SOM 2022: 25th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management IIM Indore Indore, India, December 16-18, 2022

About Society of Operations Management (SOM) 

The society of Operations management (SOM) is exploring the different issues in the field of manufacturing and service operations management and disseminating the knowledge of related areas. The society aims to promote research, conferences, seminars, and training in production and operations management field. Thee society believes to develop the analytical thinking, improve work standards and performance in both private as well as public sectors. More details about SOM can be found at http://www.soc-om.org/

SOM 2022 : Managing operations in continued disruption

Recently, the world has faced a cataclysmic pandemic that caused disruptions in businesses, education, government operations as well as it impacted the global economy heavily. To deal with these pandemic conditions, many companies started changing their methods of conducting business, in fact, some companies used the competitive advantage of being digitalized while some companies failed to cope with the situation. Employee productivity, effectiveness, and absenteeism became one of the major guideways for the company's success. One of the main challenges faced by almost all the sectors is to deal with these highly uncertain situations that arise due to unplanned disruptions. Managing operations in such disruptions require companies to establish efficient risk management processes. 

However, in recent times, it is observed that the researcher's focus has shifted to building theories and models on risk mitigation, resilient value chain, and agile operations which will be helpful in managing future disruptions. Also, in case of highly uncertain situations and long disruptions, companies shall focus on bringing new capabilities to sustain in this highly competitive world. Thus, SOM 2022 aims to find out challenges, opportunities, strategies, and capabilities which can help not only the businesses but also the nation as a whole by providing encouragement to the scholars who are working in the field of decision-making under various uncertainties so that to manage the operations effectively.

• Doctoral Colloquium: December 16, 2022
• Main Conference: December 17-18, 2022
• Organized By: Indian Institute of Management Indore, India 

Submission Guidelines

The selection of papers for presentation will be based on extended abstracts of about 1500 words. Abstracts must include a clear indication of the purpose of research, methodology, major results, implications, and key references. Abstracts will be blind reviewed and only those abstracts approved by the reviewers will be selected. The submission document should not include any author details. Acceptance of the abstract implies that at least one of the authors will attend the conference and present the paper. 

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• Font Size:11-Point Font
• Spacing: Double-spaced
• Margins : 1-inch (2.5cm) margin all around
• Document Type: Adobe PDF/MS Word

Representative List of Topics

• Inventory Management
• Demand Planning and Forecasting Techniques
• Mathematical Programming and Optimization Techniques
• Capacity and Production Planning
• Logistics Management
• Applications of Game Theory
• Job Sequencing and Scheduling
• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation and Network Models
• Quality Control and Management
• Project Management
• Operations Strategy
• Product Design and Product Life Cycle Management
• Reliability and Maintenance
• Service Operations Management
• Revenue Management
• Healthcare Operations
• Humanitarian Logistics
• Food and Agriculture Supply Chain
• Behavioral Operations Management
• Sustainable operations management 
• Digital supply chain management 

Committees

Organizing Committee

• Prof. Saurabh Chandra, IIM Indore
• Prof. Amit K. Vatsa, IIM Indore
• Prof. Harshal Lowalekar, IIM Indore
• Prof. Aditya Maheshwari, IIM Indore

Student committee

• Arvind Shroff, Doctoral student, IIM Indore
• Vigneashwaran K., Doctoral student, IIM Indore
• Pankesh Dhadwal, Doctoral student, IIM Indore
• Deepesh Gotherwala, Doctoral student, IIM Indore
• Kishan  Suthar, Doctoral student, IIM Indore

Internal advisory committee

• Prof. Omkar P. Desai, IIM Indore
• Prof. Bhavin Shah, IIM Indore
• Prof. Hasmukh Gajjar, IIM Indore
• Prof. Sanjay Choudhari, IIM Indore
• Prof. Rohit Kapoor, IIM Indore
• Prof Pritam Ranjan, IIM Indore
• Prof. Sujay Mukhoti, IIM Indore
• Prof. Nagarajan Krishnamoorthy, IIM Indore
• Prof. Devanath Tirupati, Ahmedabad University
• Prof. Debabrata Ghosh, Asia School of Business
• Prof. R K Amit, IIT Madras
• Prof. Rahul Marathe, IIT Madras
• Prof. Debabrata Ghosh

International advisory committee

• Prof Tolga Bektas, Univ of Liverpool, UK
• Prof. Manish Verma, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada
• Prof. Yuvraj Gajpal, Asper School of Business, Univ of Manitoba, Canada
• Prof. Marielle Christiansen, NTNU, Norway
• Prof. Kjetil Fagerholt, NTNU, Norway

Invited Speakers

• To be announced later.

Registration fees structure 

*All fees mentioned are in Rupees(Rs.) except mentioned specifically. 

Venue

The conference will be held at Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore), Prabandh Shikhar, Rau - Pithampur Rd, Indore,

Madhya Pradesh 453556.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to som2022@iimidr.ac.in

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