- Enhancing the value creation mechanisms of manufacturing value chains through digital platforms, circular strategies, and servitization principles
- Methods and tools for assessing the value of digital, sustainable and servitized offerings of manufacturing companies
- How Supply Chain can react to internal and external disruptions?
- Enhancing Value Chain Resilience through Digital Technologies
- Digital Twins and AI for Dynamic Scheduling and Human-Centric Applications
- Human-centred Work Systems for the Operator 4.0/5.0 in Manufacturing, Logistics, and Service Domains
- AI-Driven Decision Support and Human-AI Collaboration for Smart and Sustainable Supply Chains
- Cyber-Physical System-Based Approaches to Achieve Sustainability
- Industrial Data Spaces and Sustainability
- Advancing eco-efficient and circular industrial practices
- Enabling Circularity in Batteries & E-Waste with Digital Technologies: From Production to Recycling
- Upgrade Circular Economy for the manufacturing industry
- Innovative approaches and methods for developing industry 4.0 and industry 5.0 skills
- Shaping Human Capital for Industry 5.0: Skills, Knowledge and Technologies for Human-Centric, Resilient, and Sustainable Manufacturing
- Smart Manufacturing Evolution: Integrating AI and the Digital Twin for Human-centric, Circular and Collaborative Production Systems
- Digital Transformation Approaches in Production and Management
- APMS Talks
- Mechanism Design for Production, Service and Supply Chain Management
- Transforming engineer-to-order projects, supply chains, and systems
- Experiential Learning in Engineering Education
- Theoretical and Practical Advances in Human-Centric, Resilient, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Maintenance and Asset lifecycle management for sustainable and human-centered production
- Designing Next Generation Lean Models Supporting Social, Sustainable, and Smart Production Systems
- Scheduling and Production Planning in Smart Manufacturing
- Human-Centered Service Engineering and Digital Transformation for Sustainable Service Industries
- Digital Technologies in Manufacturing and Logistics: Exploring Digital Twin, IoT, and Additive Manufacturing
Special Sessions
List of Confirmed Special Sessions
- Manufacturing
Details of Special Sessions
Enhancing the value creation mechanisms of manufacturing value chains through digital platforms, circular strategies, and servitization principles
Session Objectives and Scope
In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, manufacturing enterprises and their value chains face unprecedented operational challenges. Megatrends such as the increasing demand for electrified, smart, connected, and/or circular products, as well as product-service systems, are compounded by complex geopolitical, economic, social, and environmental forces. Engineers, managers, and strategists must collaborate more than ever to harness the potential of existing and new technologies to generate value swiftly and sustainably for all value chain stakeholders in this scenario.
Digital platforms are crucial in enhancing information sharing among value chain actors to provide visibility and transparency to all their operations and, therefore, support effective collaboration. These platforms offer the necessary ICT infrastructure to support the digital interconnection of all the steps that are necessary for the creation of a finished product or the delivery of a product-service system. They enable the development of superior value offerings, such as smart and connected products, along with circular strategies to extend their lifecycles and increase their value-in-use through service intensity. To achieve this, digital platforms must be designed, developed, and adapted to fit the competitive requirements of modern digital manufacturing value chains at operational, managerial, and strategic levels to be able to transform data into information and actionable knowledge for value creation. Examples of such digital value-creation efforts are the European Union’s digital product passports and industrial data spaces. Moreover, value chains’ operational data must become relevant information for decision-makers to design better business and operating models to deliver customer value in a highly competitive market.
This special session addresses the intersection of digitalization, circularity, and servitization paradigms as value-creation mechanisms to strengthen manufacturing value chain competitiveness. This call for papers aims to address the often overlooked actors in a complete value chain, such as dealers, recyclers, and material suppliers, and their role in products’ lifecycle extension.
We invite theoretical contributions and empirical studies that explore the following topics:
- Challenges in adopting digital platforms for circular and service-oriented manufacturing value chains.
- Conception of new digital value-creation mechanisms, supported by digital platforms, for circular and service-oriented manufacturing value chains.
- Adoption strategies for circularity and servitization principles by manufacturing value chains.
- Development of more complete manufacturing value chain chains (ecosystems) to support the creation and delivery of electrified, smart, connected, and/or circular products and product-service systems.
- Reference frameworks and methodologies to integrate digital platforms into manufacturing value chains to support their digital transformation.
- Assessment models and tools for measuring the digital, circular, and servitization maturity of manufacturing value chains.
Organizer(s):
Shaun West
Johan Stahre
Federica Acerbi
David Romero
Veronica Arioli
Beatrice Colombo
Methods and tools for assessing the value of digital, sustainable and servitized offerings of manufacturing companies
Session Objectives and Scope
The industrial sector is undergoing multiple transformations driven by the adoption of digital technologies, the integration of sustainability paradigms, and the introduction of servitized offerings. Each of these aspects profoundly impacts companies’ operations and business models, requiring cultural and organizational changes while also serving as potential selling points and competitive differentiators. However, developing new offerings \ especially those enabled by emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence \ is not easy, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. Many companies risk introducing inefficient solutions, leading to negative economic consequences and potential reputational losses. A major example of blowback occurring in delivering sustainable offerings, not only at customers’ level but also for manufacturers, is the rebound effect of circular economy. In alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals fostering sustainable industrial practices is essential to minimize negative externalities and enhance long-term resilience.
