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A Deep Reinforcement Learning Method Solving Bilevel Optimization for Product Design Considering Remanufacturing

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3535771

Yujie Ma;Xin Xia;Jie Guo;Chen Zhang

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Additive Manufacturing for Spare Parts Management: Is Decentralized Production Always Environmentally Preferable?

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3540938

Mirco Peron;Luigi Panza;Enes Demiralay;Srinivas Talluri

{"title":"Additive Manufacturing for Spare Parts Management: Is Decentralized Production Always Environmentally Preferable?","authors":"Mirco Peron;Luigi Panza;Enes Demiralay;Srinivas Talluri","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3540938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3540938","url":null,"abstract":"Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a promising solution for spare parts management. Given the possibility of producing spare parts close to the point of use, the literature generally asserts that decentralized AM production is more environmentally friendly than centralized AM production. However, when asserting this, the literature overlooks AM's high energy intensity and variable CO2,eq emissions from electricity generation in different countries. The current study addresses this problem by analyzing when centralized AM production is environmentally preferable to decentralized AM production, taking a lifecycle perspective. A mathematical model quantifies CO2,eq emissions for both strategies and determines which is environmentally preferable, and a decision tree analysis is used to develop a decision tree that suggests when centralized AM production is environmentally preferable. Interestingly, our results contradict the current literature, showing how centralized AM production can be a more environmentally friendly strategy than decentralized AM production, especially in countries with low CO2,eq emissions. Adopting centralized AM production when preferable would result in significant reductions of CO2,eq emissions that, considering the current carbon reduction schemes recently introduced, would lead to substantial economic savings (even up to 3000 USD/year per spare part). Moreover, considering future trends in sustainable energy sources and AM technology advancements, this study explores how the preferable AM production strategy might evolve, showing that this does not greatly affect the convenience of centralized AM production. Finally, a practical application of the decision tree in two case studies demonstrates its utility for two companies and the potential savings achievable.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"634-650"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An Integrated Framework of Multidisciplinary Decision Making Under Uncertainty for Sustainable Infrastructure Development

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3540270

Bin Xue;Kexin Chang;Yufeng Fan;Xingbin Chen;Tae Wan Kim;Bingsheng Liu

{"title":"An Integrated Framework of Multidisciplinary Decision Making Under Uncertainty for Sustainable Infrastructure Development","authors":"Bin Xue;Kexin Chang;Yufeng Fan;Xingbin Chen;Tae Wan Kim;Bingsheng Liu","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3540270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3540270","url":null,"abstract":"Uncertainty management in multidisciplinary decision making (MDM) involving stakeholders with discipline-specific expertise is imperative for the operations of developing urban infrastructure projects with multidimensional sustainability goals. Preference uncertainty and outcome uncertainty must be addressed simultaneously for theorizing and modeling in such MDM processes. Thus, in this article, we formalize an integrated MDM (iMDM) system to consistently mitigate preference uncertainty in decision alternative evaluation and expeditiously manage outcome uncertainty in decision alternative selection. Unlike the existing decision-making methods that often overlook different uncertainty characteristics in multidisciplinary operations management, the proposed system accounts for both uncertainties by specified information representation and integrated information optimization to enlarge decision spaces. Empirical evaluations in three real-world scenarios indicate that the iMDM system can mitigate and manage uncertainty to derive distinguishable alternative rankings and to generate optimized Pareto alternative sets. We further validate the effectiveness of the system using Charrette tests by quantifying the consistency and expeditiousness of both managing uncertainty and deriving desirable decision alternatives. Our contributions build upon the theoretical foundation of MDM under uncertainty and extend sustainable operations management science by clarifying decision information rationales from an uncertainty management perspective. Practically, findings benefit infrastructure operations’ managers and urban planners in making sustainability decisions in visualized, integrated, and automated manners.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"751-767"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fostering Reverse Innovation With Value Chain Cocreation

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3538913

Sebastian Kortmann;Barbara A. Bliss;Carsten Zimmermann;Josh Della Vedova

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2024 Index IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Vol. 71

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3539799

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Modeling Investor Responses to Green Bond Issuance: Multidimensional Perspectives and Evidence From China

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3538945

Tong Su;Boqiang Lin

{"title":"Modeling Investor Responses to Green Bond Issuance: Multidimensional Perspectives and Evidence From China","authors":"Tong Su;Boqiang Lin","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3538945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3538945","url":null,"abstract":"Although green bonds are rapidly growing to be a mature financing tool, the debate over whether there are benefits to be gained by issuers’ stocks has yet to be resolved, especially in the emerging market context. Issuing green bonds, as a financing procedure targeted to green engineering projects and demonstrating the issuers’ environmentally friendly attitude, does and how does it affect the issuers’ stock prices, liquidity, and risk? We address this issue by paying attention to the Chinese green bond issuance events. Utilizing the event study method, research shows that investors react positively to green bond issuance events. However, this reaction is only sensitive to green bond listing events, but not to announcements. Investor responses can be reflected in the abnormal changes in stock prices and liquidity. Both the stock systematic risk and idiosyncratic risk show little change after firms issue green bonds, which illustrates that green bond issuance cannot shape the inherent investors’ value judgments on issuer companies, thereby only producing temporary impacts. This study suggests that the green premium of corporate stocks induced by green bond issuance events may be sourced from investors’ optimistic predictions about green transformation, rather than investors’ subjective willingness to promote environmental sustainability.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"651-663"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How Pricing Interacts With Return Insurance in Dual-channel Retailing

