Journal of the Operational Research Society
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special issue on “Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning”
Submission deadline: April 30, 2009
Brief description of the topic
Supply chain management depends upon the quality of forecasting and
planning. This is an area that has benefited, over many years, from
Operational Research interventions. Traditionally, OR improvements have been
algorithmic, and work in this area continues to flourish. However, in recent
years, OR work has broadened to include whole system planning using control
theory and a re-discovery of the role of System Dynamics. There has been
increased interest, too, in the role of human judgement in forecasting and the
scope for organisational learning. Related research into information systems to
support forecasting and supply chain planning is becoming increasingly
important.
Papers are invited for a special issue on “Supply Chain Forecasting and
Planning” of the Journal of the Operational Research Society. Empirical and
theoretical papers that consider this topic and make a significant contribution
to the field will be considered for publication. Real-world applications and case-
studies are particularly welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Bullwhip effect in the supply chain
• Forecasting support systems
• Hierarchical forecasting
• Knowledge sharing and organisational learning
• Logistic planning systems
• Multi echelon supply chains
• Performance measurement and management
• Product categorisation for forecasting and logistics planning
• System dynamics.
Deadlines and submission instructions
Papers should be submitted through the journal’s online submission system on
the OR Society’s website (www.orsoc.org.uk) by clicking on the 'Submit
paper - JORS' button. Instructions for authors can be found at
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/index.html. Please indicate that your
paper is being submitted to the Special issue on ‘Supply Chain Forecasting and
Planning’ by mentioning this on the ‘explanation of the contribution’ field on
the submission page.
Special issue editors
John E. Boylan
Buckinghamshire New University
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tel. no: + 44 (0) 1494 60 51 30
Aris A. Syntetos
University of Salford
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tel. no: + 44 (0) 161 295 58 04
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