ANNOUNCE CFP Supply Chain Issue of JORS

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ANNOUNCE CFP Supply Chain Issue of JORS

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Posted by ""Brian Dangerfield"" <B.C.Dangerfield@salford.ac.uk>

Journal of the Operational Research Society

CALL FOR PAPERS

Special issue on =93Supply Chain Forecasting and Planning=94

Submission deadline: April 30, 2009

Brief description of the topic

Supply chain management depends upon the quality of forecasting and plann=
ing.
This is an area that has benefited, over many years, from Operational Res=
earch
interventions. Traditionally, OR improvements have been algorithmic, and =
work in
this area continues to flourish. However, in recent years, OR work has br=
oadened
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 r=
ole 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. =20

Papers are invited for a special issue on =93Supply Chain Forecasting and
Planning=94
of the Journal of the Operational Research Society. Empirical and theoret=
ical
papers that consider this topic and make a significant contribution to th=
e field
will be considered for publication. Real-world applications and case-stud=
ies 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=92s online submission syst=
em on the
OR Society=92s website (www.orsoc.org.uk) by clicking on the 'Submit pape=
r - JORS'
button. Instructions for authors can be found at
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/index.html. Please indicate that yo=
ur
paper
is being submitted to the Special issue on =91Supply Chain Forecasting an=
d
Planning=92 by mentioning this on the =91explanation of the contribution=92=
field on
the submission page.

Special issue editors

Professor John E. Boylan
School of Business and Management, Buckinghamshire New University,
Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4AD,=
UK
e-mail: john.boylan@bcuc.ac.uk

Dr Aris A. Syntetos
Salford Business School, University of Salford
Maxwell Building, Manchester M5 4WT, UK
e-mail: a.syntetos@salford.ac.uk

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Posted by ""Brian Dangerfield"" <B.C.Dangerfield@salford.ac.uk>
posting date Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:36:02 +0100
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