Current research issues in production economics

This Special Issue includes a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the Twentieth International Working Seminar on Pro- duction and Operations Management, Innsbruck, February 19–23, 2018, and subsequently extended and improved. Production and Operations Management was established in the1970s as an academic discipline focusing on scientific topics treating the interface between engineering, management, and economics with a special emphasis on financial consequences of decisions in the produc- tion domain. The subject is interdisciplinary in nature and it therefore contains a wide range of topics. The Working Seminar included sessions such as supply chain management, innovation management, general production and operations management, productivity and performance analysis, service management, risk management in production, in- ventory control, scheduling, forecasting, simulation applications, green and reverse logistics, manufacturing strategy, production planning and control, investment and financial planning.