[agents] CfP HICL-Hamburg International Conference of Logistics 2012

[Thorsten Blecker]

Call for Papers      
  
Hamburg International Conference of Logistics 2012 
"Designing the Future Supply Chain - Reliable, Robust, Secure"

13 - 14 September 2012, HAMBURG, Germany

We are pleased to announce and invite you to participate in the 2012 Hamburg
International Conference of Logistics (HICL), which will be held at Hamburg
University of Technology (TUHH), Germany on 13 - 14 September 2012. 

Theme and Objectives
Today's business environment is changing significantly due to a steady
progress towards more efficient organizational paradigms as well as product
and process innovations. In this context, current developments such as
outsourcing and shorter lead times contribute to a more risk-sensitive
environment. In the scope of all management activities, the task of
optimizing highly evolved supply chains is particularly sensitive to
unexpected disruption. As companies have to compete on the global market in
today's challenging political situation, security and risk aspects have
become an important success factor for the management of supply chains. 
Furthermore, natural catastrophes - like the 2011 Thailand floods or the
earthquake causing the Fukushima nuclear disaster - have significant impact
on a supply chain's operational capability. A reliable and robust supply
chain design will contribute not only to higher resistivity, but also to
shorter recovery times regarding such external forces. A promising approach
is to find structures and processes which enable all types of security and
risk management in supply chains to be in line with economic goals as well
as with the fulfillment of customer needs. This challenge requires new and
creative ideas that combine technical, analytical and economical know-how to
create innovative solutions to sustain the competitive advantage of a safe
and risk-responsive supply chain. Another challenge is to handle the growing
organizational complexity that arises from this task. 
The HICL will provide a multidisciplinary network and forum for scientists
and practitioners involved in logistics and supply chain management to
interact with each other and to exchange ideas and information on the latest
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.


Important Dates
Abstract Deadline   Saturday, March 31st 2012 
Notification of Acceptance (Abstract) Monday, April 16th 2012 
Paper Deadline Saturday, June 16th 2012 
Notification of Acceptance (Full paper) Monday, July 16th 2012 
Author Registration Deadline Tuesday, July 31st 2012 
Conference 13 - 14 September 2012
Scope of Topics


Papers addressing any relevant topic within the broad area of security and
risk aspects of global supply chains including, but not limited to the
following are welcome:
* Dealing with unpredictable situations in logistic systems
* Improving security standards of international transportation
* Addressing political instabilities
* Causal relations and categorization approaches for supply chain risks
* Sustainability in logistics and supply chain management
* Port logistics and operations
* Analysis of transportation, handling, and storage processes
* Creating innovations for logistics services
* Innovation management in supply chains
* Implementation strategies for innovation management in logistics and
supply chains
* Innovative concepts for management accounting & risk evaluation in supply
chains
* Concepts for humanitarian logistics
* Reliability aspects of international value chains
* Innovative concepts for modeling and simulation
* Green supply chain management and green manufacturing
* Organizational innovations in supply chains
* Interrelationships between the innovation of internal operations in supply
chains
* Innovation induced complexity and risks in logistics and supply chains
* Profit and risk sharing of supply chain innovations
* The role of suppliers and service providers in supply chain innovation
* Technology driven innovations in supply chains
* Managing technological risks in supply chains
* Planning, design and control of ecology- and security-related challenges
in logistics

Submission Instruction 
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research results/best
practices that are not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. We ask
for a brief abstract as well as the complete paper. Submissions must adhere
to following rules: 
- Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should be in MS Word and PDF.
Abstracts should include three to four keywords and all authors' contact
information.
- Paper submissions may not exceed 10-15 pages and 6000 words as the total
length of the paper. Submissions should be in MS Word - using the template
available at www.hicl.org is mandatory - as well as PDF and printable on A4
sized paper. In keeping with recent HICL conferences, refereeing is
double-blind.
- Papers that exceed the length requirements or are submitted late will be
rejected.
- The official conference language for abstracts, papers and presentation is
English.


Please submit the abstracts and papers to: hicl at hicl.org


Evaluation 
The conference committee will evaluate contribution to theory of each
submission as well as accessibility to the HICL audience. The abstract
should clearly describe the nature and relevance of the problems, the
research methodology, and work-in-progress or final research results. Papers
will be judged in significance, originality, relevance, novelty,
correctness, and clarity. 



Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Kersten
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Blecker
Institute of Business Logistics and General Management

Prof. Dr. Christian M. Ringle
Institute for Human Resource Management and Organizations


Hamburg International Conference of Logistics 2012
Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Institute of Business Logistics and General Management (W-2)
Website: www.hicl.org
CONTACT: hicl at hicl.org