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3538713

Rui Mao;Hongqiao Chen;Houcai Shen;Lianmin Zhang

{"title":"How Pricing Interacts With Return Insurance in Dual-channel Retailing","authors":"Rui Mao;Hongqiao Chen;Houcai Shen;Lianmin Zhang","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3538713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3538713","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores optimal pricing in dual-channel retailing with return insurance, considering price differentiation across channels, consumer heterogeneity, and return behavior. Three prevalent return insurance scenarios are examined: first, no return insurance (Scenario N), second, retailer's free return insurance (Scenario R), and third, consumers' purchasing return insurance (Scenario C). Findings first suggest that when a retailer offers free return insurance, it should set higher prices online compared to offline. Conversely, if no free return insurance is provided, lowering the online price can encourage more online sales. Interestingly, the impact of return insurance on pricing and demand is nonintuitive. When product value and consumers' return cost are high, the introduction of return insurance leads to price increases across both online and offline channels, and simultaneously boosts online demand. Finally, we also find that return insurance does not always improve profitability for the dual-channel retailer. The retailer only benefits from introducing return insurance if the product has high value and consumers face substantial return costs. The study highlights the role of return insurance as an important tool for dual-channel retailers when combined with strategic pricing.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"966-979"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143698245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Outward and Inward Communication: A Study on the Driving Mechanism of Social Media Use for Breakthrough Innovation

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3538586

Xin Zhao;Zhengwei Li;Yifeng Liu

{"title":"Outward and Inward Communication: A Study on the Driving Mechanism of Social Media Use for Breakthrough Innovation","authors":"Xin Zhao;Zhengwei Li;Yifeng Liu","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3538586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3538586","url":null,"abstract":"The real-time and extensive interactive interfaces of social media platforms have reshaped the internal and external knowledge synergy modes of enterprises, bringing many opportunities for enterprises to overcome inertia and realize breakthrough innovation. Introducing the organizational inertia perspective, in this article, we explore the differentiated mechanisms of two social media affordances for breakthrough innovation in enterprises. The results show that internal synergy-oriented social media use (ISM) promotes breakthrough innovation by reducing routine rigidity. Meanwhile, external interaction-oriented social media use (ESM) enhances breakthrough innovation by overcoming resource rigidity. In addition, internal entrepreneurial orientation and external competitive pressure play a moderating role. The higher the entrepreneurial orientation is, the greater the negative effect of ISM on routine rigidity, and the greater the negative effect of ESM on resource rigidity. The higher the competitive pressure is, the less negative the effect of ISM on routine rigidity and the less negative the effect of ESM on resource rigidity. This study extends the existing literature on the nexus between social media use and breakthrough innovation through the lens of organizational inertia. Furthermore, by elucidating the underlying pathways and contingent factors, this research offers a guidance for enterprises to optimize their social media technologies.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"815-826"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143621886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Novel Methodology for Risk Assessment Considering Risk Higher Order Interactions and Propagation Effects

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3534687

Hui Liu;Die Shen;Marina Dabić;Jintao Lu

{"title":"A Novel Methodology for Risk Assessment Considering Risk Higher Order Interactions and Propagation Effects","authors":"Hui Liu;Die Shen;Marina Dabić;Jintao Lu","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3534687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3534687","url":null,"abstract":"Risk assessment is pivotal to effective risk management, yet traditional approaches often overlook the complexity of interactions among multiple risks. Existing methodologies primarily focus on pairwise interactions, neglecting higher order interactions that occur in groups of three or more risks. This oversight can lead to flawed risk assessments and ineffective mitigation strategies. To address this gap, in this article, we present a novel risk assessment framework that incorporates higher order interactions and accounts for the dynamics of risk propagation. Using design structure matrix and logarithmic scale, we construct a comprehensive risk interaction network (RIN). Higher order structures within the RIN are identified by simplicial complex, and a risk propagation model is developed to capture both pairwise interactions and higher order interactions. Validation through real-world projects and experimental scenarios demonstrates that higher order interactions profoundly influence risk dynamics, enabling more accurate and actionable risk rankings. By offering a holistic perspective, this methodology empowers managers to implement targeted, effective risk mitigation strategies.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"907-924"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10858416","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143698256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impact of Blockchain Technology on Social Aspects of Blood Supply Chain: A Simulation–Optimization Approach 区块链技术对血液供应链社会方面的影响：模拟优化方法

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2025.3535815

Pegah Norouzian-Maleki;Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh;Saeed Yaghoubi

{"title":"Impact of Blockchain Technology on Social Aspects of Blood Supply Chain: A Simulation–Optimization Approach","authors":"Pegah Norouzian-Maleki;Seyyed-Mahdi Hosseini-Motlagh;Saeed Yaghoubi","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2025.3535815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3535815","url":null,"abstract":"Previous studies related to the blood supply chain under blockchain technology have concentrated solely on the managerial role of blockchain technology in this chain, and no systematic examination has been conducted using quantitative modeling methods. In this article, we focus on developing a blood supply chain based on blockchain technology using a simulation–optimization approach that integrates optimization techniques into simulation modeling and analysis for the first time. In the system dynamics approach, by examining factors, such as service quality, and social aspects that impact donors’ behavior, the main decisions, including the total amount of platelets that are distributed to all hospitals and the number of donors, are simulated under blockchain technology. Various policies are explored to evaluate their effect on the blood supply and demand. Then, this study introduces a biobjective mathematical model utilizing data envelopment analysis (DEA) to optimize the fair distribution of platelets to hospitals based on their efficiency. The outputs of the dynamics model (total platelets distributed to hospitals) and the DEA model (efficiency of selected hospitals) are entered into the biobjective model as parameters. The integration of blockchain technology allows managers to improve traceability at every stage, and the system with blockchain technology increases donor participation by 6%, 3%, and 12%.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"72 ","pages":"591-603"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143667531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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