8th HNS 2010 - 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium "Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainable Logistics"

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium "Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainable Logistics". Current research and innovative approaches from industry regarding issues of production logistics will be in the focus of the two-day symposium. Furthermore, we plan to examine selected special topics from production logistics more closely. Feel free to forward this information to your colleagues.


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CONFERENCE
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The Heinz Nixdorf Symposium is an established biannual event of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute during which researchers and practitioners come together to present challenges from industry, discuss contributions from research institutions and develop novel solution approaches.

The 8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium will take place on April 21â?“22 in Paderborn, Germany. On April 21, distinguished professors and senior executives from large manufacturing and logistics companies will deliver invited speeches. On April 22, contributions are invited from both researchers and practitioners in the fields of manufacturing, logistics and supply chain management. Papers can be submitted to any of the six conference tracks.


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TRACKS
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Topics can include but are not limited to:

Track 1: Production Logistics I (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Egon MÃ?ller):
Design of dynamic production and logistics networks, Integrated design of products and production systems, Late product differentiation, Lean supply chain management, Mobile network structures, Optimization of procurement and customer service level

Track 2: Production Logistics II (Chair: Prof. Dr. Dirk Van Oudheusden)
Artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems, Autonomous decentralized schedule execution, Hierarchical agent-based control, Integration of production and in-bound logistics, Supply chain event and risk management, Uncertainties in production and logistics processes, Onthologies for productions and logistics

Track 3: Industrial Engineering (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gert ZÃ?lch)
Knowledge management in supply chains, Rapid manufacturing and workforce involvement, Reorganization of work structures at variant diversity, Resilient logistics and production planning, Working time models under volatile demand

Track 4: Operations Research Techniques (Chair: Prof. Dr. Leena Suhl)
Green strategies, Online planning / optimization with rolling horizon, Optimization in large networks
Robustness and flexibility of transport schedules, Sustainable supply chain management

Track 5: Simulation (Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sigrid Wenzel)
Graphical parameter interfaces, Integration of mathematical programming and simulation, Online integration in production environments, Simulation as training tool set, Simulation-based decentralized real-time control

Track 6: Humanitarian Logistics (Chair: Alexander Blecken)
Operations research and humanitarian logistics, Performance measurement, Collaboration and coordination of actors, Modeling humanitarian operations, Supply chain planning in humanitarian supply chains


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SUBMISSIONS
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Authors should submit papers that have not yet been submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers are subject to double-blind reviews. Submitted papers (up to 12 pages) may be accepted as full or short papers.

All accepted papers will be published in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series of Springer Verlag. Please follow carefully the instructions provided on our website. Further information can be found on the LNBIP authors website.

All submissions need to be made through our online conference management system. If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.


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DEADLINES
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Submission of Papers: November 15, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: December 22, 2009
Submission of Camera-Ready Version: February 7, 2010
8th International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium: April 21â?“22, 2010


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ORGANIZATION
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Heinz Nixdorf Institute
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier
Fuerstenallee 11
33102 Paderborn, Germany

Further information about the symposium and
instructions for authors can be found at:
http://wwwhni.upb.de/symposium2010

E-mail: symposium-AT-hni.upb.de
Phone: +49 5251 60 64 79 / 64 84