The Workshop Aims

1. To identify emerging industrial issues and research opportunities in the arena of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems by working closely with industry; and

2. To exchange research ideas, observations and theories crossing different disciplines, sectors and countries in the fields of supply network, operations management and information systems

Scope of the Workshop

Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of the most recent global business issues including:

l Suppliers Network Management

l Strategic Operations Management

l Manufacturing Strategy

l Logistics and Distribution

l Information Systems

l Business Outsourcing

l Production Planning and Control

l MRPII/ERP

l Business Models

l E-Business Approaches

l Benchmarking and Methodology

l Architecture, Tools and Techniques, etc.

Submission of Abstracts

Authors are invited to submit abstracts of about 400 words. Abstracts should be sent electronically to the Workshop Administrator together with the preliminary registration formand should include:

1. the full title of the paper,

2. the authors and their affiliations,

3. postal and e-mail addresses,

4. telephone and fax numbers.

Abstracts will be refereed by the Workshop Committee and the experts in these fields. Formatting guidelines for preparing the full paper will then be provided. Abstracts and papers should be written in English.

Publications

All papers accepted for presentation will be edited and published in proceedings headed by Associate Professor Chung and other committees. Selected paper will be double blind refereed after the workshop and accepted papers will be printed in a special issue of:

1. International Journal of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing,

2. Benchmarking: An International Journal, or

3. Production Planning & Control

Other call for papers will be available at the workshop.