INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SIMULATION AND PROCESS MODELLING
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Special Issue: "Supply Chain Modelling and Simulation"
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Guest Editor: Dr. Sanjay Jain, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University

In the current world of global manufacturing, it is no longer one
manufacturer competing against other manufacturers. Manufacturers, their
suppliers and their logistics providers have to work jointly together to
get the products to the end-user efficiently and cost effectively. They
have to integrate together as a supply chain and compete against other
supply chains providing competitive products.

Simulation can be effectively used to model supply chains and associated
business processes and evaluate and identify strategies for improvement.
It is noted that most current applications are at a high level, intended
to determine parameters that help achieve the overall supply chain
performance goals. Benefits can be appreciably increased through the use
of simulation at more detailed levels. There is a need for industries to
go through steps to achieve end-to-end supply chain simulation. Simulation
can also be effectively used to explore options for integration between
logistics, manufacturing and business processes and prove the importance
of integration in determining overall performance. It can support the
supply chain through its life cycle - from concept through design,
operation and eventual dissolution.

Subject Coverage
This special issue welcomes both academic and practical contributions in
all aspects of modelling and simulating supply chain and associated
processes in various life cycle phases. Contributions are invited for both
manufacturing and service supply chains. Relevant topics may include, but
are not limited to, the following:
- Modelling and simulation for supply chain design including evaluation of
alternate partners and location of manufacturing and distribution
facilities
- Modelling and simulation of supply chain operation
- Modelling and simulation of growth options for supply chain
- Modelling and simulation of supply chain dissolution
- Supply chain performance optimisation through simulation
- Supply chain execution and event monitoring process modelling and
simulation
- Supply chain planning and scheduling using simulation
- Hybrid optimisation and simulation for supply chain
- Hierarchical simulation of supply chains and member entities
- Integration of system dynamics simulation and discrete event simulation
for analysing supply chains
- Modelling and simulation of supply chain collaborative processes
- Methodologies for integrating processes across partners in a supply chain
- Translating the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to dynamic
simulations

Notes for Intending Authors
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way, an alternative route is suggested below.
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere

Important Dates
Full Paper Due: 15 September 2004
Notification of Acceptance: 15 December 2004
Final Version of Paper Due: 28 February 2005

Editors and Notes
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THREE copies of each manuscript (in hard copy) or one copy in the form of
an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of both formats in
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Dr. Sanjay Jain, Guest Editor
Research Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech - Northern Virginia Center
7054 Haycock Road
Falls Church, VA 22043
USA
Tel: +1 703-538-3760
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Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB
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Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title
of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor