[Iefac.list] Reminder: Facilities Design and Planning Track - 2018 IISE Annual Conference

Wed Nov 1 12:12:11 EDT 2017

Call for Papers
2018 IISE Annual Conference & Expo
Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Florida
May 19 – May 22, 2018
Facilities Design and Planning Track
Deadline for Abstract Submission is November 7, 2017
Abstracts are required to be between 100 and 200 words

Abstract submission site: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.xcdsystem.com_iise_abstract_index.cfm-3FID-3DA3abIcc&d=DwIF-g&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=Ue5eprQ_fMYcavWXDDYHbKQI0IFAmpjoy6QR5xcYCC4Qd5ukwoooDHsBFMkK-u0r&m=nEiJQ2Eb06rnLCAVrmMJaG5ivRTur0ol-GCJlvjXwtY&s=oCSxFnaasjNlwRfS3oKwoSvSYQA7YC_EsC1NJroIfRA&e= 
Conference web site: www.iise.org/annual<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.iise.org_annual&d=DwIF-g&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=Ue5eprQ_fMYcavWXDDYHbKQI0IFAmpjoy6QR5xcYCC4Qd5ukwoooDHsBFMkK-u0r&m=nEiJQ2Eb06rnLCAVrmMJaG5ivRTur0ol-GCJlvjXwtY&s=mS4_gB3avQJBOWib7SRzoL5cG_52y3Zgm6MqS8x17oA&e= >

Dear Colleagues:

The Logistics and Supply Chain Division of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring the Facilities Design and Planning Track at the 2018 IISE Annual Conference and Expo. The conference is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the industrial and systems engineering research and practitioner communities. The 2018 IISE Annual Conference and Expo integrates research and industry under one conference.

As track chairs of the Facilities Design and Planning Track, we would like to encourage you to contribute to the conference by submitting an abstract. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work in a session. Each session will be 80 minutes and have four presenters. Each speaker will have 20 minutes for his or her presentation. If the speaker needs additional time, two abstracts under the same name can be submitted for a 40-minute presentation. Abstracts are welcome for the Facilities Design and Planning Track in the following areas:

Facility Design and Layout
Material Handling Systems
Storage and Handling Systems
Order Fulfillment Systems
Warehouse Automation
Warehouse Operations
Warehouse Management Systems

Distribution Operations
Cross Docking and Transportation
Container Operations
Inventory Tracking and Control
Sensor Systems for Warehouses
Ergonomics in Facility Logistics
Material Handling Education

In addition to the traditional abstract and presentation, two other options are available for presenting your work: an extended abstract and a full paper.

  *   Extended Abstract: A new feature at this year’s conference, the extended abstract is intended as a mechanism to explain the author's’ work in more detail than the standard conference abstract allows. An extended abstract can include problem descriptions, technical details, and a brief analysis of the conclusions reached in the study or the impact of the engineering work to be discussed at the conference. Extended abstracts will be limited to three pages and will be judged based on correctness (e.g., accuracy of the statements made, relationships to other problems in the field), professionalism (e.g., quality of grammar and figures, adherence to formal writing standards), and content (e.g., sufficiency of information convey beyond the standard conference abstract). Extended abstracts must contain citations where appropriate, and may not plagiarize (or self-plagiarize) other work in the literature. Authors will be able to claim these works as refereed extended abstracts, which will be publicly viewable. They will not be copyrighted or indexed in the official conference proceedings, and therefore there is no limitation on reusing extended abstract material for other purposes (e.g., toward the publication of journal papers or subsequent conference proceedings).

  *   Full Paper: Like previous years, full papers should contain results that are significant and have archival value to the industrial and systems engineering research and practitioner community. Full papers have a six-page limit and will undergo a double-blind peer review process with more rigor relative to the extended abstract. Accepted papers will be copyrighted and indexed in the conference proceedings. Authors of rejected papers will be given the opportunity to resubmit their work as an extended abstract.

The important deadlines for the conference are:

  *   Abstract Submission Deadline:                                               November 7, 2017
  *   Notification of Decision on Abstract:                                      November 28, 2017
  *   Submission of Extended Abstracts & Full Papers (optional)  January 16, 2018
  *   Notification of Decision on Paper:                                          February 20, 2018
  *   Final Version of Full Paper Due:                                             March 6, 2018
  *   Presenting Author Registration Deadline:                               March 13, 2018
  *   Schedule Published:                                                               April 3, 2018
  *   2018 IISE Annual Conference and Expo                               May 19-22, 2018
NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS

If your abstract, extended abstract, or full paper is accepted:

  1.  the presenting author must register for the conference by March 13, 2018 (presentations without the presenting author registered for the conference will be withdrawn from the program and the proceedings);
  2.  the presenting author must attend and present the paper at the conference (presenting authors who fail to attend will have their paper withdrawn from the proceedings); and
  3.  all authors who submit an extended abstract or a full paper are expected to review two extended abstracts or full papers (as appropriate) for fellow authors.

There are also opportunities to organize invited sessions or panels. In addition to research and practitioner presentations, the annual conference offers many opportunities for attendees, including plant tours, networking, and keynote speakers.

We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!

Regards,

Dincer Konur, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Dale Masel, Ohio University

Joan Wagner, Spirit Aerosystems
Facilities Design and Planning Track Chairs

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Dincer Konur, PhD
Assistant Professor
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
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