International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: December 31, 2012

Guest-Editor:
Dr. Qinglong Gou, University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China
Dr. Liang Liang, University of Science and Technology of China, P. R. China
Dr. Zhimin Huang, Adelphi University, USA
Dr. Susan X. Li, Adelphi University, USA

Supply Chain Management encompasses development of innovative, sustainable, and integrated solutions and strategies in managing overall costs, attaining profit goals and satisfying customers. Improvement of productivity, efficiency, and coordination among members in a supply chain has received significant attention in both academic literature and practical business during the past two decades. Research on supply chain management involves the following tendencies: (i) Coordination among members in a supply chain has been extended from addressing traditional issues of inventory, logistics, transportation and price to addressing issues of leadership, innovation, advertising, new product introduction and development of innovative, strategic, and sustainable approaches to strategic and global supply chain management challenges. (ii) Horizontal alliances among firms in the same level of a supply chain have drawn extensive attention. (iii) Behavioral operations management, which explores the interaction of human behavior and operational systems and processes, has become a new direction in supply chain management research. (iv) Sustainability requires an appropriate balance among environmental performance, social performance, and economic performance, and thus, issues such as reverse logistics, green supply chain, low-carbon technologies and management have gained attention from researchers. (v) Organizations in both the private and public sectors seek to improve efficiency in their supply chain operations and relationships. Research and discussion on efficient supply chains have addressed the issue of how to achieve an efficient supply chain.

Considering the above trends, this Special Issue, "Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Productivity Efficiency" aims to explore new directions in supply chain management research while simultaneously advocating the maintenance of a sustainable society.

This Special Issue looks for contributions (case studies, models, theoretical frameworks, and empirical studies) in supply chain management, sustainability and productivity efficiency evaluations. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

1. The latest theory and methodology on supply chain management, sustainability, and performance evaluations.
2. Supply Chain Disruption Management
3. Supply Chain Performance Evaluation
4. Supply Chain Coordination
5. Reverse Logistics and Green Supply Chain Management
6. Sustainable/Green Supply Chain Strategic Planning and Operational Models
7. Sustainable/Green Logistics Network Configurations and Resource Allocation Strategies
8. Low-Carbon Technologies and Management in Supply Chains
9. E-Commerce, Logistics, and Supply Chain
10. Behavioral Operations in Supply Chains
11. Cooperative Advertising in Supply Chains
12. Data Envelopment Analysis
13. Decision Analysis
14. Demand Forecasts
15. Disaster and Emergency Supply Chain
16. Evaluation Index Systems
17. Information Sharing in Supply Chains
18. Inventory and Logistics Management in Supply Chains
19. Multi-Objective Decision Making in Supply Chains
20. New Product Development and Introduction in Supply Chains
21. Service Operations Management
22. Stochastic Inventory Management
23. Total Quality Management
24. Transportation Management

1. Submitted papers will be refereed with the same standards applied by leading international journals. The main criteria for acceptance are the quality and originality of the contribution, and its relevance to the topics of the special issue.
2. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
3. All manuscripts should be submitted online at Editorial Manager (EM), of International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM): http://www.editorialmanager.com/ijitdm/.
   When submitting the manuscript, please select the "Special Issue Paper" as the article type, and also select "Special Issue on Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, and Productivity Efficiency Evaluations" as the Section/Category.

Drs. Qinglong Gou, Liang Liang, Zhimin Huang, and Susan Li
Guest Editors
International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making
E-mail: tslg@ustc.edu.cn, lliang@ustc.edu.cn, huang@adelphi.edu, li@adelphi.edu