Topics covered include Agile systems design/evaluation; agility theory, strategy, content, context, processes Agile organisation/enterprise, methodology, framework, tools, techniques Complex systems science, engineering of complex enduring systems Risk assessment, strategies for risks mitigation Sustainable systems design, development, operation, maintenance, services Supply chain agility/responsiveness, planning, execution, modelling, optimisation Operations/production management/strategy, process improvement Benchmarking, metrics/performance drivers Clusters, industrial districts and competitiveness Enterprise resource planning, modelling, architecture design, methodologies Complexity/uncertainty in supply chains and agile diagnostic tools Knowledge management, managerial effectiveness, organisational agility Decision support systems; performance-based contracting strategies Service operations/organisation agility, versatility evaluation in socio-economic systems Agile information/manufacturing systems/technology, rapid product/service design More on this journal... Objectives The objective of IJASM is to establish an effective channel of communication between academia, industry and persons concerned with the design and development of systems. Change is eternal and perpetual, irrespective of type of system. Systems created in the course of the advance of human civilization need to be functionally and operationally sustainable amid changes in technological, political, socio-economical, financial, cultural and other environmental challenges. IJASM aims to promote and harmonize knowledge developments in the emerging fields of agile systems research, sustainability and vulnerability analysis, risk assessments methodologies, complex systems science, e-organisation and e-supply chain management, with emphasis on the international dimension, particularly breaking cultural barriers, and on national contexts, globalisation and new business practices. As such, we aim to publish papers presenting new research, innovative theoretical approaches, changes in agile management paradigms, and action (both examples of successes and failures as long as there are important lessons to be learned) from leading scholars and practitioners. Papers generally fall into two broad categories: those grounded in theory and/or papers using scientific research methods (e.g., reports of original empirical studies, models, critical reviews of existing empirical research, theory pieces that clearly extend current thinking); and those focusing on innovative agile approaches that are based on well reasoned extensions of existing research, experiential knowledge, or exemplary cases (e.g., thought pieces, case studies, etc). Readership IJASM provides a vehicle to help practitioners, academics and business leaders working in systems design, organisational development, logistics and support, performance improvement, to disseminate and publicise their research work in enabling high level of agility in their systems, fostering debate and facilitating greater learning processes among them. Contents IJASM publishes original and substantial pieces of work of empirical, theoretical, computational, research and developmental nature. Review papers, technical reports, case studies, selected conference papers, and management reports that demonstrate significant contribution to knowledge are also considered. Special Issues devoted to important topics in agile systems and organisation, competitiveness, responsiveness and versatility will occasionally be published.   Hide

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Editors in Chief

• Goh, Mark, University of South Australia, Australia
  (mark.gohunisa.edu.au)
• Mo, John, RMIT University, Australia
  (john.mormit.edu.au)

EB Members

• Afsarmanesh, Hamideh, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Amblard, Frédéric, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, France
• Basnet, Chuda, University of Waikato, New Zealand
• Bititci, Umit S., University of Strathclyde, UK
• Butcher, Tim, RMIT University, Australia
• Camarinha-Matos, Luis M., New University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Chan, Felix T.S., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Fukuda, Yoshiro, Hosei University, Japan
• Grigorenko, Nikolay, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
• Gunasekaran, Angappa, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, USA
• Gupta, Surendra M., Northeastern University, USA
• Hua, Zhongsheng, University of Science and Technology of China, China
• Jamieson, Ron, Newcastle University, UK
• Jeng, MuDer, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
• Mak, K.L., University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• McFarlane, Duncan, University of Cambridge, UK
• Moore, Philip, University College Falmouth, UK
• Ortiz, Angel, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
• Rabelo, Ricardo J., Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Rajendran, Chandrasekharan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
• Ren, Jun, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• Ridgway, Keith, University of Sheffield, UK
• Schoensleben, Paul, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
• Schroeder, Heiko, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia
• Shen, Weiming, NRC Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute (IMTI), Canada
• Singh, Valdew, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
• Wu, Jim, National Sun Yat Sun University, Taiwan
• Yoon, Bok-Hyun, Mokpo National University, Republic of Korea
• Yu, Hongnian, Bournemouth University, UK
• Zeadally, Sherali, University of the District of Columbia, USA

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