THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGILE MANUFACTURING Presents
"Tomorrow's Dreams-Yesterday"
Radisson Metrodome University of Minnesota Campus Minneapolis, MN USA ICAM'98 June 21-23
Sponsored by Minnesota Technology, Inc. The International Society of Agile Manufacturing The International Society for Productivity Enhancement (ISPE)
CONFERENCE TOPICS This conference aims to bring together eminent personalities engaged in A= gile Manufacturing and related areas to share their expertise and experie= nce. The topics to be discussed in this conference include (but are not = limited to):
Competitive Foundation Continuous Change & Rapid Response (Evolving Quality Journey (Environment= al Responsibilities
Enterprise Characteristics Concurrency (Continuous Education (Customer Responsive (Dynamic Multi-Ven= turing (Employees Valued & Knowledgeable Employees (Open Architecture (Qu= ality over Product Life (Short Cycle Time (Technology Leadership & Total = Enterprise Integration (Vision Based Management (Supply Chain Logistics
Manufacturing Enterprise Elements Business Environment (Communication & Information (Cooperation & Teaming = Factors (Enterprise Flexibility & Concurrency (Technology Deployment (Sub= -contractor & Supplier Support =
(MES/MRP/ERP (Simulation (Internet Based Design (Manufacturing & Distribu= tion
Next Generation Manufacturing NGM Enterprise (Global Divers (Attributes (Dilemmas (Imperatives (Action = Plans (Next Steps
Implied Enabling Sub-Systems Continuous Education (Customer Interactive Systems (Distributed Data Base= s (Energy Systems (Global Multi-Venturing (Intelligent Sensors & Control = (Rapid Cooperation Mechanisms (Simulation & Modeling (Technology Adoption= & Transfer (Zero Accident Methodology
Business & Management Issues (People (Information & Technology (Business Practices (Information Manage= ment Systems (Human Resource Management (Agile Organizations (Information= Infrastructure (Marketing with Agility (Customer-Supplier Relations (Mea= ning Success-Tools & Metrics (Electronic Commerce
Miscellaneous (CAD/CAM/CAE (Quality Function Deployment (QFD) (Intelligent Manufacturin= g (Rapid Prototyping & Software Engineering (Total Quality Management (TQ= M) (Concurrent Engineering
SUBMISSION DATES
We are looking for speakers/participants from government, academia and in= dustry for this conference and workshop. Please send the title and abstr= act (200 words) of your presentation as well as your address, telephone n= umber, fax, and e-mail to the listed contact persons. The selected paper= s of this conference will be published in the "International Journal of A= gile Manufacturing (IJAM)" or the "International Journal of Advanced Manu= facturing (IJAMS)". The abstract of the paper will be due by Feb. 28th, = 1998 and the paper will be due by March 31st,1998.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION The paper size should be Letter 8.5 x 11 in. Manuscripts should be type = written, single-spaced. Margins should be as follows: top, right, and bo= ttom should be 0.75 of an inch from the edge of the page; the (left) bind= ing edge should be 1 inch from the edge. Articles must be in English. M= anuscripts (including tables, charts, and figures) should not exceed 4,00= 0 words (approximately 10-12 typewritten single-spaced pages). Pictures = should be black and white at high contrast. Drawings should be in black = ink. All images should be scanned at 300dpi at 150 line screen and saved= as a TIF or EPS file. The font must be Times New Roman. =
The main title should be font size 14, all caps, bold, and centered. It = must be followed by the author's name, in font size 13, bold and centered= =2E The author's professional title must follow under the name in font s= ize 12, regular and centered. The company/institution name must follow u= nder the professional title using the same format, and followed by the co= mplete mailing address, telephone, fax, and/or e-mail, all using the same= format. There must be a short abstract (200 words) and 5-10 relevant ke= ywords. All acronyms should be spelled out when first used. The word "a= bstract" should be in font size 13, bold, all caps, and aligned left. Al= l text should be font size 12, regular, and justified. The word "keyword= s" should be font size 12 and bold, the keywords should immediately follo= w after a colon on the same line, regular. The word "introduction" and i= ts text should follow the same format as the abstract. All subtitles sho= uld be font size 13, bold, aligned left, and underlined; sub-subtitles sh= ould follow the same format only without underlining. The word "figure" = or pictures' and tables' titles should be font size 13, bold, and centere= d. Please send your manuscript on a 3 1/2 in. floppy using MicroSoft Wor= d along with two hard copies.
CONFERENCE SITE
The Conference will be held at the Raddisson Metrodome on the University = of Minnesota Campus 615 Washington Ave., SE Minneapolis, MN 55401 Toll free: 1-800-822-6757 or Local: 612/379-8888
CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSES GARY CAMPBELL, CO-CHAIR 612/672-3405 gcampbell@mail.mntech.org KATHRYN NEUMANN, CO-CHAIR 612/672-3475 kneumann@mail.mntech.org Minnesota Technology, Inc. 111 Third Ave., Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 554= 01 & DR. SUREN N. DWIVEDI, PUBLICATIONS OF PROCEEDINGS/PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNAL= S The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering=
P. O. Box 44170, 241 E. Lewis St., CLR Hall Rm. 223 Lafayette, LA 70504-4= 170 Tel: 318/482-5361 Fax: 318/262-5472 snd7483@usl.edu
*Please circulate this call for paper to all interested individuals
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