Special issue call for papers from Supply Chain Management
Special issue call for papers: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/scm.htm
2016 Impact Factor 4.072
Guest Editors: Dr Beverly Wagner and Professor Richard Wilding OBE
Submission deadline: March 31, 2018
Automation and enabling technologies can benefit business and economies globally by revolutionising supply chains, altering ways we work, demanding new skills and capabilities, improving communication, collaboration and integration of supply chain partners. At the same time, technologies can contribute to achieving economic objectives by addressing productivity, efficiency, health and safety, environmental and social sustainability. Forward thinking organisations expanding into poor and aspirational markets will utilise advanced technologies catalysing transformational economic and social change.
Exponential technologies present an array of opportunities and risks, as they encourage innovation across the entire supply chain. These encompass Industry 4.0; Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Physical Systems(CPSs), Machine to Machine (M2M), Advanced Robots, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Blockchain, 3D printing, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Drones, Sensors etc.
Macro level forces fuel innovation by forcing core system modernisation and changing the role of IT within organisations. Potential “disruptive” technologies support proactive procurement and manufacturing productivity. Technological innovation directly impact on employee quality of life, working hours and pay. Greater connectivity provide buyers and consumers with more information than ever before about product origin as well as its environmental impact.
This special issue invites systematic literature reviews that explore the application and impact of advanced technologies on supply chain management theory and practice. Highlighted is the multidisciplinary nature of SCMij and considerations beyond organisational boundaries. Central to this call are discussions on the implications for practice in terms of the impact on society, environment and economy (that is beyond telling us how great robots are!). From the systematic reviews, evidence for continued focus on traditional areas of supply chain investigation as well as emphasising new topics for research will be identified that encapsulate this changing landscape
Themes relevant to this special issue include, but not limited to:
Business model innovation
Operating and delivery modes
Procurement
Design and product development
Open innovation,
New forms of partnerships
Developing capabilities
Education for supply chain talent
Risk and resilience
Supply chain disruption
Retail supply chains
Servitization
Social sustainability
Environmental sustainability and the circular economy
Supply chain theories for 2030
Systematic Literature review methodology must be evidence-based, using a robust ‘‘auditable’’ and ‘‘repeatable’’ literature review methodology, for example the ‘‘Systematic Review Approach’’ (Tranfield et al., 2003; Rousseau et al., 2008; Denyer and Tranfield, 2009). Please note: Narrative reviews using poor methodology will be rejected by the Editors. The review should focus on a single question that tries to identify, appraise, select and synthesize all high quality research evidence relevant to that question. The single research question should fulfil SCMIJ requirements by having a multidisciplinary focus and extending beyond the dyad. Complex issues in supply chain management research require holistic and systematic approaches to investigation; better understood through multi-disciplinary lenses. The objective of ‘‘extending beyond the dyad’’ is aimed at pushing the boundaries beyond the traditional buyer/supplier interface.
Literature reviews that contribute most to theory building:
1. are thorough and ‘‘auditable’’;
2. provide a description of the literature analyzed through a number of perspectives;
3. provide structure to the literature by using typologies and categorization;
4. are well-written;
5. identify themes;
6. identify missing themes;
7. raise new research questions;
8. result in a better understanding of a phenomenon; and
9. are interesting.
For this Call, manuscript length requirements are flexible, but to a maximum of 12,000 words. For topics about which few articles have been published the reviews logically may be relatively short. That is fine, as long as the reviews meet the listed criteria. Other topics with a long history will feature many published manuscripts. In those situations, review papers may need to be longer, which is acceptable as well.
Submission guidelines
In preparing manuscripts, authors are asked to follow the Author Guidelines available on the journal homepage athttp://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/scm.htm.
To submit your paper online you must first create an author account at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scm then follow the on-screen guidance which takes you through the submission process. If you have any queries about the submission process, please contact the journal’s Publisher, Claire Jackson, at cjackson@emeraldgroup.com.
