Globalization, worldwide reduction of trade barriers, advances in the development of new technologies and in particular in communication and information technologies are important factors that change the nowadays industrial settings. All these elements have a deep impact on the development and the positioning of companies on international marketplaces where competition is cruel. Furthermore, another significant change concerns the customers since they are more demanding in term of quality, lead time and order fulfilment. In this context, firms must be more and more flexible and reactive to anticipate and to adapt to such changes. This quest for flexibility and reactivity affects the conception and the management of firms and more generally their logistic systems and contributes to the development of partnership relations, to the emergence of mergers or strategic alliances between companies. As a result, a firm can no longer be considered as an isolated entity but as a component of a wider supply network.
The International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain focuses on the specific issues of global supply chain and logistics management with the emphasis of information system development.
The conference provides academics, researchers, government and industry the opportunity to discuss, exchange and examine a broad range of topics related to supply network, logistics operations management, supply chain management and optimization and information systems.
The main aim is to identify emerging industrial issues and research opportunities in the area of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems by working closely with industry.

• Choice and development of Partnership with Customers/Suppliers Base
• Partnership Formation/Strategic Alliances/Entrepreneurship
• Outsourcing & subcontracting
• Reverse logistic
• Networked Manufacturing
• Network Enterprise Design & Control
• Virtual Enterprise
• Virtual Manufacturing Services

• Demand management
• Supply chain planning
• Supply chain control
• Distribution Resource Planning
• Collaborative Planning and Forecasting Replenishment
• Implications of ‘Lean’ and ‘Agility’ on the Management of Supply Chain

• Business Intelligence
• Decision Support Systems
• System integration
• Enterprise interoperability
• Infrastructure integration
• Information Technology for Supply Chain Management: ERP, CRM, APS, SCEM, SRM, SCE, EAI
• Knowledge and information management

• Business-to-Business and Business-to-Customer relationships
• e-marketplace
• e-commerce
• e-collaboration
• e-Logistics

• Internet-Enabled Supply Chain Practices
• Wireless solutions

• Global operations & logistics management
• Operational Logistics
• Global sourcing & inventory strategies
• Inventory & Service delivery optimization
• Supply systems (VMI SMI…)
• warehouse management
• Transportation systems
• Distribution systems

• Modeling methodologies
• Metrics & Performance Measurements
• Performance analysis
• Supply chain performance management
• Best practices & benchmarking
• Supply chain optimization

• Globalization & international issues
• Supply chain issues for SME
• Business Process Re-Engineering & Business Process Management
• Enterprise Integration & Management
• Cultural, organizational & Human Resources issues in supply chain
• Integration of financial & physical flows
• Financial issues in supply chain management