Applied Industrial Engineering

CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (IJAIE) Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/ijaie Editor-in-Chief: RAJBIR SINGH BHATTI Published: Bi-Annually (both in Print and Electronic form) MISSION OF IJAIE: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering (IJAIE). The mission of the International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering (IJAIE)- Pennsylvania, USA, is to provide a forum for industrial engineering educators, researchers, and practitioners to advance the practice and understanding of applied and theoretical aspects of industrial engineering and related areas. This journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on the development, improvement, implementation, and evaluation of integrated systems in engineering. In additional, IJAIE is especially interested in those research studies that show a significant contribution to the area by way of intra and inter disciplinary approaches in industrial engineering. RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: * Business and strategy * Case studies in industry and services * Decision analysis * Engineering economy and cost estimation * Enterprise resource planning and ERPII * Facility location, layout, design, and materials handling * Forecasting, production planning, and control * Human factors, ergonomics, and safety * Industrial engineering education * Information and communication technology and systems * Innovation, knowledge management, and organizational learning * Inventory, logistics, and transportation * Knowledge and technology transfers in a globalized network * Manufacturing, control, and automation * Operations management * Performance analysis * Product and process design and management * Project management * Purchasing and procurement * Reliability and maintenance engineering * Scheduling in industry and service * Service systems and service management * Supply chain management * Systems and service modeling and simulation * Third party/fourth party logistics * Total quality management and quality engineering * Technology Transfer & Management SUBMITTING TO IJAIE: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at: http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf All article submissions will be forwarded to at least two members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to editor.ijaie@gmail.com (and a copy of the submission sent to rajbirbhatti@gmail.com). PUBLISHER: The International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering (IJAIE) is published by IGI Global, Pennsylvania, USA; (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. All inquiries and submissions should be directed to the attention of: RAJBIR SINGH BHATTI Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering (IJAIE) E-mail: editor.ijaie@gmail.com or rajbirbhatti@gmail.com Website: http://www.igi-global.com/ijaie