International conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management At Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

International conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management At Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Achieving Growth, Profitability and Sustainability in a Globalized Environment

The formation of the WTO and a parallel growth of the Information Technology and the Internet are the two most important events in recent times that has made nations more interdependent and closer. Free flows of people, information, products and services between national boundaries are fast becoming a reality ushering in a “Globalized World” integrating the economies and the societies. The phenomenon has equally impacted the supply chain and businesses are increasingly becoming global. In such a globalized and highly competitive environment sustaining growth and achieving profitability of the supply chain has become much more complex and challenging. The challenges are enormous in terms of understanding the dynamics and the complexity of the global supply chain. Time is opportune to develop innovative tools that can handle the complexities of the global supply chain and give efficient, effective and implementable solutions.

Further, customized products and changing taste of the customers have brought in severe challenges before the managers of the manufacturing firms of a supply chain to meet the accepted quality while satisfying the variety at minimum time and cost. Emergence of themes like agile manufacturing, network manufacturing, knowledgeable manufacturing, flexible systems of manufacturing management are some of the areas which are recommended as possible solutions to the vexed problem encountered by the manufacturing firm. In view of this, the conference aims at providing a platform where practitioner, researchers and academicians from diverse background interact and share their ideas and experiences in order to facilitate future collaborations for management of manufacturing activities, functional integration, solving supply chain problem and the related research agenda.

Call for Papers

Research papers, articles and case studies are invited from the authors to present and share their views, ideas and developments made in the field of supply chain and manufacturing management. The submissions will be peer reviewed by a committee of experts before acceptance. The authors are requested to refer to author guidelines for details.

Supply Chain Management

Sales and Operations Planning
Purchasing & Strategic Outsourcing
Logistics Management
Collaborative Planning & Forecasting
Risk Management
Supply Chain Best Practices
Retail Management
E-business and E-commerce
Sustainability of Environment

Manufacturing Systems

Production Planning, Scheduling and Control
Lean, Agile and Flexible Manufacturing
Network based manufacturing
Collaborative and global manufacturing
E- Manufacturing
Knowledgeable Manufacturing
Factory of the future Quality Assurance

Decision Science

Mathematical Programming
System Modeling and Simulation
AI application
Evolutionary Computations
Nature inspired optimization technique
System Dynamics
Multi-criteria decision making
Group Decision Making

We invite two types of papers - Research Papers and Concept Papers in the above broad areas.

Research Papers

Research papers, articles and case studies are invited from the authors to present and share their research work and developments made in the field of supply chain management. The submissions will be peer reviewed before acceptance.

Concept Papers

The conference also invites concept papers from thought leaders both practitioners and academicians for sharing newer ideas, concepts, and philosophical thoughts highlighting the critical issues, challenges and problems facing the practice of supply chain management. Such ideas, concepts or philosophies should be sent as a paper not exceeding 2500 words and will be peer reviewed before final acceptance.

The authors are required to submit their paper through the Microsoft research conference management system.
https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ASCMM2011/

Publication

All accepted papers for which the authors have registered will be published in the conference proceedings to be brought out in electronic format. In addition to the conference proceedings few selected articles will also be considered for possible publication in the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Springer).

Important Dates

Submission of Full Length Paper: 30th June, 2011
Intimation of acceptance: 16th August, 2011
Deadline for Registration: 16th September, 2011

Registration

REGISTRATION FEE

Participants India Foreign

Student* (Regular) INR2000 USD200

Academic INR4500 USD350

Industry INR8000 USD500

Others INR8000 USD500

Late Registration** INR500 USD50

Accompanying Persons INR1500 USD100

* Part Time research students pursuing their doctoral research parallel to their service are not included

** Additional to the regular fee

Note: One registration is eligible for maximum two presentations. For each additional paper a fee of INR500 (US$50) will be charged.

MODE OF PAYMENT

Participants may register for the conference by sending the completed registration form alongwith the necessary registration fee to the following address:

The Organizing Secretary, ASCMM 2011
Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal
INDIA 721302



The payment can be made through a crossed demand draft drawn in favor of "CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur”, payable at Kharagpur, INDIA. The payment can also be made through electronic fund transfer. The bank details are as follows:


Account Name: CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur
Account Number: 95562200002955
Bank Name: SYNDICATE BANK
Bank Branch Name: SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR (Branch Code: 9556)
Bank Address: IIT KHARAGPUR, KHARAGPUR- 721 302, MIDINIPUR DIST. (W. B.), INDIA
(Telephone No: +91-3222 255221)
Swift Code: SYN BIN BB 120

Note: In case of electronic money transfer, please submit a copy of money transfer record with details of bank, amount, transaction number and date. The same must be enclosed with registration form.

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Travel and Accomodation

Nearest airport to Kharagpur is Kolkata. Situated about 120 km west of Kolkata, Kharagpur can be reached in about 2 hours by train from Howrah railway station of Kolkata or 3 hours by car from Kolkata Airport(http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/train/) . The Institute is about 10 minutes drive (5 km) from the Kharagpur railway station. Private taxi, autorickshaw or cycle-rickshaw can be hired to reach the Institute. To get the details of IIT Kharagpur campus, please visit http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/map/index.php and http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/pocket_guide.php .

Limited accommodations are available for the participants on payment of a nominal fee in various guest houses of the Institute. They will be allotted on first come first served basis. For tariffs and other details please visit http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/gh/.

Who Can Attend

The conference aims to provide a platform to a diverse group of professionals and academicians to interact and share their perspectives. The scope of conference will accommodate academicians and industry professionals working in the domains of manufacturing and supply chain management, shop floor control, quality engineering, materials and procurement management and productivity enhancement. Supply chain and manufacturing problems are often so diverse and complex that they require many perspectives to the problem including operations management, finance and accounting, strategic management, human resource management, relationship management, information technology, computer science, behavioral science and logistics management. The sharing of ideas, experiences, cases and research works by practitioners and academicians will help any interested participant to develop a multiple perspectives while addressing supply chain problems. Therefore, any organization who is looking beyond the organizational boundaries for cost cutting and removal of waste, and improving collaboration with business partners will find this conference value adding. The conference will also be of immense value to an IT professional by way of getting a deeper insight of the facilitator role of IT towards supply chain integration and coordination.

Contact Us

The Organizing Secretary, ASCMM 2011
Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal
INDIA 721302
Telephone: +91-3222-283734
+91-3222-282271
Fax: +91-3222-282272
E-mail: icascmm2011@gmail.com

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