Full Paper Style Guidelines

7th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium Instructions for Preparing Full Papers for Proceedings

Author(s), Affiliation(s), Address(es)
Email address(es), and Telephone number(s)

Please follow these format instructions carefully. All articles for the proceedings must be submitted electronically.

Please use MS Word format for initial submission.

Once your paper is refereed and accepted for publication in the symposium proceedings, you are requested to submit the final version in Word and PDF.  Proceedings will only be distributed in electronic form, on CD-ROM, yet submissions should nevertheless comply with the formatting guidelines below. Only after you have carefully proofed your paper should you put it in the PDF format. We recommend that you print samples of your paper to verify the correct margin settings. Papers that deviate from these instructions may not be published at the discretion of the Proceedings Coordinator.

A sample proceedings article is available (pdf, 108kb).

Format and Submission Instructions

Language

Your file may contain traditional English or Greek characters. It should NOT contain any other language characters.

Copyright

Material printed in its entirety in the Symposium's Proceedings is considered published. The copyrights for all forms of presentation at the Symposium remain with the authors.

Do NOT submit anything to the proceedings which is already subject to copyright and which we would be thus violating copyright restrictions. Authors assume full responsibility for what is submitted.

Font and Margins

Set the following margins for all side (top, bottom, left and right) at 2.54 cm (1").

All paragraphs should begin flush left (no paragraph indent). If possible, justify the margins. Single-space the body of the paper. Double-space between paragraphs (by using the enter key), and before and after headings. Triple-space after the last author's name in the title before beginning the abstract.

We strongly recommend that you use Times Roman, font 12 for your manuscript. Technical software programs that print mathematical formulas in italic type, with subscripts and superscripts in a slightly smaller font size, are acceptable. Use boldface type for the title of your paper and all first and second level headings.

Page Numbers

If possible, each page of your document must be numbered in the bottom centre as: "- # -".

Paper Title

The title of your paper should be in bold type, all caps, single-spaced, and centered across the top of the first page.

Authors

The author(s), affiliation(s), complete address(es), email address(es), and telephone number(s) should be single-spaced and centered on the second line below the title. Do not use titles such as Dr., Professor, etc.

Abstract

Introduce the paper with an abstract of approximately 100 words. Begin in the left column with the first-level heading "ABSTRACT" set above the single-spaced abstract text.

Keywords

You may include up to five keywords below your abstract (For ideas about key words, use this link to see a journal list. Your key words are not limited to the phrases in that list.).

Headings

All headings should be in bold type. First-level headings should be centered and set in all caps. Second-level subheadings should be set flush left with initial caps. Please do not use headings other than these two types. At least one line space should separate headings from the preceding text.

Body

Follow the abstract with a first-level heading that introduces the body of the paper. See typing instructions below for more information.

Figures and Tables

Figures and tables should be placed as close as possible to where they are cited. First-level headings state the table or figure number and may be followed by second-level subheadings. All figures and tables are to be done in a professional manner. If you are using symbols, please make sure that they are still in correct forms after you convert your file to Acrobat PDF. Please feel free to include figures, graphs, pictures.

Calling References

Bracketed numbers, i.e., [1] or [2, p.188], should be used in the body of the text to call reference. If more than one reference is to be cited at the same time, the following format should be used: [4] [6] [11,pp.214-219].

Footnotes

The use of footnotes is discouraged.

Equations

All equations should be placed on separate lines and numbered consecutively, with the equation numbers placed within parentheses and aligned against the right margin.

R1=¦ (X1) (1)

Appendices

Appendices should immediately follow the body of the paper (using the first-level heading "APPENDIX") and precede the references. If there is more than one appendix, number each one consecutively.

References (Bibliography)

Since the bibliography should include only those references cited in the text of the paper, it should be referred to as "references". References should be listed at the end of the paper. Entries should appear in alphabetical order and should be numbered with the numbers placed in brackets (see examples below). If using Endnote, the style is “Numbered”.

[1] Deming, W.E. Sample Design in Business Research. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1990.

[2] Barboza, M. & Maciaveli, P.T Vendor Evaluation Criteria and Perceived Organizational Performance: A Comparison of American and Mexican Firms. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 1990, 2(6), 12-28.

Note: All refereed papers contain a list of references.