20th ANZAM Operation, Supply Chain and Service Management Symposium 2023

Digital transformation of supply chain operations has become a powerful tool to enable supply chains to be resilient and sustainable against turbulence while maintaining performance. Numerous digital solutions such as information integration in supply chain, blockchain, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, and other advanced technologies enable organizations to identify problems and opportunities, seize opportunities, reconfigure resources and transform organizational capabilities and supply chain operations to manage and enhance performance. However, developing operational excellence and driving superior performance through digital transformation requires selecting the right strategies, implementing well-thought-out plans and building the right capabilities, all of which require sound organizational changes and leadership.

This Symposium seeks to develop links between theory and practice, and will provide a platform for academics, industry partners, research students, and other practitioners to share novel empirical and modelling approaches for Managing Turbulence and Performance in Operations & Supply Chains Through Digital Transformation.

Symposium program

Keynote speaker: Professor Tava Olsen

Professor Tava Olsen is the Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Dean (Academic) at Melbourne Business School

Tava is an award-winning expert in operations and supply chain management, with a PhD from Stanford University and extensive experience publishing in Financial Times’ Top 50 journals. 

Tava has edited several top academic journals including Operations Research (Area Editor for Operations and Supply Chain), Production and Operations Management (Senior Editor), Management Science (Associate Editor) and Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (Associate Editor).

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Key dates

Symposium leadership team

Co-chairs 

• Dr Maruf Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Email: Maruf.Chowdhury@uts.edu.au 
• Dr Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor, Department of Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Email: Sanjoy.Paul@uts.edu.au 
• Dr Peter Shi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Macquarie University. Email: Peter.Shi@mq.edu.au 
• Dr Hadwyn Chen, Chairman of Group Digital Transformation Committee, Agree Technology Email: Hadwyn.Chen@mq.edu.au 

Organising committee 

• Dr Maruf Chowdhury (UTS)
• Dr Moira Scerri (UTS)
• Dr Sanjoy Paul (UTS)
• Professor Renu Agarwal (UTS)
• Dr Peter Shi (Macquarie University)
• Dr Priyabrata Chowdhury (RMIT University) 

Advisory Committee Members 

• Professor Bronwen Dalton (UTS)
• Professor Prabhu Sivabalan (UTS)
• Professor Amrik Sohal (Monash University)
• Professor Mohammed Quaddus (Curtin University)

Call for papers

We invite contributions addressing operations, supply chain and services management issues. 

Papers addressing our theme of Managing Turbulence and Performance in Operations & Supply Chains Through Digital Transformation are welcomed. We encourage submissions from all conceptual, analytical, and empirical perspectives. 

Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Big Data and Data-Driven Decision Making
• Business Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence and Internet of things (IoT) in operations and supply chain
• Blockchain Applications in Operations and Supply Chain
• Information Integration in Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
• Supply Chain Sustainability
• Circular Supply Chain Practices
• Lean and Agile Systems
• Production Planning and Operations Management
• Quality Management
• Procurement and Distribution Management
• Global sourcing and Distribution Management
• Service Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Logistics Management
• Sharing Economy Practices in Supply Chain Operations
• Health Service Operations
• Behavioural aspects related to digital transformation

Authors have the option to either submit a full paper for review (5000 words maximum), or preferably an extended abstract of 500-800 words. Review procedures will be coordinated by Dr Maruf Chowdhury, Dr Moira Scerri, Associate Professor Sanjoy Paul and Dr Peter Shi. All submissions should be double-spaced using a 12-point Times New Roman font structured under the following headings: Title, Introduction, Literature Review, Method, Findings, Contributions and Implications.

Contact

For any enquiries, contact co-chair Dr Maruf Chowdhury by email: Maruf.Chowdhury@uts.edu.au.