Conference Track: 23rd ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain, and Services Management Symposium
Call for Papers
We invite contributions addressing issues in the operations, supply chain, and services management disciplines, with a particular focus on the intersection of project management and supply chain in complex and uncertain environments. Papers addressing our theme of “Supply Chain and Project Management in an Increasingly Complex and Uncertain Global Environment“ are welcome, as are papers that engage with broader challenges of supply chain resilience, digital transformation, sustainability, eco-innovation, and cross-sector collaboration. We encourage submissions from all conceptual, analytical, and empirical perspectives, including case studies, systematic literature reviews, simulation and modelling studies, and mixed-methods research. Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following areas:
Conference Tracks
- Project Management in Supply Chain and Operations
- Project management methodologies and frameworks for supply chains and operations
- Project governance, portfolio and program management in supply chain ecosystems
- Agile, hybrid and traditional project management in operations contexts
- Megaprojects, infrastructure delivery and supply chain coordination
- Project performance measurement, value delivery and success factors
- AI-enabled project management and decision intelligence
- Complexity, Uncertainty and Resilience in Project-Based Supply Chains
- Managing complexity and uncertainty in large-scale supply chain projects
- Geopolitical risk, disruption and resilience strategies
- Project-based resilience and adaptive supply chain design
- Integration of supply chain risk management within project environments
- Humanitarian logistics, disaster response and crisis project management
- Global supply networks under uncertainty
- Digital Transformation, Analytics and Technology Projects
- Digital transformation projects in supply chains and operations
- Digital supply chains: AI, blockchain, IoT and digital twins
- Data-driven project management and business analytics
- Automation and smart operations systems
- Project governance for digital and AI-driven initiatives
- Cybersecurity and digital risk in supply chain projects
- Sustainability, Circular Economy and Responsible Project Management
- Sustainable and green project management in supply chains
- Eco-innovation and low-carbon operations
- Circular economy and closed-loop supply chains
- ESG integration in project and supply chain decision-making
- Sustainable infrastructure and project delivery
- Supply chains in indigenous and community contexts
- Operations and projects in emerging and developing economies
- Operations, Logistics and Project Execution
- Production planning and control in project-based environments
- Inventory and capacity management in supply chain projects
- Lean, agile and hybrid operations
- Logistics, distribution and last-mile delivery
- Supply chain network design and reconfiguration
- Execution challenges in project-driven operations systems
- Strategic, Collaborative and Networked Supply Chains
- Strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management
- Contracting, governance and incentives in project supply chains
- Cross-sector collaboration and public–private partnerships
- Multi-stakeholder project environments and ecosystems
- Supply chains in the sharing and platform economy
- Relational governance and trust in project networks
- Services, Innovation and Healthcare Operations
- Service operations and service supply chains
- Healthcare operations and project-based system transformation
- Innovation management and new product/service development
- Digital health and healthcare supply chain resilience
- Project management in service innovation and transformation
- Education, Capability Development and Future of Work
- Supply chain and project management education and pedagogy
- Curriculum innovation and experiential learning
- Teaching project management in supply chain contexts
- Industry–academia collaboration and knowledge transfer
- Workforce capability development and future skills
- AI, digital skills and the future of project and supply chain profession
Publication Opportunities
Selected high-quality papers will be considered for:
- Special issue in the International Journal of Logistics Management (TBC)
- ANZAM best paper awards
Paper submission format
Authors have the option to either submit a full paper (5,000 words maximum with a short abstract limited to 100 words), or an extended abstract (1,500 words maximum, preferred). For a submission to be accepted, at least one author should register for the Symposium and present their work. A person may be the author/co-author of multiple submissions. However, each person can present at most two full papers or extended abstracts.