Thursday, April 4, 2013

What's about...? International Journal of Production Economics

By Cristina Alcaide & Carmen Olea


The International Journal of Production Economics focuses all aspects of the subject in  relation to manufacturing and process industries, as well as production in general. This journal is  interdisciplinary in nature, considering whole cycles of activities, such as the product life cycle -research, design, development, test, launch, disposal -and the material flow cycle- supply,  production, distribution. So the papers need to contain an essential novel scientific contribution. Moreover, the journal combines the high standards of a traditional academic approach  with the practical value of industrial applications. In most papers, different models are developed to measure some areas of firms such as  the production processes, supply chain and so on. Besides, researchers usually apply models like a case study.


The purpose of the journal is to disseminate knowledge for improving industrial practice  and to strengthen the theoretical base necessary for supporting sound decision making. To sum up, the central themes of this journal are to trace economic and financial  consequences in the analysis of the problem and solution reported.

Those are some methodologies that you can find in some papers
- Ordinary least squares
- Linear programming method
- Heuristic algorithm based on Lagrangian relaxation
- Stochastic dynamic programming
- Average Extra Quadratic Loss (AEQL) International Journal of Production Economics
- Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
- Lambert W function

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