Esko Niemi - List of professional publications

Scientific journals

1.       Vuorinen, S., Niemi, E., Korhonen, A. S., 1985, “Microstructural study of TiN-coated threading taps”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 3 (6), pp. 2445-2449. Same as 16.

2.       Niemi, E., Korhonen, A. S., Harju, E., Kauppinen, V., 1986, “Comparison of wear characteristics and properties of TiN-coated gear cutting hobs”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A 4 (6), pp. 2763-2767. Same as 17.

3.       Merkuryev, Y. A., Niemi, E., 1989, “Modern approaches to simulational modelling of flexible production systems”, Problems in machinery and automation, Nr. 30, pp. 23-33 (in Russian).

4.       Niemi, E., Davies, B. J., 1989, “Simulation of an optimising FMC-cell control system”, Robotics & Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 5, pp. 229-234. Same as 18.

5.       Niemi, E., 2000, “Machining cost optimization involving shift and overtime work”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 122, pp. 790-794.

6.       Niemi, E., 2003, “Part allocation to nesting layouts under variable demand”, International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 41, pp. 1549-1563.

7.       Niemi, E., 2003, “Nesting strategy for standard parts under variable demand”, Journal of Engineering Manufacture – Proceedings of the IMechE, Part B. Vol. 217, pp. 1421-1428. Extended version of 23.

8.       Niemi, E., 2003, “Optimal tool magazine operation. Part 1: Rotating magazines with unbuffered tool change”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Vol. 22, pp. 720-726.

9.       Niemi, E., 2004, “Optimal tool magazine operation. Part 2: Rotating magazines with buffered tool change”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Vol. 24, pp. 567-572.

10.     Toivonen, V., Niemi, E., Ikkala, K., 2006, “Project scheduling system for planning make-to-order production”, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing. Vol. 9, pp. 87-97. Same as 26.

11.     Toivonen, V., Ikkala, K., Niemi, E., 2006, “Planning and Scheduling System for Make-To-Order Production”, Annals of CIRP, Vol. 55, pp. 493-496.

12.     Niemi, E., Toivonen, V., 2008, “Transformation of Leveled Production Plans into Detailed Schedules in Make-To-Order Manufacturing”, International Journal of Service Operations and Informatics, Vol. 3, pp. 15-27. Same as 29.

13.     Toivonen, V., Niemi, E., 2008, “Production Planning Issues in a Multi-Product Make-to-Order Environment”, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, accepted. Extended version of 30.

14.     Hytönen, J., Niemi, E., Toivonen, V., 2008, “Optimal Workforce Allocation For Assembly Lines For Highly Customised Low-volume Products”, International Journal of Service Operations and Informatics, Vol. 3, pp. 28-39. Extended version of 31.

15.     Niemi, E., 2009, “Worker allocation in make-to-order assembly cells”,  Robotics & Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 25, 932-936. Extended version of 32.

Conference proceedings

16.     Vuorinen, S., Niemi, E., Korhonen, A. S., 1985, “Microstructural study of TiN-coated threading taps”, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings, ICMS ’85, Los Angeles, California.

17.     Niemi, E., Korhonen, A. S., Harju, E., Kauppinen, V., 1986, “Comparison of wear characteristics and properties of TiN-coated gear cutting hobs”, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings, ICMS ’86, San Diego, California.

18.     Niemi, E., Davies, B. J., 1987, “Simulation of an optimising FMC-Cell control system”, Proceedings, International Conference on the Robotics, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, Paper nr. 19.

19.     Niemi, E., 1988, “Programming and simulation of flexible manufacturing cell in variable production”, Proceedings, VTT Symposium 84, Numerical simulation of processes, pp. 128-141, Espoo, Finland.

20.     Niemi, A. J., Heikkilä, A., Niemi, E., Virtanen, T., 1994, “Control of robotic manufacturing cells”, Proceedings, IFAC New Trends in Design of Control Systems, Smolenice, Slovak Republic, pp. 87 - 93.

