OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Material flow control in make-to-stock production systems: an assessment of order generation, order release and production authorization by simulation	22
Quick dispatching-rules-based solution for the two parallel machines problem under mold constraints	19
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	14
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	14
Solving the picker routing problem in multi-block high-level storage systems using metaheuristics	13
The max–min newsvendor pricing problem under conditional value-at-risk criterion	13
A dynamic prioritization policy for the callback option in a call center	13
A material handling system modeling framework: a data-driven approach for the generation of discrete-event simulation models	13
Design and calibration of a DRL algorithm for solving the job shop scheduling problem under unexpected job arrivals	12
Analytics and Optimization in Healthcare Management	12
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	12
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	12
The shunting scheduling of EMU first-level maintenance in a stub-end depot	11
Sequencing and routing in a large warehouse with high degree of product rotation	10
Deep learning models for vessel’s ETA prediction: bulk ports perspective	10
Energy-efficient on/off control in serial production lines with Bernoulli machines	9
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	9
The impacts of stockout cost on a stochastic production-inventory system in minimizing total cost conditional value-at-risk	8
Decision support for managing assortments, shelf space, and replenishment in retail	8
Robust scheduling and dispatching rules for high-mix collaborative manufacturing systems	8
Predicting donations and profiling donors in a blood collection center: a Bayesian approach	7
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	7
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	7
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	7
A digital twin modeling method of production lines based on flexible manufacturing	6

Modelling forgetting due to intermittent production in mixed-model line scheduling	6
A Monte-Carlo tree search algorithm for the flexible job-shop scheduling in manufacturing systems	6
A variable neighborhood search algorithm for the location problem of platoon formation center	6
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	6
Sustainable partial backordering inventory model under linked-to-order credit policy and all-units discount with capacity constraint and carbon emissions	6
Reliable multiple allocation hub location problem under disruptions	6
Data-driven dynamic stacking strategy for export containers in container terminals	6
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	6
Cost optimization in the $$(S-1, S)$$ backorder inventory model with two demand classes and rationing	5
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	5
Improved swarm-based metaheuristics for optimizing human–robot collaborative assembly lines with multi-type collaborative robots	5
A heuristic for the critical chain scheduling problem based on left shifts of activities	5
Determining the optimal piecewise constant approximation for the nonhomogeneous Poisson process rate of Emergency Department patient arrivals	5
Exploring the adoption and long-term effects of ChatGPT in a sustainable supply chain	5
Fluid models for customer service web chat systems with interactive automated service	5
Benchmark for multi-agent pickup and delivery problem in a robotic mobile fulfillment system	4
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	4
A new method for a class of parallel batch machine scheduling problem	4
Sparse flexible design: a machine learning approach	4
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	4
Robust container slot allocation with uncertain demand for liner shipping services	4
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	4
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	4
Obituary for Professor Carlo Meloni (1970–2023)	4