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  • 1.  POMS Best Paper Award

    Posted 10-22-2018 15:24
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    Dear Colleagues, 

    The track of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management (HOCM) is one of the two largest tracks at the POMS Conference (along with "Supply Chain Management"). The HOCM track involves over 100 papers, panel discussions, and tutorial addressing many critical aspects of humanitarian supply chains including, but not limited to, procurement policies, inventory management, quick response to rapid-onset disasters, coordination mechanisms, donation mechanisms, and volunteer management. Wide range of methods, such as analytical modeling, empirical studies, experimental studies, and case studies are presented to approach the challenges of humanitarian sector. We would like to invite you to submit your abstracts, and let us know if you are interested in chairing a session.

    Moreover, every year the track offers an award to the best-unpublished paper in the area of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management. The best paper will receive an expedite review process from the POM journal if it is submitted to the POM Department of Disaster Management. In order to be considered for the best paper award, please make sure that your abstract in accepted for presentation at the HOCM track. Attached, please find further information about this competition.

    Should you have any question about the track, feel free to contact Mahyar Eftekhar (eftekhar@asu.edu) or Christopher Zobel (czobel@vt.edu).   

     



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    Mahyar Eftekhar
    Arizona State University
    Tempe AZ
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