issue 3 publication date 2015-09-01

• A mathematical model for the design of distributed layout by considering production planning and system reconfiguration over multiple time periods
• An experimental analysis and optimization of machining rate and surface characteristics in WEDM of Monel-400 using RSM and desirability approach
• Developing a new stochastic competitive model regarding inventory and price
• Data envelopment analysis in service quality evaluation: an empirical study
• Analysis of interactions among the barriers to JIT production: interpretive structural modelling approach
• Retailer’s optimal credit period and cycle time in a supply chain for deteriorating items with up-stream and down-stream trade credits
• Evaluation of Nigerian hospital meal carts
• A stochastic model for the cell formation problem considering machine reliability
• An automated time and hand motion analysis based on planar motion capture extended to a virtual environment
• Operator agency in process intervention: tampering versus application of tacit knowledge
• Developing EPQ models for non-instantaneous deteriorating items
• Maximizing the nurses’ preferences in nurse scheduling problem: mathematical modeling and a meta-heuristic algorithm