21.     Niemi, E., 1999, “Plant location problem with economies of scale in manufacturing”, Proceedings of The 15th Conference of the International Foundation for Production Research, Hillery, M. T, Lewis, H. J., ed., University of Limerick, Ireland, Vol. 1, pp. 899–902.

22.     Niemi, E., 2001, “Optimisation of sheet metal part nesting under production program constraints”, The 16th International Conference on Production Research ICPR-16, Hanus, D., Talácko, J., ed., Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies, Prague, Czech Republic.

23.     Niemi, E., 2002, “Nesting strategy for standard parts under variable demand”, Proceedings of the International Manufacturing Conference, IMC-19, Armstrong, P. J., ed., Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, pp. 377-385.

24.     Niemi, E., 2003, “Optimization of tool order in a machining center tool magazine”, The 17th International Conference on Production Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 9 p.

25.     Niemi, E., 2004, “Resource levelling in make-to-order mechanical engineering industry”,Eighth International Conference on Manufacturing and Management: Proceedings, Gold Coast, Australia, Vol. 1, pp. 163-170.

26.     Toivonen, V., Niemi, E., Ikkala, K., 2005, “Project scheduling system for planning make-to-order production”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Agility, ICAM 2005, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, pp. 347-355.

27.     Andersin, H., Niemi, E., Hirvonen, V. (Editors), 2005, Proceedings of the International Conference on Agility, ICAM 2005, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, 456 p.

28.     Niemi, E., Toivonen, V., Ikkala, K., 2005, “Transformation of aggregate production plans into detailed schedules in make-to-order manufacturing”, 18th International Conference on Production Research,University of Salerno, Italy, 5 p.

29.     Niemi, E., Toivonen, V., 2007, “Transformation of leveled production plans into detailed schedules in make-to-order manufacturing”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2007,Penn State Great Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 514-522.

30.     Toivonen, V., Niemi, E., 2007, “Production planning issues in a multi-product make-to-order environment”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2007,Penn State Great Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 506-513.

31.     Hytönen, J., Niemi, E., Toivonen, V., 2007, “Optimal workforce allocation for assembly lines for highly customised low-volume products”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2007,Penn State Great Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 557-564.

32.     Niemi, E., 2008 “Worker allocation in make-to-order assembly cells”,  Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2008,University of Skövde, Vol. 2, pp. 1169-1176.

33.     Syvänen, P., Niemi, E., 2008 “Assembly layout set-up for an agile market environment”,  Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2008,University of Skövde, Vol. 1, pp. 616-623.

34.     Niemi, E., 2009 “Intra-Cell Worker Allocation in Shift Work”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production, CARV 2009, TU Munich, ISBN 978-3-8316-0933-8. 10 p.

35.    Hytönen, J., Niemi, E., Peréz, S., 2010 ”The effect of worker skill distribution and overmanning on moving worker assembly lines”, Proceedings, International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing, COMA’10, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 171-176.

36.     Tokola, H., Ahlroth, L., Niemi, E., 2010, ”Minimising Backorders in a Multi-Item Production-Inventory System”. Procedings, 7th international DAAAM Baltic Conference, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, pp. 392-397.

37.     Tokola, H., Niemi, E., 2011, ”The Effect of Short-term Planning Delays in Multi-Item Production-Inventory Systems". ISAM 2011 International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing, Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 5p.

38.     Tokola, H., Niemi, E., 2011, ”Combined Periodical and Reactive Control in Multi-item Production-inventory System". The 44th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 6p. 

Research reports

39.     Merkuryev, Y., Niemi, E., 1988, “Modern approaches to flexible manufacturing systems simulation”, Helsinki University of Technology, Control Engineering Laboratory, 61 p.

D.Sc. thesis

40.     Niemi, E., 1998, ”Engineering cost functions in make-to-order production with applications”, DSc. thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Me 134, 139 p.