Production Economics (PEK)

The division of Production Economics is part of the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out education and research connected to the optimal use of productive resources within manufacturing or optimal financial decisions.

Education in Production Economics

The majority of the undergraduate courses are given in the engineering programs Industrial Engineering and Management and Mechanical Engineering, and in the international master's programme Industrial Engineering and Management. We offer a number of basic courses in for example production economics, economic analysis and corporate finance. The division is also responsible for two master profiles, operations management and finance, which in total have more than ten courses on advanced level. In addition to this, we supervise and examine a number of master theses every year.

Research in Production Economics

Production Economics is an interdisciplinary engineering subject, which covers management of resources within various business types. The research at the division is focused on the problems in the cross-section between management and engineering, which results in research that applies mathematical methods from engineering science to management problems. The research covers problems at both a strategic, a tactical and an operational level.

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2026

Nicola Loperfido, Haruhiko Ogasawara, Taras Bodnar (2026) Dimension reduction in multivariate analysis Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol. 214, Article 105549 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anton Zackrisson, Albin Engholm, Tilde Bengtsson, Steffen Link, Patrick Plötz (2026) Quantifying the impact of fleet planning re-optimization on truck electrification in distribution logistics npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, Vol. 3, Article 23 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Weihua Liu, Chaolun Yuan, Yongzheng Gao, Rui Lan, Yang He, Ou Tang, Shangsong Long (2026) Outsourcing or self-operation? Strategy selection for manufacturers' logistics-oriented servitization Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 210, Article 104827 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Weihua Liu, Qi Wang, Ou Tang, Jingxin Dong (2026) Dynamic evaluation of intelligent coordination in platform-based logistics service supply chains: a refined entropy-weighted TOPSIS approach International Journal of Production Research (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ou Tang, Johan Vogt Duberg (2026) Data analytics for maintenance with segmented customers in product-as-a-service environment International Journal of Production Research (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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