The conference schedule will include academic papers, symposia, and contributions from industry. The conference is designed to seek practitioners' knowledge and opinions, and encourage theory being informed by practice.
Authors are invited to submit papers on all aspects of Supply Chain Management (SCM), Information and Communications Systems (ICS), globalisation, and logistics. The following list is not exhaustive and topics not included will be considered by the organisers especially if they reflect emerging research and/or practical issues.
| Business and Manufacturing Strategies |
Modelling, Tools, and Techniques |
| Collaboration and Information Sharing in Supply Chains |
Multi-Vendor and Global Supply Chain Management |
| Conservation and Supply Chains |
Outsourcing, Offshoring, Insourcing, and Backsourcing |
| Customer Relationship Management |
Performance Measurement in Supply Chains |
| Dynamic Supply Chains |
Product Identification Techniques and Exploitation: RFID, EDI, VMI,3PL |
| E-Business Models and Architectures |
Quality Issues and Techniques in Supply Chain Management |
| E-Commerce and E-Business Techniques Applied to Supply Chains |
Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management |
| E-Finance and E-Logistics Applied to Supply Chains |
Scheduling, Production Planning and Control, including MRPII, ERP, CRM, SCM |
| Electronic Retailing and Fulfilment |
Security and Risk Management in Supply Chains |
| Electronic Service Techniques and Supply Chains |
Service Industries and Supply Chain Management |
| Entrepreneurship and Supply Chains |
Service Level Agreements |
| Ethical issues arising in Supply Chain Management |
Strategic Operations Management |
| Financial Aspects of Supply Chain Management |
Supplier Relationship Management |
| Global Crime and Supply Chain Management |
Supply Chain Design |
| Global Information Systems and Standardisation |
Supply Chain Management in Particular Industries |
| Government, International Organisations, Free Trade, and Regulation in Supply Chain Management |
Supply Chain Optimization |
| Information Systems and Technologies |
Supply Chains in Unstable Environments |
| Lean Operations |
Teaching SCM and Designing SCM Courses |
| Logistics and Distribution Management |
Virtual Organizations and Supply Chain Management |
| Managing Supply Relationships |
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