Call for Papers

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You are invited to submit research papers and case studies on topics relating to the conference. We welcome submissions that address any topic within the broad areas of Operations and Supply Chain Management. The following list is not exhaustive and topics not included here will be considered:

Submission of Abstracts

Please go to our conference management system to submit your abstract.

Note that an abstract should contain between 200 - 300 words, outlining the background, methodology, and the results of your research. Include up to six keywords and topic area in your submission.

Submission of Full Papers

All manuscripts must be original and should not have been previously accepted in another conference or be under review at another conference. They must be original and unpublished. Manuscripts must be prepared using Microsoft Word. Please refer to the Author Guidelines for preparing the manuscript.

All manuscripts must be written in English and should not exceed 10 pages including tables, charts and references. Abstracts without full papers will not be accepted. All manuscripts will be blind reviewed by the members of the conference committee to ensure that an adequate standard is maintained as per submission guideline.

The author (s) will be informed about the outcome along with the reviewers' comments within three weeks from the arrival date of manuscript. The final version of the paper must be prepared on the basis of reviewers' comments and submitted 25th October 2009 along with the completed Registration Form.

Rationale
The objective of this special session is to collect case studies and teaching cases in the field of supply chain management for use in the classroom. As the many practices within supply chain management change, so too must the coverage of supply chain management within colleges and universities change. Ideally, papers in this special session should expose students to current supply chain management problems and practices, and place students in a manager’s position, enabling them to consider alternative solutions and make appropriate recommendations.

Subject Coverage
Of interest in this call for papers are case studies or teaching cases of real companies involved in designing or managing their supply chains. Alternately, cases can be fictional while containing real problems and practices useful for classroom discussions. Real company cases though, will receive priority. Topics within this subject area include but are not limited to:

• Use of the Internet in managing supply chain relationships;
• Building customer and/or supplier relationships;
• Integrating processes among global trading partners;
• Free trade agreements and supply chain management;
• The greening of supply chains;
• Supply chain risk and security management;
• Supply chain management in developing economies;
• Small business supply chain management.

Each submission should be emailed as an attached Word document to:

Dr. Joel D. Wisner,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas;
Department of Management
College of Business;
Las Vegas, NV; USA 89154-6009
E-mail: Joel.Wisner@unlv.edu

Rationale
Asia has been and will continue play a very important role in the operations of global supply chain. With relatively low labor costs compared to the West, a large part of production of goods and services has involved any Asian countries. However, the operations and supply chain management practices in Asia countries have not been well documented. This special session is intended to document and discuss the various styles of operations and supply chain management in Asia countries.

Subject Coverage
We solicit papers that address operations and supply chain management practices in Asian countries. Papers are expected to discuss any operations and supply chain management issues, but with significant discussions on nation or region specific practices. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Supplier development
• Information sharing
• Quality management
• The use of third party logistics
• Contract manufacturers
• Challenges of OSCM for family owned companies
• Sustainable / Green supply chain issues
• E-business

Please submit your full paper to:

Nyoman Pujawan, Ph.D
Professor of Supply Chain Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
Surabaya, INDONESIA
E-mail: pujawan@ie.its.ac.id

Or

Saibal Ray, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Desautels Faculty of Management
McGill University, Quebec, CANADA
E-mail: saibal.ray@mcgill.ca