[Iefac.list] Special Issue on: "Impact of Reconfiguration on Collaborative Enterprise Performance"

[Emad Samir Abdelghany]

Call for papers




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Int. J. of Collaborative Enterprise<http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijcent>



Special Issue on: "Impact of Reconfiguration on Collaborative Enterprise Performance"



Guest Editor:
Dr. Ateekh-Ur-Rehman, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia



This special issue aims to impart and share recent research, developments and applications related to collaborative enterprises.



Collaboration and cooperation are vital growth opportunities, but manufacturers, service providers and suppliers are uncertain of how to most effectively approach the rapidly evolving market. Enterprise collaboration is receiving increasingly more attention than ever before.



Reconfiguration can play a crucial role in collaborative enterprise. Reconfiguration introduces a means for system flexibility. This can be possible with the help of a modular approach and developing relationships among products, processes and resources. The data and information is also required to be made available to all stake holders of the enterprise. The concepts of commitments with penalties and subcontracting may also facilitate effective reconfigured collaborative enterprise. Thus, there is need to focus on the real challenges of rapid constraint evaluation for the designing and/or reconfiguration of present systems to cater for present/future collaborative enterprise.



It is also evident that enterprises value collaboration, choose between alternatives, integrate business processes, and participate in networking in both the local and global markets. This issue aims at disseminating the discussion and exchange of global experience in terms of models and means emphasizing how to design, run, control and optimise collaborative enterprises. A further objective is to share innovative approaches that are relevant to the sustainable development of the manufacturing sector in the global context.



Subject Coverage



Case studies and papers should provide in-depth insight into, but not limited to, the following areas in the context to collaborative enterprises:


  *   Why, when and how collaborative enterprises are reconfiguring their business processes?
  *   How they choose between alternatives?
  *   What should the pace of reconfiguration be?
  *   How do enterprises develop reconfiguration roadmaps?
  *   What the roadblocks and areas of concern, as well as the challenges?
  *   How can enterprises cope with the rapidly changing manufacturing environment?
  *   What are the models or concepts that will support temporary alliances of manufacturing enterprises?
  *   How do we measure or model the consequences of the reconfiguration process on the present and future demands of collaborative enterprise?



Notes for Prospective Authors



Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).



All papers are refereed through a peer review process.



All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles<http://www.inderscience.com/info/inauthors/author_submit.php> page.



Important Dates



Submissions deadline: 25 February, 2015



Reviewer reports: 30 April, 2015



Revised paper submission: 30 May, 2015



Final manuscript submission: 15 June, 2015



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Emad S. Abouel Nasr, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department
King Saud University
E-mail:  eabdelghany at ksu.edu.sa<mailto:eabdelghany at ksu.edu.sa>
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