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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">HICSS – The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – has been known worldwide as one of the longest standing scientific
communities in the information systems and technology fields. After last year’s success, another Digital Supply Chain of the Future Minitrack will be offered at HICSS-51 (2018) Conference. We welcome your submissions and please see below details.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">THE DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN OF THE FUTURE: TECHNOLOGIES, APPLICATIONS AND BUSINESS MODELS MINITRACK<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">This minitrack focuses on how smart products and cyber-physical systems in combination with mobile and cloud computing, digital social
networks, and big data analytics can contribute to the digital supply chain of tomorrow. It provides an outlet for all research focused on digitization of supply chains, on corresponding applications and emerging technologies. The impacts of digitization efforts
on firms and supply chains are considered from a management and business perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">We welcome research in progress or completed research papers that address technological aspects, applications, use
cases, theories, and models as well as other critical issues, including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Smart products (Internet of Things) and their impact on supply chains<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Location based services for suppliers, manufacturers and consumers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Innovative tracking and tracing technologies and applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Application of blockchain technology in supply chain management contexts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Autonomous transportation technologies (drones, self-driving vehicles etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Software and IT for the supply chain of the future<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Smart factories and smart supply processes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Analytics of sensor and social media data in manufacturing and logistics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Data-driven applications to support the realization of agile supply chains<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Innovative smart services for the customer based on smart products<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mobile solutions for white and blue collar workers along the supply chain<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Impacts of digitization on decision behavior in industrial companies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Effects of product virtualization on supply chain management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Business models based on smart object technologies in supply chains<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Methodologies, models, frameworks for the digital transformation in manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regulatory, privacy, and security issues with smart products and services<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Analysis of drivers and barriers for the digital transformation in manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Maturity models for digital transformation in manufacturing and logistics<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Analysis of digitization strategies in different industries<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Effects of digitization on cooperation behavior<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Relationship between corporate culture and digital transformation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Impacts of digitization on organizational, structural and process design<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Technological trends related to Cyber-Physical Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Complementary innovations for and architectures of smart product based solutions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Impacts of digitization on product and service offerings<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Relationship between digitization and value creation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Impacts of digitization on decision-making structures<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Impacts of smart products/services on consumer behaviors<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cross-country analysis of digitization of products and services<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">Paper Submission and Review System is now live. Important Dates for Paper Submission:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">June 15, 2017 | 11:59 pm HST : Paper submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">August 17, 2017: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">September 22, 2017: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#303133;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">October 1, 2017: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for HICSS-51<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">Details about this conference can be found at
<a href="http://hicss.hawaii.edu/">http://hicss.hawaii.edu/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#303133">Details about this minitrack can be found at
<a href="http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-50/internet-and-the-digital-economy/">http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-50/internet-and-the-digital-economy/</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:20.25pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133">Minitrack Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133">Alexander Pflaum</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133"> (Primary Contact)<br>
Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany<br>
<a href="mailto:alexander.pflaum@uni-bamberg.de">alexander.pflaum@uni-bamberg.de</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133">Günter Prockl</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133"><br>
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark<br>
<a href="mailto:gp.om@cbs.dk">gp.om@cbs.dk</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133">Freimut Bodendorf</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133"><br>
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg<br>
<a href="mailto:freimut.bodendorf@fau.de">freimut.bodendorf@fau.de</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:13.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133">Haozhe Chen</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Hind",serif;color:#303133"><br>
Iowa State University<br>
<a href="mailto:hzchen@iastate.edu">hzchen@iastate.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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