,
Technological flexibility requires very high initial investments and therefore a...
Tolerance synthesis by neural learning and nonlinear programming
Tolerance synthesis by neural learning and nonlinear programming
2001,
The tolerance design directly influences the functionality of products and related...
Multi-agent systems in production planning and control: An application to the scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines
Multi-agent systems in production planning and control: An application to the scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines
2000,
This work deals with production smoothing, one of the keys of success of Just In Time...
Modelling rescheduling activities in a multi-period production–inventory system
Modelling rescheduling activities in a multi-period production–inventory system
2000,
Decisions for planning production activities for multi-period...
Identification of aggregate resource and job set characteristics for predicting job set makespan in batch process industries
Identification of aggregate resource and job set characteristics for predicting job set makespan in batch process industries
2000,
We study multipurpose batch process industries with no-wait restrictions, overlapping...
Performance guarantee of two simple priority rules for production scheduling
Performance guarantee of two simple priority rules for production scheduling
2000,
The paper presents analytical results concerning algorithms applied to off-line and...
A practical decomposition approach for a chemical substance scheduling problem
A practical decomposition approach for a chemical substance scheduling problem
2000,
This paper describes a decomposed iterative improvement scheduling algorithm developed...
Parallel machine scheduling with batch delivery costs
Parallel machine scheduling with batch delivery costs
2000,
We consider a scheduling problem in which n independent and simultaneously available...
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