international journal of production economics IER Int. J. Production Economics 77 (2002) 319-320 www.clsevier.com/locate/dsw Contents Volume 77 Vol. 77. No. 1 Supply chain coordination with uncertain just-in-time delivery K. Zimmer Economic design of x-control charts with Weibull in-control times when there are multiple assignable causes Y.-S. Chen and Y.-M. Yang Determining load patterns for the delivery of assembly components under JIT systems K.H. Kim and J.-B. Kim Hierarchical simulation of complex production systems by coupling of models G. Zulch, U. Jonsson and J. Fischer On the relaxation of multi-level dynamic lot-sizing models Resource allocation in a few industries: Determinants and trends E. Segelod New heuristics to minimize total completion time in m-machine flowshops A. Allahverdi andT . Aldowaisan Note on: Economic production quantity model for items with imperfect quality — a practical approach S.K. Goyal and L.E. Cardenas-Barron Note on: An optimal batch size for a production system operating under periodic delivery policy R.A. Sarker Note: Reply to R.A. Sarker S.K. Goyal Diary of Events Vol. 77. No. 2 Coordinating pricing and inventory replenishment policies for one wholesaler and one or more geographically dispersed retailers T. Boyaci and G. Gallego PII: $0925-5273(02)00162-7 320 Contents Volume 77 Incorporating transportation costs into inventory replenishment decisions S.R. Swenseth and M.R. Godfrey Determining manufacturing batch sizes for a lumpy delivery system with trend demand A. Diponegoro and B.R. Sarker A possibilistic decision support system for imprecise mathematical programming problems H.A. Jensen and S. Maturana A list-based threshold accepting method for job shop scheduling problems C.D. Tarantilis and C.T. Kiranoudis A comparison of different methods for estimating the average inventory level in a (0,A) system with backorders A.H.-L. Lau and H.-S. Lau Diary of Events Vol. 77. No. 3 Preface Igls 2000 RW. Grubbstrom and H.H. Hinterhuber The technology dimension of strategic leadership: The leadership challenge for production economists H.H. Hinterhuber and S.A. Friedrich Team roles in business process re-engineering M. Launonen and P. Kess Success factors for cooperative ventures in innovation and production systems C. Marxt and P. Link Performance simulation of supply chain designs F. Persson and J. Olhager Make vs. buy decisions: A process incorporating multi-attribute decision-making KW. Platts, D.R. Probert and L. Canhez Integrated design and production of multi-storey timber frame houses — production effects caused by customer-oriented design L. Stehn and M. Bergstrom The contribution of technology selection to core competencies M.T orkkeli and M. Tuominen Performance improvement theory J.Vits and L. Gelders A framework for maintenance concept development G.Waeyenbergh and L. Pintelon Diary of Events Author Index Volume 77 Contents Volume 77