[Iefac.list] International Journal of Production Research Special Issue

[Jingshan Li]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing and Service Systems

International Journal of Production Research

Purpose: The theme of this special issue is emerging methods and practices
of continuous improvement in manufacturing and service systems. The purpose
is to show the state-of-the-art research and applications in the area of
continuous improvement in manufacturing and service, by bringing together
researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry, to address
the significant advancement, expose the unsolved challenges, present the
needs for integration with new technologies, and provide visions for future
research and development.

Due to strong competitions in modern manufacturing and service, continuous
improvement becomes more and more critical, which is the foundation for any
manufacturing and service organizations to sustain competitiveness.
Substantial efforts have been devoted to research and practice of
improvement strategies, methods, technologies, and implementations. In
recent years, significant advancement in information technology, fast
growing economic activities, and rapidly changing market have generated
numerous opportunities for continuous improvement innovations. At the same
time, many new challenges have emerged in order to apply and implement these
innovations. Such opportunities and challenges have substantially expand the
scope of continuous improvement. In addition, continuous improvement is not
only limited to manufacturing, but also widely applied in service sectors,
such as healthcare, retail,  transportation, finance, etc. The first
principle based scientific methodology and rigorous quantitative approach
are needed to design and guide continuous improvement in such systems.

This special issue aims to publish original, significant and visionary
continuous improvement papers describing scientific methods and technologies
with both solid theoretical development and practical importance. Rigorous
quantitative methods and models supporting real world practice in
manufacturing and service systems are welcome. Submissions of scientific
results from experts in academia and industry worldwide are strongly
encouraged.  Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the
following addressing continuous improvement in manufacturing and service
systems:

Suggested Topics:

*         Continuous improvement methodologies

*         System modelling and design for continuous improvement

*         Data analytics for continuous improvement

*         Key performance indicators for continuous improvement

*         Performance predictions for continuous improvement

*         Continuous improvement under constraints

*         Bottleneck analysis and mitigation for continuous improvement

*         Sensing and control for continuous improvement

*         Real-time operation management for continuous improvement

*         Information technology for continuous improvement

*         Design and evaluation of continuous improvement projects

*         Continuous improvement applications and case studies 

Publication Schedule

*         Manuscript submission:                      June 30, 2015 

*         Completion of 1st round review:          November 30, 2015

*         Completion of 2nd round review:         April 30, 2016

*         Final manuscript submission:               May 31, 2016

*         Tentative publication date:                   September 2016

Guest Editors:

Prof. Jingshan Li                                Prof. Chrissoleon
Papadopoulos                   Prof. Liang Zhang

University of Wisconsin-Madison     Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
University of Connecticut

Madison, WI 53706, USA                 Thessaloniki, GR-541 24 Greece
Storrs, CT 06269, USA

 <mailto:jingshan at engr.wisc.edu> jingshan at engr.wisc.edu
<mailto:chrissoleon.papadopoulos at gmail.com>
chrissoleon.papadopoulos at gmail.com          <mailto:liang at engr.uconn.edu>
liang at engr.uconn.edu

 

 

 

Jingshan Li

PhD, Professor

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

University of Wisconsin - Madison

1513 University Avenue

Madison, WI 53706-

Phone: (608) 8903780

Email: jingshan at engr.wisc.edu <mailto:jingshan at engr.wisc.edu> 

Web: https://directory.engr.wisc.edu/ie/faculty/li_jingshan

 

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