International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management  (IJMTM)
ISSN (Online): 1741-5195  -  ISSN (Print): 1368-2148

Published in 12 issues per year  (View Subscription Price)

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   Objectives

IJMTM aims:

• To establish channels of communication and disseminate knowledge between policy makers and professionals working in manufacturing and related industries and services and investment institutions, as well as experts and researchers in relevant research and academic institutions
• To further knowledge and research, as well as theory and practice, in the field of manufacturing technology and management

   Readership

Policy-makers, executives and professionals in manufacturing and related industries, and researchers and academics, as well as consultants and advisers in manufacturing and related services.

   Contents

IJMTM publishes original, empirical and review papers; case studies; conference reports; technology reports and new; book reviews and notes; commentaries. In addition to the regular issues of the journal, IJMTM publishes Special Issues devoted to important topics in manufacturing technology and management.

   Subject Coverage

• Future enterprise
• Lean enterprise
• Factory of the future
• New types of manufacturing organisations
• Globalisation
• Change management
• Changes in manufacturing organisational structure
• Business of process systems engineering
• The fractal company
• Agile manufacturing
• Biological manufacturing systems (BMS)
• Autonomous and distributed manufacturing systems (ADMS)
• Engineering process and the virtual enterprise
• Manufacturing innovation
• Manufacturing strategy, policy and economics
• Product development and production management
• Design for manufacture and assembly
• Integration in manufacturing systems
• Decentralisation and ''de-verticalisation'' in production management
• Micro-electronic manufacturing systems and embedded software
• High-precision manufacturing for mmm-wave components
• Outsourcing
• The supply chain; supplier partnership in manufacture
• Production planning, scheduling and control
• Ecology-driven manufacturing and services
• Productivity, performance evaluation and benchmarking
• Logistics and virtual benchmarking in logistics
• Manufacturing science
• Advanced manufacturing systems
• Computer-based manufacturing technologies; CAD, CAM, CIM, CNC, DNC, FMS, etc.
• Time-based manufacturing technologies: JIT, GT, DFM, TQM, etc.
• Holonic manufacturing
• Human resources and professional development in the manufacturing industry

   Specific Notes for Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available in the Full Submission Guidelines web-page.

AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR PAPERS THROUGH THE ONLINE SUBMISSION SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THEIR PAPERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.

   Editors and Members of the Editorial Board

Editor in Chief

Dr. M.A. Dorgham
International Centre for Technology and Management
UK
editorial@inderscience.com

Far East Editor

Prof. David M-C Wu
National Chiao Tung University
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Hsin-Chu, 300
TAIWAN, ROC

Editorial Board Members

Prof. Emilio BartezzaghiEm
Professor of Business Management and Organisation
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering (DIG)
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32
20133 Milano
ITALY

Prof. John BessantJo
University of Exeter
Business School
Rennes Drive
Exeter EX4 4PY
UK

Prof. B. BowonderB.
Director
Tata Management Training Centre
Mangaldas Rd
Pune-411 001
INDIA

Jim BrowneJi
National University of Ireland, Galway
University Road
Galway
IRELAND

Prof. Hans-Jörg BullingerHa
President
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Hansastrasse 27c
D-80686 Munchen
GERMANY

Prof. Joseph CavinatoJo
ISM Professor of Supply Chain Management
Thunderbird School of Global Management
15249 North 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85306-6000
USA

Prof. Jean-Jacques ChanaronJe
Research Director GATE/CNRS
Groupe ESC Grenoble
Graduate School of Business
BP 127
38003 Grenoble Cedex 01
FRANCE

Prof. Morris CohenMo
University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA

Prof. Alexandre DolguiAl
Director of Division
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne
Division for Industrial Engineering and Computer Sciences
158, Cours Fauriel
42023 Saint Etienne cedex 2
FRANCE

Prof. Guy DoumeingtsGu
Director
University Bordeaux 1
INTEROP/VLab
351 Cours de la Liberation
33405 Talence Cedex
FRANCE

Prof. Roberto FilippiniRo
Head
Department of Management and Engineering
University of Padova
ITALY

Prof. Barbara B. FlynnBa
Professor of Operations Management
Indiana University
Kelley School of Business
801 W. Michigan St., BS4010
Indianapolis, IN 46202
USA

Prof. Dr. Mitsuo GenMi
Graduate School of Information, Production & Systems
Waseda University
Kitakyushu 808-0135
JAPAN

