<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-size: 14px;">New DSI Track: “Logistics, Distribution, & Order Fulfillment”<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-size: 14px;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Track Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Stanley E. Griffis, Michigan State University</b> <i>[<a href="mailto:griffis@broad.msu.edu">griffis@broad.msu.edu</a>]</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Stephan M. Wagner , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich</b> </span><i><span style="font-size: 14px;">[<a href="mailto:stwagner@ethz.ch">stwagner@ethz.ch</a>]</span><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Logistics, distribution, and order fulfillment functions are crucial for the effective and efficient operation of manufacturing and service supply chains. This track is open to presentations that advance knowledge and theory of practices evolving in the field of logistics, customer service distribution, and order fulfillment. Topics of interest in this track include but are not limited to logistics networks, inventory management, logistics service firms, transportation, information and communication technology, collaboration and integration, organizational issues, performance measurement, or sustainability in logistics and operations. Furthermore, this track welcomes papers based on all types methodologies.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">Please see </span><a href="http://dsi-tampa2014.org/submission/"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri; color: windowtext;">http://dsi-tampa2014.org/submission/</span></a><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"> for instructions for submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">Conference Management System is accepting submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">05/01/2014 Full Paper Submissions Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">05/15/2014 Papers Abstracts Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">05/15/2014 Panels Proposals Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">07/01/2014 Authors Notified of Paper Acceptance Decision<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri;">07/15/2014 Full Paper Revisions Resubmission</span></p><div><br></div><div>
Stanley E. Griffis, Ph.D.<br>Associate Professor of Logistics<br>Supply Chain Management Department<br>Eli Broad College of Business<br>Michigan State University<br>East Lansing MI 48824<br><br>(517) 432-4320
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