[Logprofs] Call for Papers - Supply Chain Management an International Journal

[Nicola Codner]

 Please can you send out the following call for papers for Supply Chain
Management? I had previously sent a link to the website so the call for
papers could be sent out. It would seem that this link instead of the
actual call for papers has been sent out and some people can not get
access to the call for papers via the link because they cannot log in to
the website.

 

Please let me know if any problems?

 

Thanks

 

Nicola Codner

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Supply Chain Management: an International Journal

Special issue call for papers

Supply Chain Management in Health Services

Supply Chain Management: an International Journal
<http://listmanager.emeraldinsight.com/t/6925/320928/641/0/> 

During the last decade, the health care sector has changed rapidly. Due
to increased competition, the growing influence of patient-associations
and a necessity to deliver health services in a more efficient and
effective way, many health care organisations have started projects in
the area of patient logistics, clinical pathways, data interchange and
vertical integration. Moreover, the redesign of hospital services and
the implementation of integrated care programmes are frequently
addressed as being critical strategies to decrease resource utilization
and improve healthcare quality. Clearly, not only in practice but also
from a theoretical point of view the area of health service operations
has changed significantly. During the last ten years an impressive
number of studies originating in different disciplines like Economics,
Organisational Behaviour and Logistics have drastically enlarged our
knowledge regarding the health care sector. From a Supply Chain
Management perspective however, our body of knowledge regarding the
health care sector still seems to be rather fragmented. Although many
health care organisations have recognized the importance of adopting
supply chain management practices, the application of techniques,
methods and best practices originally developed in an industrial setting
is often problematic. Without doubt, the complexity of the technologies
being used, the existence of multiple stakeholders, a dynamic internal
and external environment and distinctive characteristics of health
service operations often impede a straight forward application of
industrial oriented supply chain management practices. The many
problematic projects aiming at implementing integrated planning systems
regarding patient flows and establishing partnership relationships
between different health service organisations are a clear indication of
the difficulties health care organisations are facing when adopting a
supply chain management philosophy. 

In this special issue we seek to explore the application of the Supply
Chain Management philosophy in a health service setting. Although
contributions are encouraged from diverse disciplines (e.g. Economics,
Operations Management, Logistics, Organisational Behaviour, Information
Technology) we are particularly interested in results from
multi-disciplinary research focusing on cross-functional topics.
Moreover, in-depth case studies embedded in a sound theoretical
methodology as well as theoretical research papers that provide original
work on current trends and issues in the health care sector are
welcomed. 

Topics 

We are looking for contributions (case studies, models, theory) in
health services concerning but not limited to: 

*	strategic alliances and partnerships 
*	applications of information technology supporting Supply Chain
Management practices 
*	efficient and/or effective Supply Chain Management 
*	co-ordination and interfaces in supply chains 
*	the influence of stakeholders on the adoption of Supply Chain
Management 
*	the application of integrated supply chain management programmes

*	integrated care pathways and logistics 

Submission guidelines:
All submissions should be made though Manuscript Central, following the
guidelines below: 

Registering on Manuscript Central 
If you have not yet registered on Manuscript Central, please follow the
instructions below: 

*	Please log on to: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scm
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*	Click on 'Create Account' 
*	Follow the on-screen instructions, filling in the requested
details before proceeding 
*	Your username will be your email address and you have to input a
password of at least 8 characters in length and containing two or more
numbers 
*	Click 'Finish' and your account has been created 

Submitting an article to SCM on Manuscript Central 

*	Please log on to SCM at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scm
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username and password. This will take you through to the Welcome page 
*	(To consult the Author Guidelines for this journal, click on the
Home Page link in the Resources column) 
*	Click on the Author Centre button 
*	Click on the submit a manuscript link which will take you
through to the Manuscript Submission page 
*	Complete all fields and browse to upload your article to the
Supply Chain Management in Health Services special issue 
*	When all required sections are completed, preview your .pdf
proof 
*	Submit your manuscript 

The deadline for submission is: 1 May 2008 

Guest editors 

Jan de Vries
Department of Operations Management, University of Groningen, the
Netherlands
e-mail: jan.de.vries at rug.nl 

Robbert Huijsman
Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
the Netherlands
e-mail: R.Huijsman at zorgconsult.nl 

If you have any queries please contact me on the below details. 

Kind Regards, 

Nicola Codner
Assistant Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 

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