Prof. Mike GregoryMi
Professor of Manufacturing
Institute for Manufacturing
Cambridge University
Mill Lane
CB2 1RX
UK

Prof. Hark HwangHa
Former President of Korea Industrial Engineering Society
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Department of Industrial Engineering
373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu
Taejon 305-701
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Prof. Hiroki IshikuraHi
Osaka Gakuin University
Department of Corporate Intelligence
2-36-1 Kishibe-Minami, Suita
Osaka 564-8511
JAPAN

Prof. V.K. JainV.
Indian Institute of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kanpur-208016
INDIA

Prof. Pingyu JiangPi
Xi'an Jiaotong University
CAD/CAM Institute
School of Mechanical Engineering
Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049
P.R. CHINA

Prof. Hartmut KaebernickHa
Head of School
University of New South Wales
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Sydney, NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA

Prof. A.K. KochharA.
Head
Aston University
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Birmingham B4 7ET
UK

Prof. George L. KovácsGe
Technical University of Budapest and University of Pecs
Computer and Automation Institute
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest 1111
HUNGARY

Prof. Dr. Koos KrabbendamKo
School of Business Public Administration and Technology
University of Twente
P.O.Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
NETHERLANDS

Prof. Kin Keung LaiKi
Associate Dean
City University of Hong Kong
Department of Management Sciences
Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon
HONG KONG (CHINA)

Prof. Grier LinGr
Deputy Vice President (International), Professor of Manufacturing Technology & Management and Director
University of South Australia
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research
Mawson Lakes Boulevard
Mawson Lakes SA 5095
AUSTRALIA

Prof. Zone-Ching LinZo
Dean of College of Engineering
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Iuan-Yuan LuIu
Department of Business Management
National Sun Yat-sen University
70 Lien-hai Rd
Kaohsiung 804
TAIWAN, ROC

Prof. Jose A.D. MachucaJo
Professor of Operations Management; Chair, GIDEAO Research Group
Universidad de Sevilla
Departamento de Economia Financiera y Direccion de Operaciones
Avda. Ramon y Cajal
1 41018 Sevilla
SPAIN

Prof. Michel MartinezMi
Universite Lyon I/IUT-B
17 rue de France
69627 Villeurbanne Cedex
FRANCE

Prof. Hervé MatheHe
Director, Strategic Planning
EŠEC
Graduate School of Economics and Commercial Sciences
Avenue Bernard Hirsch B.P. 50105
95021 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex
FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Kai MertinsKa
FHG – IPK
Pascalstrasse 8-9
D-10587 Berlin
GERMANY

Prof. Anil MitalAn
Director of Industrial Engineering
University of Cincinnati
USA

Prof. R.P. MohantyR.
Chair Professor and Dean
ITM Business School
School ITM Campus
25/26 Institutional Area
Sector 4 Kharghar East
Navi Mumbai 410210, Maharashtra
INDIA

Prof. Yasuhiro MondenYa
Dean
Mejiro University
Faculty of Business Administration
4-31-1 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku
Tokyo 161-8539
JAPAN

Prof. Michiya MoritaMi
Department of Economics
Gakushuin University
1-5-1 Mejiro
Toyoshaima
Tokyo 171-8588
JAPAN

Prof. Jan OlhagerJa
Professor
Department of Production Economics
Linkoping Institute of Technology
SE-58183 Linkoping
SWEDEN

Prof. J. ParnabyJ.

Solihull
West Midlands
UK

Prof. G. ReinhartG.
President
IWB
TU München
GERMANY

Prof. Jens O. RiisJe
Head of Production Dept.
Aalborg University
DENMARK

Prof. Asbjorn RolstadåsAs
Head, Department of Production and Quality Engineering
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
NO-7491 Trondheim
NORWAY

Prof. Jennifer S. ShangJe
Associate Professor of Business Administration
The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA 15260
USA

Prof. W. Andrew TaylorW.
Business Information Systems Research
School of Management
University of Bradford
Emm Lane
Bradford BD9 4JL
UK

Prof. David M. UptonDa
Harvard Business School
USA

Prof. Chris VossCh
Professor of Manufacturing Strategy
London Business School
USA

Prof. Engelbat WestkamperEn
President Fraunhofer Institut
Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung
Stuttgart
GERMANY

Prof. Tony C. WooTo
Vice President (Research)
Nanyang Technological University
Division of Mechatronics and Design
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
50 Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
SINGAPORE

Prof. Jeff XiJe
Ryerson University
Department of Aerospace Engineering
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
CANADA