CALL FOR PAPERS
Operational Research: An International Journal (ORIJ)
Special Issue on "Integrating e-Business and Supply Chain Management"
Guest Editors:
Nikitas A. Assimakopoulos
Department of Informatics,
University of Piraeus,
80, Karaoli & Dimitriou Str.,
GR-185 34, Piraeus, Greece.
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Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis
Department of Production and Management Engineering,
Technical University of Crete
73100 University Campus - Chania - Crete - Greece
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Christos D. Tarantilis
Department of Chemical Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens,
Zografou Campus, GR-157 80, Athens, Greece
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Supply Chain Management (SCM) lies at the heart of e-business activity. The
importance of managing SCM has motivated intense theoretical work and the
development of efficient models in B2B and B2C operations that integrate
e-business technologies and supply chain activities. This field of
knowledge needs to be expanded and a facilitation of this is the special
issue of the Operational Research, An International Journal (ORIJ).
Topics include (but are not limited to):
·Optimisation modelling to supply chain management and e-commerce problems
·The role of B2B and B2C exchanges in facilitating supply chain activities
·Design and Analysis of Agile Supply Chain Systems
·Supply Chain Management and Virtual Enterprises
·The changing role of information technology in managing supply chains
·e-Retailing in Supply Chain Management
·ERP Systems as integrators of e-business and supply chains
·Design of e-procurement, e-marketplace, and CRM processes for e-business
·Quality of service modelling for network infrastructure
·Information Technology and Network Communications
·E-Business and Digital Economy
·The impact on Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service
This special issue of ORIJ will bring together original research,
techniques, state-of-the-art surveys, and advanced applications. Papers
should be written according to the "Instructions
for Contributors" of ORIJ, the details of which can be found at the web
site: http://www.unipi.gr/orij.
Papers submitted to ORIJ should contain original material not published
in nor submitted to other journals. All the submissions for this special
issue must be sent to the Guest Editors.
Important Dates:
Deadline for receiving papers:April 30th, 2002
Notification of acceptance:June 30th, 2002
Publication:August 30th, 2002
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