CALL FOR PAPERS
Hamburg International Conference of Logistics 2006 (HICL2006):
Complexity and Risk Management in Supply Chains
15 - 16 September 2006, HAMBURG, Germany
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Website:
http://www.hicl.org
Important dates
15 December 2005 Abstract due (500 words)
10 January 2006 Notification of authors
30 April 2006 Final paper submission
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We are pleased to announce and invite you to participate in the HICL2006
Hamburg International Conference of Logistics, which will be held at Hamburg
University of Technology (TUHH), Germany from 15 - 16 September 2006. This
international conference is co-organized by the Hamburg University of
Technology (TUHH) and the Hamburg School of Logistics (HSL).
- Theme and Objectives -
In today's business environment, it is widely accepted that competition no
longer takes place between individual companies but between entire supply
chains. On the other hand, the focus on core competencies and reduction of
the level of vertical integration have led companies to intensify their
outsourcing activities. Because of this, the coordination requirements
within supply chains are especially high and the complexity of information
and physical flows has become a challenging issue. In addition, due to the
volatility of customer requirements and rapid technological development,
supply chains have to react effectively through adaptability and quick
reconfiguration. Therefore, supply chains should not be static but dynamic
structures, which have the capability of accommodating the changes occurring
in their environment. The result of all these factors is a drastic increase
of complexity and risks in supply chains. Complexity has negative impacts on
efficiency and considerably decreases responsiveness by slowing down the
entire supply chain. Risks are mainly related to the uncertainty in the
business environment and can disturb the development path of the supply
chain in the future. Thus, the main challenge concerns how to keep
structures at a low level of complexity, while decreasing sensitivity to
risks and ensuring a high level of adaptability. Complexity and risk
management both represent actual research topics that should be paid more
attention by the supply chain researchers and practitioners.
Complexity and Risk Management in Supply Chains - The HICL will provide a
multidisciplinary network and forum for scientists and practitioners
involved in complexity and supply chain risk management to interact with
each other and exchange ideas and information on the latest
advancements/issues in this field.
We welcome scientific and practical contributions from different disciplines
such as Business Administration & Economics, Engineering, Computer Science,
Science & Mathematics and law.
- Topics -
Papers addressing any topic within the broad area of Complexity and Risk
Management in Supply Chains including, but not limited to the following are
welcome:
- Managing Complexity of Logistic Services
- Complexity Management in To-Order Supply Chains
- Supplier and Service Providers' Role in Reducing the Supply Chain
Complexity
- Complexity Measurement & Controlling
- Complexity Management Strategy & Complexity Theory
- Complexity Management through Supply Chain Design
- Impacts of Product Architectures on Supply Chain Configuration and
Complexity
- Variety Management in Supply Chains
- Interrelationships between the Complexity of Internal Operations and
Supply Chain Complexity
- Complexity-Induced Supply Chain Risks
- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of complex Supply Chains and
Transportation Networks
- Management Accounting & Risk Evaluation in Supply Chains
- Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies
- Supply Chain Implications of Basel II and Sarbanes Oxley
- Information Systems for effective Supply Chain Risk Monitoring
- Managing Technological Risks in Supply Chains
- Interdependencies between Supply Chain Risk and Complexity Management
- Enabling Complexity and Supply Chain Risk Management through Information
Technologies
- Implementation Strategies for Complexity and Risk Management
- Submission of Abstracts -
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research results/best
practices for consideration in HICL2006. All papers will be double-blind
refereed.
Abstracts for papers should describe the nature and relevance of the
problems, the research methodology, and work-in-progress or final research
results. Abstracts must not exceed 500 words and should be in MS.Word and
PDF format. The font type for body text should be 'Arial' size 11 while the
title size 12 with 'BOLD UPPER CASE'. Abstracts for Papers should include
three to four keywords and all authors' contact information. The official
conference language, in which the abstracts and papers should be submitted,
is English. Please submit the abstracts to the following Email address:
hicl@hicl.org
- Conference Chairs -
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kersten
Hamburg School of Logistics (HSL) at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Department of Business Logistics and General Management, Germany
Email:
logu@tu-harburg.de
Phone: ++49-(0)40/42878-3525
Fax: ++49-(0)40/42878-2200
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Blecker
Hamburg School of Logistics (HSL) at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Department of Business Logistics and General Management, Germany
Email:
blecker@ieee.org
Phone: ++49-(0)40/42878-3525
Fax: ++49-(0)40/42878-2200