CLIPS 2014 - International Workshop on Collaboration in Logistics Informatics, Planning & Services (CLIPS 2014)

Traditionally companies have focused on improving their own internal business processes when faced with pressures to operate more efficiently. However, a system-wide focus, e.g., a collaborative focus, opens up cost saving opportunities that are impossible to achieve with an internal company focus. With the availability of timely and accurate information, new collaborative opportunities which create mutual benefits by taking advantage of operational synergies between buyers, sellers, or buyers and sellers are now arising. Collaborative logistics is viewed by many logistics professionals as a promising opportunity for reducing logistics costs and therefore increasing profitability and economic prosperity. Hence there is a need to develop a fundamental knowledge base for designing, analyzing, implementing, and managing such collaborative logistics and joint/shared planning initiatives.
We are soliciting original papers describing empirical, analytical, and conceptual approaches to these classes of problems on collaborative logistics networks. The emphasis will include support for logistics teamwork and decision making, coordinated and collaborative planning and re-planning, human-centered logistics operations issues, and policy-related questions. All logistics applications are solicited.
CLIPS Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to):
Design and Implementation of Network-based Logistics Solutions
Algorithmic and Analytical Tools for Logistics and Planning
Optimization and Game Theory Applications to Logistics Problems
Logistics in Emergency Management and Response Systems
Supply Chain Management
Modeling and Simulation of Logistics
Multi-function, Multi-national Collaborative Logistics Teams
Shared Awareness (common operating picture) for Dispersed Logistics Processes and Teams
Sense and Respond Logistics (Distributed Adaptive Logistics)
Focused Logistics
RFID in Logistics and Services
Knowledge-Enabled Logistics
Total Asset Visibility
Control of Logistics Pipelines
Automated logistics planning tools for supply sourcing and transportation
Logistics information technology
Logistics in information rich situations
Automated Logistics Systems
Collaborative Planning
Strategic Foresight
Capabilities-Based Planning
Adaptive Planning
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to collaboration technologies and systems in logistics, planning, and services fields. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The full manuscript should be at most 8 pages using the two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://cts2014.cisedu.info/home/posters for the posters submission details) will also be accepted for submission. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.
Authors are invited to submit a PDF copy of their manuscript to the Workshop using the following link: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=clips2... . If the submission is for a poster paper or a short paper, indicate that as well on the manuscript and in the form's Notes field.
Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop.
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the CTS 2014 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed in major indexing services accordingly.
If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the organizers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submissions: --------------------------------------- December 30, 2013
Acceptance Notification: -------------------------------- January 21, 2014
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: --------- February 21, 2014
Conference Dates: --------------------------------------- -May 19 - 23, 2014
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Steinar Kristoffersen
Østfold University College, Halden N-1757, Norway
Phone: +47 92 66 98 31
Fax: +47 69 21 50 02
Email: steinar.kristoffersen-AT-hiof.no