The 2008 IEEE/INFORMS International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (IEEE/SOLI’2008)
12-15 October, 2008, Beijing, China
The IEEE/INFORMS International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (IEEE/SOLI’2008)will be held in Beijing on 12-15 October, 2008. The conference is hosted by Beijing Jiaotong University, sponsored by IEEE, and technically sponsored by INFORMS. The IEEE/SOLI’2008 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss issues, identify challenges and future directions, and share their R&D findings and experiences in service science, service operations, logistics, and informatics and other relative areas.
All papers in the Proceedings of IEEE/SOLI’2008 will be indexed by ISTP, EI and included in the IEEE Xplore. The selected best papers will be published in special issues of International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics (EI indexed).
Papers relating to Services/Logistics Design, Innovations, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering; and their specific applications to Information Technology/Systems services are strongly encouraged. Special sessions proposals on specific service topics are also welcome.The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Service Design, Engineering, Operations, and Innovations: Service planning and design; Service process engineering; Expedited services and extreme logistics; Healthcare systems; Financial services; Retail and services management; Quality and customer satisfaction; Metrics and benchmarks; Security & safety-related services and management; Contingency planning; Operations research; Production engineering; Intelligent traffic; IT Project Management; Engineering consulting; Traffic planning; Integrated transportation; Transport operation and service.
Logistics & Supply Chain Management: On-demand delivery; Logistics planning; Freight forwarding and customs clearance; Venue logistics management; Warehouse and distribution; Transportation management systems; Reverse logistics; Logistics visibility and control; Procurement; Supply chain collaboration; Supply chain process; Supply chain networks.
Material Flow（MF）Science and Technology: MF fundamental sciences (MF mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc.); Comprehensive MF theory; MF in the natural world; Material flow in the social world; Material flow in the economic world; MF element theory; MF nature; MF engineering; MF Industry·MF Technological economics; Cycle MF System; X party material flow (XPMF); The MF complexity and emergence; The MF information and simulation technology; MF systems and networks; Financial Measures of MF
Service Marketing and Sustaining:Demand forecasting; Customer relationship management; Event communication and alerting; Services training; Services sustaining; Services quality; Services bundling; E-market for services.
Service/Event Management & Manufacturing:Event management system; Event sponsorship; Event-based production and supply chain; Event-based products and manufacturing; Intelligent manufacturing; Customization.
Information & Communications Technology and Systems (ICTS): ICTS services design and management; E-market for ICTS services; ICTS services standards, locating, composition, and bundling; Process modeling, augmentation, and automation; Real time identification & tracking; Pervasive and ubiquitous computing in logistics; Decision support systems; Software agent based systems; RFID; Data warehousing and data/Web mining; Business intelligence; Systems interoperability and integration; Information security; IT Project Management ;Information Management in construction project.
Electronic Commerce & Knowledge: Wireless Communication and mobile commerce; Mobile services; Electronic government; Information resource management; IT and enterprise innovation management; IT and strategy for the sustainable development of enterprises; Semiotics; Business performance management; Customer relationship management; Information economics; Network culture and harmonious society; Distributed computing; Sensor networks.
Paper Submission: Manuscripts in English must be electronically submitted at the conference website:http://soli08.bjtu.edu.cn. They should be at most six pages in the IEEE two-column conference paper format, including figures, tables, and references. A LaTeX style file and a Microsoft Word template are available from the conference web site. The submissions, however, need to be in PDF.
Deadline for submission of full papers: 1 June 2008
Acceptance/Rejection notification: 15 July 2008
Final camera-ready papers due: 15 August 2008
We look forward to meeting you in Beijing in October 2008.
IEEE/SOLI’2008 General Chair
School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University
详情请见附件：SOLI’2008_CFP.pdf
