[Iefac.list] Call for Paper: Complexity in Manufacturing

[Ali Kamrani]

Please announce this to your colleagues. Thanks, Ali.

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International Journal of Agile Systems and Management (IJASM)

Special Issue on: "Complexity in Manufacturing"

 

Agility in manufacturing is one of the many profound qualities companies
must posses to succeed in a turbulent business environment. Businesses
worldwide are constantly faced with the challenge of offering the ideal
product variety in their supply chain because of the conflicting interests
between manufacturing and marketing. Although mass customization is ideally
desirable from a customer service perspective, it is often accompanied by
engineering and manufacturing hurdles arising from product proliferation.
Manufacturing strategy has evolved through significant changes that occurred
in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Companies no longer adhere to
the manufacturing philosophy of capturing market share by producing large
volumes of a standardized product. Businesses have realized that responding
to the market quickly with specific product-targeting to niche markets will
be the crucial factor that will give them a cutting edge over their
competitors. The aim of this special issue is to identify the research
issues for managing manufacturing complexity in light of these global
challenges. The goal of this special issue is to cover a variety of topics
and issues related to complexity with specific application to agile
manufacturing systems.

 

Subject Coverage: Topics include but are not limited to:

 

A. Concepts and State of Research in Manufacturing Complexity

*	Complexity Models (Product, Operational and Process) 

*	Risk Analysis and Mitigation 

*	Measure of Complexity (Cost, Structural and Dynamic) 

*	Complexity Management (Project, Quality and Risk) 

*	Logistics and Supply Chain Complexity 

*	Inventory Analyses 

*	Information Management 

*	Other related subjects 

B. Problem Solving Frameworks, Models and Methods

*	Design for Lean 

*	Design for Variety 

*	Design fro Modularity 

*	Design for Reconfigurability 

*	Design for Six Sigma 

*	Axiomatic Design 

*	Product Variety Management 

*	Mass Customization 

*	Agile Manufacturing 

*	Other related subjects 

C. Enabling Tool and Technologies

*	Simulation Models 

*	Optimization Models 

*	Statistical Models 

*	e -Based Design and Manufacturing 

*	Collaborative and Distributed Engineering 

*	Other related subjects 

D. Case Studies

 

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed
through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other
relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author
Guidelines page

 

Important Dates

*	Paper Submission (e-mail): 31 October 2007 

*	Communication of Results (e-mail): 15 December 2007 

*	Final Manuscript submission (e-mail): 15 February 2008

 

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail
(details in Author Guidelines) to the either of  following guest editors:

 

Ali K. Kamrani, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering

University of Houston

E206 Engineering Bldg 2

Houston, TX 77204-4008, USA

Tel: (713) 743-4192

Email:  <mailto:akamrani at uh.edu> akamrani at uh.edu

 

Emad S. Abouel Nasr, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

Helwan University

Cairo, Egypt

Tel: (+2)-010-1419657

Email:  <mailto:emadsamir60 at helwan.edu.eg> emadsamir60 at helwan.edu.eg

 

With a copy to: IEL Editorial Office, E-mail:
<mailto:ijasm at inderscience.com> ijasm at inderscience.com. Please include in
your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and
the name of the Guest Editor

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Regards,

Ali K. Kamrani, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor and Director 
IE Graduate Program Studies
E206 Engineering Bldg 2 
Houston, TX 77204-4008 
Tel: (713) 743-4192 
Fax: (713) 743-4190 
http://www2.egr.uh.edu/~akkamran/hmpage.html

 
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