OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	52
Fluid models for customer service web chat systems with interactive automated service	33
An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for the organ transplant logistics network considering urban traffic and cold ischemia constraints	33
Liner feeder service network design problem for joint operation: a case study from China	31
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	24
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	23
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	23
Storage prioritization by redistributing wafer lot transfers to enhance real-world fab throughput	21
Valuing labor flexibility in cross-training using a real options approach	21
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	21
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem	20
Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning	19
Correction to: Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty	18
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	18
Flexible scheduling of diagnostic tests in automotive manufacturing	16
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	16
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	15
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	15
A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling	15
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption	15
Three-stage service network design in rail-road networks with demand and capacity uncertainty	14
Balancing earliness and tardiness within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation	13
Multi-objective restarted simulated annealing algorithm for assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots considering ergonomics risks	13
Combining multiple delivery systems for urban logistics by ALNS-based route planning	13
Artificial intelligence methodologies for advanced decision processes in healthcare organizations	13

Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy	12
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	12
Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	12
Uses and challenges of digital twins-based augmented reality in operator training and data visualization in process manufacturing lines	11
A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning	11
30th international conference on flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing (FAIM2021) special issue: modern manufacturing systems management	10
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	10
A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity	10
Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars	9
Choice-driven location-allocation model for healthcare facility location problem	9
Digital twin-based storage tank scheduling for unloading and transport operations at a liquid bulk terminal	9
Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach	9
Correction: Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new frst-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	9
Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations	8
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	8
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	7
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	7
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	7
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	6
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	6
Correction to: Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	6
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	6
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	6
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	6
Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands	6
Constraint programming models for parallel robotic assembly line balancing problems considering energy-efficiency	5
On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines	5
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method	5
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	5
Integrated model assignment and multi-line balancing in human–robot collaborative mixed-model assembly lines	5
Balancing picking and outbound loading efficiency in an SBS/RS through a digital twin	5
Correction: A memetic NSGA‑II for the multi‑objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real‑time energy tariffs	5
Data-driven aggregate modeling of a semiconductor wafer fab to predict WIP levels and cycle time distributions	5
Berth planning and real-time disruption recovery: a simulation study for a tidal port	4
Formulations and exact solution approaches for a coupled bin-packing and lot-sizing problem with sequence-dependent setups	4
To share or not to share? Remanufacturing design responsibility in an authorized remanufactured supply chain	4
Co-opetition behaviors of capital-constrained retailers in a closed-loop supply chain with pricing and recycling decisions	4
A review of current trends and future directions in reverse logistics research	4
Service-oriented multi-stakeholder collaborative network optimization for EoL batteries recycling	4
Design and calibration of a DRL algorithm for solving the job shop scheduling problem under unexpected job arrivals	4
Designing a computer-vision-based artifact for automated quality control: a case study in the food industry	4
A material handling system modeling framework: a data-driven approach for the generation of discrete-event simulation models	4
Multi-period integrated production and delivery scheduling to enhance online orders fulfillment considering due dates	4
Using mathematical modeling to meet service levels in production planning in market foundries	3
A stack-based retrieval method for the steel plate yard retrieval problem in shipbuilding	3
Integrated maintenance and production scheduling for unrelated parallel machines with setup times	3
Material flow control in make-to-stock production systems: an assessment of order generation, order release and production authorization by simulation	3
Realization-based robust assignments for a nurse-to-patient assignment problem in home health care services	3
Cut the scrap? the impact of truck age on driver retention, driving safety, and driving productivity	3
The impacts of stockout cost on a stochastic production-inventory system in minimizing total cost conditional value-at-risk	3

Reinforcement learning in the context of container terminals	3
A machine learning framework for explainable knowledge mining and production, maintenance, and quality control optimization in flexible circular manufacturing systems	3
Scheduling offshore cargo handling with operational dynamics including cost composites, downtime periods, and cargo attributes	3
Optimizing production levels in maritime inventory routing with load-dependent speed optimization	3
Reimbursement policy considering patient revisits from online to offline in a public healthcare system	3
Design of empty container depot layouts using data and analytics	3
Simulation of worker collaboration in production cell based on hybrid model under fluctuating environment	3
Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	3
Cooperative and non-cooperative algorithms for distributed parallel jobs scheduling	3
A prediction model of patient satisfaction: policy evaluation and sensitivity analysis	3
How information systems can support labor flexibility implementation: enhanced information architecture framework for industry 5.0	3
Joint optimization of production, maintenance, and distribution planning in a multi-site environment	3
Day-ahead demand response decision and charging planning for multiple battery swapping stations	3
A deep Q network algorithm for a car resequencing problem in automobile factories	3
Berth and yard scheduling optimization for a port with diagonal yard layout	3
Improved swarm-based metaheuristics for optimizing human–robot collaborative assembly lines with multi-type collaborative robots	3
A simulation–optimization approach for defining long-term staffing levels at healthcare facilities	2
A real options approach to value manufacturing flexibilities with regime-switching product demand	2
A digital twin modeling method of production lines based on flexible manufacturing	2
Sparse flexible design: a machine learning approach	2
Interpretable chip-quality classification with signal and feature selection in wire bonding	2
The shunting scheduling of EMU first-level maintenance in a stub-end depot	2
Solving the picker routing problem in multi-block high-level storage systems using metaheuristics	2
Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new first-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	2
Determining the pricing strategy for different preference structures for the earth observation satellite scheduling problem through simulation and VIKOR	2
Multi-manned assembly line balancing problem with stochastic processing times	2
Multi-objective-based differential evolution for balancing production cost, diversity and aggregated performance attributes in product family design	2
Managing premature idleness in high-variety manufacturing	2
Algorithms for minimization of total flow time to achieve resilience in a flow shop environment	2
A genetic algorithm for seafood processing with flexible flow shops and sequence-dependent setups	2
A digital twin-driven flexible scheduling method in a human–machine collaborative workshop based on hierarchical reinforcement learning	2
Digitalization trends and industry 4.0: ensuring knowledge workers’ sustainable productivity and innovative capability	2
Research on the evolution law of supply chain disruption based on Complex Adaptive System	2
Train maintenance personnel shift scheduling: case study	2
Human-Robot collaboration in the next generation manufacturing and logistics system	2
The emission reduction cooperation in a supply chain with corporate social responsibility	2
Process reuse-based machining process knowledge graph construction and process planning approach	2
Modelling forgetting due to intermittent production in mixed-model line scheduling	2
No-wait lines optimisation: a procedure based on scheduling enhanced by digital twin	2
Tiered prediction models for port vessel emissions inventories	2
Traceable digital twin for accurate positioning of industrial robot arms in human–robot collaborative systems	2
Overflow in systems with two servers: the negative consequences	2
Decision modeling of the challenges to human–robot collaboration in industrial environment: a real world example of an emerging economy	2