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                          2nd CALL FOR PAPERS

           International Mass Customization Meeting (IMCM'05):
                    Concepts � Tools � Realization

                     June 2-3, Klagenfurt/Austria


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Call for Papers: http://www.manufacturing.de/calls/imcm05.htm

Important dates
January 31, 2005  		Abstract due (500 words)
February 10, 2005 		Notification of authors
March 21, 2005			Final paper submission
March 31, 2005			Final authors' notification

Submission via: IMCM05 @ manufacturing.de (PDF and Word)

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The IMCM'05 takes place at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. 
The main objective of this international conference is to drive forward 
the research on mass customization and to close the gap between theory 
and practice. Practitioners and researchers working in this field are 
invited to submit their papers in which they present original works and 
new advances in mass customization. This can refer to theoretical concepts, 
information and managerial tools as well as best practices for supporting 
a successful implementation of mass customization. Ongoing or completed 
research as well as papers with a main focus on practice and case studies 
are welcome.  Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:


Track 1: Manufacturing systems for mass customization	
�	MC product and process design
�	Variety management and costs of variety
�	Production planning and control
�	Product family management and modular architectures
�	Complexity of mass customizing systems
�	Custom order control in MC manufacturing systems


Track 2: Supply chain management in mass customization	
�	Logistic systems for MC
�	Customization of logistic processes
�	Logistic systems complexity
�	Customer and supplier integration
�	Adaptive supply chains
�	Placement of the decoupling point in the supply chain	


Track 3: Information systems for mass customization
�	Customer needs' elicitation
�	Personalization and advisory systems 
�	Product modeling and configuration systems
�	Customer-Relationship-Management systems
�	IT-architecture and infrastructure for MC
�	IT-support for open innovation


Furthermore, due to the complex and interdisciplinary disposition of 
the topics, we expect contributions from business administration, 
(engineering) management, industrial engineering, economics, and 
information technology. Please submit the papers as attached PDF and 
Word files to the following Email address: IMCM05 @ manufacturing.de


Conference chairs

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Blecker
Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)
Department of Business Logistics and General Management (5-11) 
Schwarzenbergstr. 95
21073 Hamburg, Germany

Ph.: +49-(0)40/42878-3525
Fax: +49-(0)40/42878-2200	


Prof. Dr. Gerhard Friedrich
University of Klagenfurt
Department of Computer Science and Manufacturing
Universitaetsstr. 65 - 67
9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Ph.: +43-(0)463/2700-3705
Fax: +43-(0)463/2700-3799


Papers should not exceed 20 pages according to the author guidelines. 
The official language of the conference is English. Therefore, final 
manuscripts that are accepted for publication in the conference 
proceedings should be written and presented in English. In order to 
facilitate the review process, authors should mention at the cover 
page (which is not included in the word limit), their names, 
institutions or affiliations, addresses, emails, and websites. 
The first author is considered as the corresponding author unless 
it is explicitly mentioned on the cover page. Furthermore, authors 
have to specify the track to which the paper can be assigned. All 
papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the review committee. 
In order to maintain this double-blind review policy, no indication 
that would identify the authors is allowed in the abstracts.