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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SIMULATION AND PROCESS MODELLING https://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=100 CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: "Supply Chain Modelling and Simulation" https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=67 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 All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Papers Submission section under https://www.inderscience.com/papers/about.php To submit a paper, please go to https://www.inderscience.com/papers This is our preferred route for submitting papers; please use it if at all possible. However, if you experience any problems submitting papers in this 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 As an alternative to using the Submission of Papers site, you may send 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 https://www.inderscience.com/papers/about.php) to the following: 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 E-mail: [log in to unmask] with a copy to: Editor-in-Chief IEL Editorial Office PO Box 735 Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB UK Fax: +44 1234-240515 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor