Call for Papers
We invite contributions addressing issues in the operations, supply chain, and services management disciplines. Papers addressing our theme of Geopolitical Uncertainty and the Climate Crisis: What’s the Role of the Supply Chain? are welcome. We encourage submissions from all conceptual, analytical, and empirical perspectives. Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Sustainable supply chains
- Global supply chain management
- Supply chain integration, risk and resilience
- Supply chain management in an indigenous context
- Supply chain configuration
- Digital supply chains, including AI and blockchain technologies
- Business analytics and data-driven operations / supply chain management
- Closed loop supply chain management
- Production planning and operations management
- Healthcare operations / supply chain management
- Humanitarian operations and crisis management
- Innovation, product and service development
- Inventory management
- Lean and agile operations
- Logistics management and physical distribution
- Operations / supply chain management in emerging economies
- Operations / supply chain management in the sharing economy
- Strategic sourcing and buyer-supplier relationships
- Service operations
- Supply chain coordination and contracting
Paper submission format
Authors have the option to either submit a full paper (5,000 words maximum with a short abstract limited to 100 words), or an extended abstract of 500-800 words (preferred). For a submission to be accepted, at least one author should be registered for the Symposium and present their work. A person may be the author/co-author of multiple submissions. However, each person can present at most two full papers or extended abstracts.
Submission Guidelines
The submission deadline has passed.
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Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association
ASCLA is the largest network of supply chain & logistics professional in Australasia. We are proud to offer five student memberships during the ANZAM OSCSM Symposium.