To contrast this, it is essential to adopt methods and tools capable to exploit data and information for evaluating these offerings according to the viewpoint of different stakeholders across the value chain, enabling companies to select the best configurations while identifying and addressing weaknesses. Such evaluations can be conducted from a lifecycle perspective or by focusing on specific phases (e.g., Beginning, Middle, or End of Life) or activities (e.g., maintenance). Thus, the development of assessment methods and tools\such as Total Cost of Ownership, Total Value of Ownership, and simulation\able to show the sustainability-related (e.g., economic, environmental, social) and value (e.g., costs and Net Present Value) implications are crucial.
This session seeks contributions that can provide guidance to companies in this regard. Both theoretical discussions and practical case studies are welcome, as well as quantitative or qualitative approaches, deterministic or stochastic methods, and relevant tools.
Organizer(s):
Roberto Sala
Giuditta Pezzotta
Claudio Sassanelli
Stefan Wiesner
Slavko Rakic
How Supply Chain can react to internal and external disruptions?
Session Objectives and Scope
Supply chain disruption refers to unexpected events that disturb the normal flow of goods, services, or materials from suppliers to customers. These disruptions can range from minor delays to significant interruptions that impact the entire supply chain ecosystem. Nowadays global supply chains (SCs) are still grappling with the effects of recent disruptions.
- Frameworks and indicators for measuring the level of resilience of a Supply Chain
- Effects of disruption on supply chain performance
- Supply Chain design for higher level of resilience
- Digital technologies in SC uncertainty
- Empirical analysis on SC disruptions
Organizer(s):
Giulio Mangano
Gabriel Castelblanco
Enhancing Value Chain Resilience through Digital Technologies
Session Objectives and Scope
Value chains face disruptions from geopolitical tensions, climate change, and evolving consumer expectations, exposing vulnerabilities in global supply networks. Advanced approaches like Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) and digital technologies are transforming supply and value chains, offering flexibility, scalability, and resilience. Digitalization enhances real-time visibility, predictive analytics, and agile responses, ensuring continuity. This session explores the role of digital technologies in resilient value chains, focusing on themes like value chain resilience frameworks, value chain resilience metrics, value chain resilience and sustainability, decentralized and digital manufacturing, tools and frameworks for MaaS, gamification and tools for resilience-related and digital skills development.
Organizer(s):
Margherita Pero
Franco Chiriacò
Ann-Louise Andersen
Kjeld Nielsen
Thomas Ditlev Brunø
Yasamin Eslami
Thorsten Blecker
Digital Twins and AI for Dynamic Scheduling and Human-Centric Applications
Session Objectives and Scope
This session explores advancements in integrating digital twins and AI-driven methods for dynamic scheduling and human-centric applications in smart production and logistics systems. The focus is on leveraging AI-driven vision systems, machine learning (ML), reinforcement learning (RL), and large language models (LLMs) to enhance decision-making, adaptability, and efficiency in complex and dynamic environments. Additionally, this session will address ethical considerations in integrating AI-driven digital twins and dynamic scheduling within human-centric systems.
Key topics include:
- Digital twins for predictive and real-time operational management in smart production and logistics systems
- AI-assisted dynamic scheduling techniques for smart production and logistics systems
- AI-driven vision systems for smart production and logistics systems
- Diversity, inclusiveness and gender aspects in smart production and logistics systems
- Ethical considerations in AI-driven dynamic scheduling and digital twin applications
We invite theoretical, empirical, and industrial contributions that demonstrate how these technologies can enhance the synergy between human and AI capabilities in modern production and logistics environments.
Organizer(s):
Sang Do Noh
Jong Hun Woo
Magnus Wiktorsson
Yongkuk Jeong
Erik Flores-García
Human-centred Work Systems for the Operator 4.0/5.0 in Manufacturing, Logistics, and Service Domains
Session Objectives and Scope
The Operator 4.0 introduced augmented and collaborative workers, while the Operator 5.0 – as a resilient worker – envisions even greater synergy between humans and intelligent systems at the workplace, enhancing not only human cognitive and physical capabilities, but also work systems characteristics with a focus on maximizing productivity, quality, and worker well-being. Designing, engineering, and managing human-centred work systems in manufacturing, logistics, and service domains is crucial to leveraging both human and technological capabilities for operational excellence and to promoting safe and ergonomic human-technology interaction. This session invites contributions that focus on multidisciplinary approaches for human-centred work systems design, including strategies for seamlessly integrating AI-driven decision support, adaptive workspaces, and collaborative robotics into production systems that are primarily human-centered.