Submission deadline: March 31, 2018
特刊：邀请供应链管理领域的文章
期刊：Supply Chain Management: An International Journal www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/scm.htm
2016年影响因子：4.072
特邀编辑: Dr Beverly Wagner and Professor Richard Wilding OBE
提交截止时间：2018年3月31日
通过革新供应链，改变我们的工作方式，要求新的技能和能力，改善供应链合作伙伴的沟通，协作和整合，自动化和支持技术可以使全球的企业和经济体受益。同时，通过解决生产力，效率，健康和安全，环境和社会可持续性等问题，技术可以有助于实现经济目标。正在向贫穷和理想的市场扩张的具有前瞻性思维的组织，都离不开这类促进转型的经济和社会变革的先进技术。
指数技术（Exponential technologies）既带来机会，也会产生风险，因为它们鼓励整个供应链的创新。这些技术包括工业4.0，物联网（IoT），网络物理系统（CPS），机器对机器（M2M），高级机器人，云计算，人工智能，自动驾驶汽车，区块链，3D打印，信息系统，数据分析，无人机，传感器等。
宏观层面的力量通过加强核心系统现代化和改变组织内IT的角色来推动创新。潜在的“颠覆性”技术将支持主动采购和扩大生产力。技术创新直接影响员工的生活质量，工作时间和薪酬。并且，技术的连通性也为买家和消费者提供了比以往更多的关于产品来源及其对环境影响的信息。
本特刊邀请探讨先进技术在供应链管理理论和实践中的应用和影响的文献综述。文章需要凸显SCMij的多学科性质和超越组织边界的考虑。这个特刊的核心是讨论实践对社会，环境和经济的影响（而不仅仅是告诉我们机器人有多棒！）。从系统评价来看，无论是持续关注供应链的传统领域还是研究新课题，只要概述了这一新变化，我们都能接受。
这个特刊的主题范围包括但不仅限于：
商业模式创新
运营和交付模式
采购
设计和产品开发
开放式创新
新型合作伙伴关系
开发能力
供应链人才的教育
风险和弹性
供应链中断
零售供应链
服务化
社会可持续
环境可持续及循环经济
2030年的供应链理论
系统的文献综述必须基于可靠的证据，必须使用“可审核”和“可重复”的文献综述的方法，例如“系统综述法”(Tranfield et al., 2003; Rousseau et al., 2008; Denyer and Tranfield, 2009)。请注意：使用不好的方法的叙述性综述将会被编辑拒稿。综述需要紧扣一个主题，并且尽量找出、评估、筛选、分析与该主题相关的所有高质量的研究证据。研究的主题应该是跨学科的并且超越二元视角，以满足SCMIJ的要求。复杂的供应链管理问题需要整体且系统的研究方法，跨学科的视角能够更好的解决此类问题。而“超越二元视角”要求则是为了推动突破传统的卖家-供应商的界限。
对理论贡献最大的文献综述需满足：
1. 全面并且“可审核”
2. 从多个角度对文献分析进行描述
3. 通过类型学和分类方法来提供文献框架
4. 文笔流畅
5. 主题明确
6. 指出缺少的主题
7. 提出新的研究问题
8. 能够为一种现象提供更好的解释
9. 有趣
此次征集文章的长度灵活，但是最多不超过12,000个字。一些综述的研究主题可能只有很少的相关文章发表，所以逻辑上的综述可能相对较短。这没关系，只要综述符合上述标准即可。一些综述的研究主题可能已经有很长时间的历史了，所以文章会相对较长，这也是可以接受的。
提交指南
在准备稿件的时候，作业需要参考按照期刊主页上“作者指南”的要求。主页网址：http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/scm.htm.
网上提交稿件你首先需要在http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scm 上创建一个作者账户，并按照页面的指示完成你的提交流程。如果你有有关提交流程的任何问题，请期刊的出版商联系：Claire Jackson, 邮箱： cjackson@emeraldgroup.com.