CFP Production and manufacturing system management
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Proposal Submission Deadline: February 26, 2010
Production and Manufacturing System Management: Coordination
Approaches and Multi-Site Planning
A book edited by Dr. Paolo Renna
University of Basilicata, Italy
To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=771
Introduction
The market globalization and increasing of competition forces the
manufacturing companies to adopt distributed production approach.
Moreover, Small and Medium Enterprises can compete to a global level
if they collaborate in production networks. The distributed approach
of production planning requires a coordination mechanism in order to
obtain a high level of performance. The Small and Medium Enterprises
can operate in a production planning environment characterized by an
independent unit, therefore without sharing of information among the
plants involved. Small and Medium Enterprises can gain competitive
advantages to participate in this kind of network.
Multi Agent Systems (MAS) are the most appropriate frameworks for
developing distributed applications, and this is particularly true in
Distributed Production Planning problems. A MAS needs a proper
coordination mechanism in order to guarantee goals achievement.
Most important, from a strategic point of view, is to understand what
kind of coordination policy can lead to a better global result for the
enterprise within a distributed framework. Therefore, the main
motivation of the book is to formalize and understand what kind of
real value, added by network cooperation, can be obtained by the
enterprises that participate.
Objective of the Book
This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the
latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for
research students and their supervisors who are always in search of
relevant theories to carry out their research, and for practitioners
who want to improve their understanding of distributed production
planning and their impact on the enterprise’s performance.
Many authors have addressed the multi-facility production-planning
problem as a distributed problem by using agent techniques. However,
none of them address the problem in terms of comparison of different
coordination strategies from a performance point of view. Most of the
papers concerning performance comparison are addressed by comparing
centralized approaches with decentralized ones. In the authors belief,
such a problem, even if very relevant as a benchmark for a
decentralized system, is not critical from a strategic point of view.
Indeed, the choice of a distributed approach is based on the
advantages it can lead to in a distributed enterprise (lower investing
and operating cost, reactiveness, reliability, and so forth). Most
important, from a strategic point of view, is to understand what kind
of coordination policy can lead to a better global result for the
enterprise within a distributed framework.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and
researchers working in the field of distributed production planning in
various disciplines, for example production planning managers,
knowledge management, supply chain/logistics management, enterprise
resource planning vendors, and e-business managers. Moreover, the
book will provide support to organize decentralized producti0n
planning in distributed organization and to apply the proposed
methodologies in production networks.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Production planning and scheduling
Distributed systems
Production networks
Multi Agent Systems
Decision support system
Coordination theory
Game theory
Multi-objective optimization algorithms
Game theory
Case studies in distributed production planning
Simulation tools
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
February 28, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of
accepted proposals will be notified by March 30, 2010 about the status
of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are
expected to be submitted by May 31, 2010. All submitted chapters will
be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be
requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Contributors may
also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (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. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2011.
Important Dates
February 26, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
March 30, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
May 31, 2010: Full Chapter Submission
July 30, 2010: Review Results Returned
August 31, 2010: Final Chapter Submission
September 30, 2010: Final Deadline
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word
document) or by mail to:
Dr. Paolo Renna
Department of Environmental Engineering and Physics
University of Basilicata
Potenza, Italy 85100
Tel.: +39 0971 205143 • Fax: +39 0971 205160 • GSM: +39 3204371282
E-mail: paolo...@unibas.it