ISOMA 2004

ISOMA 2004 9th International Symposium on manufacturing and Applications
Chair: Ali K. Kamrani, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Houston, Texas, USA

Dear Colleagues:

We would like to invite you to participate in the 6th Biannual World Automation Congress, to be held in Seville, Spain on June 28-July 1, 2004. WAC 2004 will be hosting the 9th International Symposium on Manufacturing and Applications (ISOMA 2004). The theme of this symposium is "Mass Customization." The preliminary Call for Papers is attached. More
information will follow as it becomes available.

We are currently planning for ISOMA 2004 and are seeking authors with research or application interests in Design, Manufacturing, Mass customization and supply chain management. If you are interested in participation (session organizers and chairs, papers and presentations) please contact ISOMA co-chairs.

Best regards,

ISOMA 2004 Chairs
www.www.wacong.org

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BIENVENIDOS A SEVILLA, ESPAÑA

International Symposium on Manufacturing and Applications - ISOMA 2004
Jun 28 - July 1, 2004
Melia Lebreros Hotel
Seville, Spain
http://www.andalucia.com/cities/sevilla.htm

Symposium Chair
Professor Ali K. Kamrani, Ph.D.
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128-1491, USA
Tel: 313.593.5399
Fax: 313.593.3692
kamkode@umich.edu

Symposium Co-Chairs and Regions
USA
Professor Charu Chandra, Ph.D.
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128-1491, USA
Tel: 313.593.5258
Fax: 313.593.3692
charu@umich.edu

Australia
Professor Hamid Abachi, Ph.D.
Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering
Monash University
P.O.Box 35
Victoria 3800, AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 3 9905 3824
Fax : +61 3 9905 3454
Abachi@eng.monash.edu.au

Europe
Professor Dr.-Ing. Nina Vojdani
The University of Rostock
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technologies
Richard-Wagner-Str. 31, 18119 Rostock, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 381- 498 33 03
Fax: +49 (0) 381- 498 33 02
nina.vojdani@mbst.uni-rostock.de

Manfredi Bruccoleri, Faculty of Engineering
Dipartimento di Tecnologia Meccanica, Produzione e Ingegneria Gestionale
University of Palermo
Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, ITALY
Tel +39-091-6657057
fax +39-091-6657039
manbru@risc350.dtpm.unipa.it

Professor Janet Efstathiou, Ph.D.
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford
Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
Tel: +44 1865 280932
Fax: +44 1865 273922
hje@robots.ox.ac.uk

Asia
Professor Dr. Shigeki Umeda, Ph.D.
Management School
Musashi University
1-26 Toyotama-kami Nerima
Tokyo 176-8534, JAPAN
Tel: +81 35 984 3837
fax: +81 33 991 1198
shigeki@cc.musashi.ac.jp

Program Committee
Andrew Kusiak, Ph.D., University of Iowa, USA
Benoit Montreuil, Ph.D., Laval University, Canada
Cihan Dagli, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla, USA
Ghassan Kridli, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Hamid Seifoddini, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Jian Dong, Ph.D., Boeing, USA
Kaan Katircioglu, Ph.D., T.J. Watson Research Center, IBM, USA
Kathy Stecke,Ph.D., University of Texas-Dallas, USA
Nariman Sepehri, Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Canada
Onur Ulgen, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Osamu Ono, Ph.D., Meiji University, Japan
Poornachandra Rao Panchalavarapu Ph.D., Schneider Logistics Inc., USA
Raj Veeramani, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Reza Lashkari, Ph.D., University of Windsor, Canada
Saifallah Benjaafar, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA
Sanjay Joshi, Ph.D., Penn State University, USA
Sead Salhieh, Ph.D., University of Amman, Jordan
Shaw Feng, Ph.D., NIST, USA
Venkata Allada, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla, USA

Symposium Theme
Mass customization operates with product configuration in order to adapt to
customer requirements through mass production of individually customized
goods and services. A balance between customer expectations about price and
delivery promptness of customized products and producers' ability to
schedule within an acceptable cost and time frame is put forward as one of
the conditions required for successful implementation of mass customization.
An efficient production network should be available for implementation of
this strategy. If other conditions are met, then finding the balance and a
production network configuration supporting it remains an ultimate decision
making goal. Customization is achieved by postponing some production
activities until customer orders are received. Production is finalized
according to ordered product specification. In a multi-stage production
system, there would be a stage, starting from which production is
initialized only upon receiving customer's order. The implementation of mass
customization and postponement strategies also affects the structure of the
enterprise because postponement activities will most likely be placed close
to the market, which reflects demand emanating from consumers. As products
are designed in accordance with these strategies, it is imperative their
effects be implicitly reflected in the design of supply chain from sourcing
to final distribution of products. Supply chain is a special form of complex
business enterprise system, where the key is to co-ordinate information and
material flows, plant operations, and logistics. We seek research and / or
applied contributions in the following or any related topics:

Methodologies, Tools and Techniques for Mass Customization
Methodologies for Design, Modeling and Implementation
Design for Modularity and Variety
Manufacturing Systems Complexity and Analysis
Product Development Process for Mass Customization
Process Management for Mass Customizable Products
Resource Allocation and Capacity Utilization
Reconfigurability & Manufacturing
Scheduling Methods and Techniques
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Information and Enterprise Modeling
Knowledge and Information Management
Concurrent and Collaborative Manufacturing
Service Management
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Case Studies or other closely related topics.

For due dates please refer to the Time Schedule section of the website.

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