The International Journal of Manufacturing Excellence (IJME) is an international, peer-reviewed journal, which addresses current issues in the manufacturing field and its related disciplines. The journal is interdisciplinary in nature, providing academicians and practitioners a forum to disseminate knowledge on new and advanced developments to improve theory and practice.
Manuscript topics
Business Information Systems, Communication, Decision Support Systems, E-Commerce, Global Business, Operations Research/Statistics, Purchasing/Materials Management, Quality Management, Production/Operations, Strategic Management Policy, Supply Chain Management, Technology/Innovation, Transportation/Physical Distribution.
Objectives
Globalization of the markets and new technological improvements have had major impacts on the manufacturing field and its related disciplines. The main objective of IJME is to offer researchers and practitioners an international platform to analyze and discuss the current developments in manufacturing and related disciplines and to provide directions for the future. The journal aims to promote state of the art research and facilitate the exchange of new ideas and advancements in the field, contributing to the progression of the society and the economy.
Readership
The audience includes researchers and academics, as well as managers, executives, consultants, policy makers, and other professionals in the field of manufacturing and its related disciplines.
Contents
IJME publishes original, conceptual and/or empirical research articles, case studies, book reviews and notes, management and technology reports, commentary and shorter viewpoint papers. Special issues devoted to important topics in manufacturing excellence and related areas will be published occasionally.
Subject Coverage
IJME topics include, but are not limited to the following:
• Business Information Systems
• Decision Support Systems
• Distribution
• Education
• E-Commerce
• Enterprise Systems
• Global manufacturing
• Lean manufacturing and lean enterprises
• Logistics
• Manufacturing innovation
• Manufacturing systems
• Manufacturing processes
• New Developments
• Operations/Production
• Project management
• Quality Management
• Productivity
• Purchasing/Materials Management
• Research and development
• Six sigma
• Supply chain management
• Strategic Issues
Specific Notes for Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page.
You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details of file formats in Author Guidelines) to Dr. Asli Y. Akbulut or Dr. Ram Subramanian below, with a copy to:
Please include in your submission the title of the Journal.
Dr. Jaideep Motwani (Editor-in-Chief)
Chair and Professor of Management
Grand Valley State University
Seidman School of Business
401 West Fulton, Suite 409C
Grand Rapids MI 49504, USA
E-mail: motwanij@gvsu.edu
Associate Editor
Dr. Asli Yagmur Akbulut
Grand Valley State University
Seidman School of Business
401 West Fulton, Suite 431C
Grand Rapids MI 49504, USA
Dr. Ram Subramanian
Department of Management and Information Systems
School of Business
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
Disclaimer
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