[Iefac.list] Facilities Design and Planning Track- Call for Papers, IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2018

Thu Sep 7 13:32:41 EDT 2017

Dear Colleagues,

With this email, I would like to share the Call for Papers of the Facilities Design and Planning track in the upcoming IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2018. Facilities Design and Planning track is sponsored by the Logistics and Supply Chain Division of IISE. The details about the track (topics of interest) as well as submission details are noted below. If anyone has a question and/or wants to organize a session in the Facilities Design and Planning track, please email one of the track chairs: Dincer Konur (konurd at mst.edu), Dale Masel (masel at ohio.edu), and John Wagner (joan.m.wagner at spiritaero.com).

Regards,

Dincer

Call for Papers:

Facilities Design and Planning Track

2018 IISE Annual Conference & Expo Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando, Florida May 19 – May 22, 2018

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-3DJW8KcGl&d=DwIF-g&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=Ue5eprQ_fMYcavWXDDYHbKQI0IFAmpjoy6QR5xcYCC4Qd5ukwoooDHsBFMkK-u0r&m=wYVHdKbgVQNwUWYy1EI3XQt4Mp1lGPHQbipje80lrAU&s=Tf1OEldFz_Zx1xnjXuj9fHoZHUFJrHcv6JT3YBh6Oto&e= 
Conference web site: www.iise.org/annual

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

If your abstract, extended abstract, or full paper is accepted:
(a) 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);
(b) 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
(c) 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,

Facilities Design and Planning Track Chairs
Dincer Konur, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Dale Masel, Ohio University
Joan Wagner, Spirit AeroSystems

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