international journal of a. production Sertilt economics ELSEVIER Int. J. Production Economics 92 (2004) 303-304 www.clsevier.com/locate/dsw Contents Volume 92 Vol. 92. No. 1 Adaptive resource allocation in multimodal activity networks A.P. Tereso, M.M.T. Araujo and S.E. Elmaghraby A comparison of picking, storage, and routing policies in manual order picking C.G. Petersen and G. Aase Buyer focus: Evaluation of a new concept for supply chain integration T. van der Vaart and D.P. van Donk Total factor productivity and the spillover hypothesis: Some new evidence The design of contracts to coordinate operational interdependencies within the supply chain C. Schneeweiss, K. Zimmer and M. Zimmermann Economic design of X¥ control charts for non-normal data using variable sampling policy Y.-K. Chen Integrated single vendor single buyer model with stochastic demand and variable lead time M. Ben-Daya and M. Hariga An exact analytical solution to the production inventory control problem R.D.H. Warburton Diary of Events Vol. 92. No. 2 Allocative inefficiency and its cost: The case of Spanish public hospitals A. Rodriguez- Alvarez, V. Fernandez-Blanco and C.A.K. Lovell Supply chain coordination in buyer centric B2B electronic markets C.X.Wang and M. Benaroch An eclectic approach for replenishment with non-linear decreasing demand J. Yang, G.Q. Zhao and G.K. Rand Price cap regulation, incentives and quality: The case of Brazilian telecommunications L.O. Faganha and M. Resende doi:10.1016/S0925-5273(04)01022- 9 304 Contents Volume 92 Performance of approximations for compound Poisson distributed demand in the newsboy problem Nee en 5 ed bed 6 AMIS Ae CAN O08. Ole AOA GRU EA DA AOR 145 Optimal lot sizing for an unreliable production system based on net present value approach Ug eh Sh ng a ee dG ee ds ae aaa d 6.6 a athbal och eLoan hee out 157 Warehouse space capacity and delivery time window considerations in dynamic lot-sizing for a simple supply chain ay eee, SINTERING 6-6 6,6 05 wielaie Sin. b,se 00's Uk a Ore be 6b 00 0 oo 8d awe Ree Oo 169 Reactive JIT ordering system for changes in the mean and variance of demand ce eee se dkc e dGh abs cet beaded a awab Gales acc Se RU Raed ce koi 181 Technical note: The EOQ and EPO models with shortages derived without derivatives eS a ko a ha tak ok ww a Cannas cl age 6 oe Oe ela Sea CAA ES 197 gs a CC! Ae ee En eo rey ae er ae ee Me oo wh He eee 201 Vol. 92. No. 3 Engineering and economic laws of production CCR cen a CO ae eae es eee Swe Chae Lhe kd ewhbades COMER LA Cece eades Geeks 203 Aligning ERP implementation with competitive priorities of manufacturing firms: An exploratory study TEE ee i et paw Gb enEs SERED GAT AGA eCR KAREC Osea bhGk Eee Ohae eens 207 Determining the optimal number of sublots in a single-product, deterministic flow shop with overlapping operations ne et chub aculee hbase hencedes b eee. eee CKUREe heed 221 An integrated approach to enhance the optical performance of couplers based on neural networks, desir- ability functions and tabu search Integrated vendor—buyer cooperative models with stochastic demand in controllable lead time NE EE AE IS) Se iy ree een hee ey ee oe Quality tools and techniques: Are they necessary for quality management? Sai AP RE A I NRE Sea ar amend "a eye ae eee NI <A 8? Tega Y A numerical comparison of three potential learning and forgetting models oe Sa Sk he ol ae Wau kane k's ban bin ted e0eW ek 0 aes a eee aan Observation on: ‘“‘Modeling in-house vs. contract maintenance, with fixed costs and learning effects” [Int. J. Production Economics 32 (1993) 277-283] ee eres ES secede Birks ois k Wat kilee dala bb ethiee Koad ad care een at Erratum to ““Supply chain coordination by revenue sharing contract” [International Journal of Production Economics 89 (2), pp. 131-139] Tee ee a iby des gb ace an Eb ad 65 4 Gao 4a ndbeaed seeks ida Pee ge sb we peda a ge b-e 0.0 CAL eA led obs 266 Sas O e's alee keene aA eae i ee bane he Let es wi puek ee se cand peated Seo ths FP OEE OE CEE TES E OE FETE EE TET FEE eee yt) eee ere eee