CALL FOR PAPERS

AMCIS 2012
Seattle, Washington
August 9-12, 2012

Track: E-Business and E-Commerce (SIGeBiz)

Mini-track: Information Technology (IT)-enabled Supply Chain Management: Co-Creating and Capturing Business Value from IT


The preoccupation with supply chain management (SCM) has been present over the last few decades. Numerous studies have pointed to the need to increase the level of integration of inter- and intra-organizational processes and information systems in order to achieve a greater level of seamlessness and reduce duplication efforts and corresponding inefficiencies. The advent of new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Bluetooth, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) II) should accelerate this trend. For example, the combination of intelligent products and intelligent services enabled by RFID with the existing ICTs in supply chains should play a facilitating role – thus allowing greater visibility of products and services to supply chain members –, and in parallel offer more opportunities for quick and efficient supply chain activities. Supply chain members should therefore face greater strain as they will be expected to manage not only their own activities in relation to those products and services, but also the integration of upstream and downstream core business processes and inter- and intra-organizational information systems. In this context, collaboration between the supply chain stakeholders to co-create and capture value from ITs for their economic growth sustainability becomes not only a prerequisite, but also a major challenge. This mini-track aims to look at how to co-create and capture business value from new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII) both at the firm and supply chain levels.

Suggested topics, but are not limited to:

• IT-enabled business analytics at the firm and supply chain levels
• Business process modeling & simulation, business process redesign from new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID , Bluetooth, ERPII) at the firm and supply chain levels
• Modeling and simulation of the business value of new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII) on quality management
• Modeling and simulation of the costs and risks associated with the deployment of new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII) at firm and supply chain levels
• Modeling and simulation of financial, managerial, leadership, and human resources required for projects of new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII)
• Diffusion, adoption and use of new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII) at firm and supply chain levels
• Case studies on the implementation of new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII) for business value co-creation at the firm and supply chain levels
• Enabling innovative electronic business models using new concepts (e.g., social media, Web 2.0, green supply chain) and technologies (e.g., RFID technology, Bluetooth, ERPII) in various sectors (e.g., healthcare, retail, manufacturing)


Important Deadlines

• January 2, 2012: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012
• March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions
• April 2, 20012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date
• April 20, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due
• June 12, 2012: Last day for AMCIS 2012 Early Registration
• July 13, 2012: Deadline for making hotel room reservations
• July 24, 2012: Last day for AMCIS 2012 Regular Registration

Instructions for authors and more information about the conference at : http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/



Mini-track Chairs:
a) Dr Samuel Fosso Wamba
CompTIA RFID+ Certified Professional
Senior Lecturer, School of Information Systems & Technology (SISAT)
University of Wollongong
Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
Associate Professor, Rouen Business School, France
Phone: +61 2 4221 3937
Fax : +61 2 4221 4170
Email: samuel@uow.edu.au
Web page : www.samuelfossowamba.com

b) Dr Ygal Bendavid
CompTIA RFID+ Certified Professional
Professor, Operation Management, Department of Management and Technology
School of Management
The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montréal, Canada
E-mail: bendavid.ygal@uqam.ca

c) Dr Ming Lim
Engineering & Applied Science
Aston University, UK
Email: m.k.lim@aston.ac.uk