International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences
The International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences announces the upcoming publication of a special issue. This special issue is dedicated to Prof. S. B. Singh, in honour of his 52th birthday in 2020, and as a recognition of his important contributions to research especially in the reliability theory.
Dr. S. B. Singh is currently Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He has around 25 years of teaching and research experience to Undergraduate and Post Graduate students at different Engineering Colleges and University. Prof. Singh is a member of Indian Mathematical Society, Operations Research Society of India, ISST and National Society for Prevention of Blindness in India and Indian Science Congress Association. He is a regular reviewer of many books and International/ National Journals. He has been a member of organizing committee of many international and national conferences and workshops. He is an Editor of the ‘Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies’. He has authored and co-authored eight books on different courses of Applied/ Engineering Mathematics. He has been conferred with five national awards and the Best Teacher Award. He has published his research works at national and international journals of repute. His area of research is reliability theory.
As, your first Ph.D. scholar, I am honoured to dedicate this Special Issue to you, Sir and I really hope that you will enjoy and appreciate my effort.
Mangey Ram
Guest Editor
Professor,
Department of Mathematics; Computer Science & Engineering
Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, 248002, India.
Manuscript Submission
Original manuscripts should be submitted online at the e-mail drmrswami@yahoo.com with the subject “Manuscript Submission to the Special Issue in Honour of Prof. S. B. Singh”. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Research articles as well as review articles in the area of Reliability Theory and Applications are invited. All papers will be peer-reviewed as per IJMEMS policy. Before submission, authors should carefully read over the journal’s Guidelines for Author(s), which are located at https://ijmems.in/forAuthors.php.
Publication Schedule
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2019
Reviewer reports completed and returned: February 15, 2020
Revised paper submission: March 30, 2020
Final manuscript submissions: April 15, 20120
Publications dates: In the forthcoming issues after June 2020
Note: There is NO EXTRA PAGE CHARGES for the articles accepted in this special issue.
Growing environmental awareness, environmental legislation and the need for social responsibility has led organizations to look for new ways to do their business (Kumar et al., 2018). Now all kind of businesses have stated to think to adopt sustainable practices in their operations so that they can show their commitment toward environment and society (Murray et al., 2017) and make their business long time sustainable (Garza-Reyes et al., 2018). This adoption leads to switch from our current industrial “linear” model to a circular economy (CE), contributing to a more environmentally responsible and socially equal society (Mangla et al., 2018). Sustainable practices of circular economy in operations management can contribute to achieve the sustainability in the business holistically (Bressanelli et al., 2018; Batista et al., 2018). Both developing and developed nations are paying attention on this direction; however, still lots of research efforts are required even China initially passed a law on CE, which was followed by the European Union (Su et al., 2013; Kirchherr et al., 2017; Esposito et al., 2018; Ali et al., 2018; Reike et al., 2018).
The objective of this SI is to understand holistically the concept of CE and related principles/practices/techniques in various area of operations management. This Special Issue (SI) seeks to advance the understanding about sustainable practices of circular economy in operations management is the way to achieve the sustainability; to explore how CE can be implemented; and the clarification on the implications (i.e. theoretical and practical) for sustainable business development.
The main objective of this SI is to encourage the scholars, academicians, and industries experts to contribute their latest research knowledge and experience in improving sustainability in their respective working sector through CE, principles, practices and strategies.
- To find the drivers/enablers/critical success factors and problems/barriers/challenges of adopting sustainability practices for circular economy in operation management.
- To identify the intensity of influence of sustainability indicators by multi criteria decision making approaches.
- To evaluate the external/internal forces adopting sustainability practices for circular economy in operation management.
- To analyze the interaction of quality management tools/techniques and sustainability for effective execution of circular economy.
- To determine the role of human capital in effective adoption of sustainability practices for circular economy in operation management.
- To develop sustainability orientated framework for enhancing circular economy adoption.
- To identify the performance indicators for adopting sustainability practices in operation management.
- To measure the impact of organization performance after adopting circular economy operational practices.
- To measure the role of circular economy operational practices for achieving holistic sustainability of the organization.
Manuscript Submission
Articles must be written in higher Standard English. Please follow the “Guide for Authors” of International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS) to prepare your manuscripts. Please submit your manuscripts via email to guest editors on their email addresses: A.Kumar@derby.ac.uk and/or gunjanyadav86@gmail.comAuthors should note that all articles submitted should be original and should not have been submitted anywhere else for consideration for publication. All articles will first be evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and then passed on to the special issue editors for another screening to ensure suitability within the scope of both the special issue and the IJMEMS. After the first two screenings, suitable papers will go through a blind, double-peer review process according to the standards of the IJMEMS.
Publication Schedule
- Manuscript submission deadline: October 30, 2019
- Reviews/Decision return to the authors: Number 30, 2019
- Final manuscript submissions: December 30, 2019
- Publications: In the staring issue of 2020
Guest Editors
Dr. Anil KumarCentre for Supply Chain Improvement
University of Derby, United Kingdom (UK)
Email: A.Kumar@derby.ac.uk Dr. Gunjan Yadav
Production Engineering Department,
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, India
Email: gunjanyadav86@gmail.com Advisory Board Members
Dr. Sachin Kumar Mangla, University of Plymouth, UK
Dr. Sunil Luthra, State Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nilokheri, India
Prof. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, University of Derby, UK References
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Batista, L., Gong, Y., Pereira, S., Jia, F., & Bittar, A. (2018). Circular supply chains in emerging economies–a comparative study of packaging recovery ecosystems in China and Brazil. International Journal of Production Research, 1-21.
Bressanelli, G., Perona, M., & Saccani, N. (2018). Challenges in supply chain redesign for the Circular Economy: a literature review and a multiple case study. International Journal of Production Research, 1-21.
Esposito, M., Tse, T., & Soufani, K. (2018). Introducing a Circular Economy: New Thinking with New Managerial and Policy Implications. California Management Review, 60(3), 5-19.
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Salomé Valls, A., Peter Nadeem, S., Anosike, A., & Kumar, V. (2018). A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Production Research, 1-25.
Kirchherr, J., Reike, D., & Hekkert, M. (2017). Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 127, 221-232.
Kumar, V., Sezersan, I., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & AL-Shboul, M. A. (2018). Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: Benefits, opportunities and barriers. Management Decision. (In press)
Mangla, S. K., Luthra, S., Mishra, N., Singh, A., Rana, N. P., Dora, M., & Dwivedi, Y. (2018). Barriers to effective circular supply chain management in a developing country context. Production Planning & Control, 29(6), 551-569.
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