Special Issue on: "Manufacturing Operations Management and Optimisation"



Guest Editors:
Dr. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, The University of Derby, UK
Dr. Vikas Kumar, Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland



Designing, developing and integrating optimum manufacturing systems, technologies, services and best practices to meet the needs of their customers are key elements for manufacturing organisations to achieve and realise competitiveness.



This special issue aims at presenting the latest developments in the management, adoption and optimisation of manufacturing technologies, and their integration into other functional areas of an organisation. Therefore, this issue will be of special interest to academics, researchers, students, consultants and industrialists involved in the management and implementation of manufacturing technologies and practices.



The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers presented at the 23rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM; June 2013, Porto, Portugal), but we also strongly encourage researchers unable to participate in the conference to submit papers for this call.


Subject Coverage



Suitable topics include but are not limited to:



Management and integration of products and manufacturing services
Multi-level performance measurement in manufacturing
Knowledge, change and risk management in manufacturing
Value creation by sustainable manufacturing
Manufacturing on demand
Lean and agile manufacturing; challenges in lean management
Lean Six Sigma
Beyond lean and new manufacturing paradigms
Logistics for manufacturing
Green and lean supply chains, logistics and procurement
Operations planning and control; scheduling
Operations optimisation
Resource efficient, sustainable production systems
Quality management systems
Business excellence models (i.e. EFQM, Malcolm Baldrige, Deming, etc.)
Total quality management
Six Sigma
Human resources and technological factors
Social aspects, health and safety in manufacturing
Manufacturing education and training
Other related topics


Notes for Prospective Authors



Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).



All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.


Important Dates



Submission of manuscripts: 20 October, 2013



Notification to authors: 31 December, 2013



Final versions due: 28 February, 2014


Editors and Notes



You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an email (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:



Dr. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes
The University of Derby
School of Technology
Markeaton Street
Derby DE22 3AW
UK
Tel: +44(0)1332593281
Email: J.Reyes@derby.ac.uk



Dr. Vikas Kumar
Dublin City University
Business School
Dublin 9
Republic of Ireland
Tel: +353-1-700-8062
Email: vikas.kumar@dcu.ie