Organizer(s):
Chiara Cimini
Tamas Ruppert
David Romero
Peter Thorvald
Johan Stahre
AI-Driven Decision Support and Human-AI Collaboration for Smart and Sustainable Supply Chains
Session Objectives and Scope
The integration of AI with human expertise is transforming supply chain management by enhancing decision-making, sustainability, and resilience. This session explores how AI-powered tools—such as machine learning, predictive analytics etc.—support demand forecasting, risk mitigation, and logistics optimization. Emphasizing the synergy between causal modeling—such as System Dynamics (SD)—and AI-driven correlations, we seek contributions on collaborative AI frameworks, decision-support systems, and case studies demonstrating efficient, adaptive, and sustainable supply chains. Discussions will highlight balancing automation with human oversight, ensuring ethical, transparent, and effective AI adoption in complex global supply chain ecosystems.
Organizer(s):
João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis
Alexandra Lagorio
Hajime Mizuyama
Teresa Pereira
Eduardo e Oliveira
Giovanni Zenezini
Mustafa Ozan Nesanir
Filippo Maria Ottaviani
Özlem Şenvar
Cyber-Physical System-Based Approaches to Achieve Sustainability
Session Objectives and Scope
This special session explores the latest research, innovative approaches, case studies, and technological advancements using Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) to achieve sustainability in industrial processes, environmental management, and smart infrastructures. Covered topics are (but not limited to):
- Architectures of CPS for Sustainability
- Sustainability in Cyber-Physical Production Systems
- Sustainable Smart Cities with collaborative CPSs
- CPS for Circular Economy: Efficient Recycling and Resource Recovery
- Real-Time Monitoring of Production Waste Using CPS
- CPS-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Resiliency and Sustainable Infrastructure: Predictive Maintenance
- Social, Ethical, and Policy Dimensions of CPS in Sustainability
Organizer(s):
Wassim Bouazza
Sondes Chaabane
Olivier Cardin
Catherine da Cunha
Yasamin Eslami
Maroua Nouiri
Industrial Data Spaces and Sustainability
Session Objectives and Scope
In the last years, an ongoing digitization of industry and the drive for collaboration along supply chain networks have highlighted the need for coordinated data collection, access and exchange. A shift towards sustainability in industry requires a coordinated effort based on automated, secure, safe and trustworthy sharing of data build on industrial data spaces. Information exchange, especially between different legal entities within the legal framework of an established industrial data space is necessary in order to measure and validate sustainability from the perspectives of industry, governance and consumers.
Organizer(s):
Oliver Antons
Anna-Kristin Behnert
Julia C. Arlinghaus
Tomomi Kito
Boris Otto
Advancing eco-efficient and circular industrial practices
Session Objectives and Scope
The demands on industry to commit to sustainability goals and demonstrate positive contribution is growing. At the same time, new technologies can enable companies to meet sustainability goals, enhance competitiveness, and address critical challenges like resource scarcity and climate change. This special session will encompass other topics such as tool development (digital solutions, decision making, etc.), case studies and theoretical studies for eco-efficient and circular practices. We especially welcome contributions presenting concrete approaches (applied research) for environmental management, green-digital synergies, resource efficiency, circular economy, green manufacturing, and regenerative sustainability.
Organizer(s):
Federica Acerbi
M_lanie Despeisse
Beatrice Colombo
Albachiara Boffelli
Yusuke Kishita
Enabling Circularity in Batteries & E-Waste with Digital Technologies: From Production to Recycling
Session Objectives and Scope
The transition to a circular economy for batteries and electronic waste requires innovative digital solutions that support the entire lifecycle\from sustainable material design and battery production to reuse, repurpose, and recycling. This session will explore how emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of things, cloud computing, and digital twins, can drive new business models, optimize resource use, and improve recycling processes. Key topics include digital-driven business models that enable reuse, repurposing, and recycling; intelligent ecosystems that connect stakeholders across the value chain; and data-driven approaches for real-time tracking, predictive maintenance, and automated sorting. The session will also examine circular supply chains, sustainable design strategies, and collaborations that use digitalization to slow, narrow, and close material loops. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, and policy, this session will highlight the latest advancements, real-world applications, and future directions for digitally enabled circularity in batteries and electronics.
Organizer(s):
Koteshwar Chirumalla
Mélanie Despeisse
Martin Kurdve
Tarun Agrawal
Upgrade Circular Economy for the manufacturing industry
Session Objectives and Scope
The concept of circular economy is becoming increasingly relevant and offers especially for the manufacturing industry high potential. However, current research focuses on recycling of component, but not so much on reusing and upgrading current machines and plants. Upgrade Circular Economy aims to fill this gap by focusing research on methods and prerequisites of upgrading production systems. This includes production management as well as service management and business strategies in order to enable new business models and other forms of collaboration for companies.
Organizer(s):
Regina Schrank
Innovative approaches and methods for developing industry 4.0 and industry 5.0 skills
Session Objectives and Scope
To ensure that companies remain competitive in the transition between industry 4.0 and industry 5.0, which is rooted in the concepts of sustainability, resilience, and human-centricity, it is essential to train the new generation of engineers with a new and appropriate set of competences.
It is indeed crucial that the engineers of the future will be: (i) aware of sustainability issues, so that they can design actions to ensure long-term positive environmental impacts; (ii) capable of adapting to changing circumstances and managing uncertainties and unforeseen events with agility; (iii) able to collaborate with diverse individuals and teams to achieve common goals. In addition to these three aspects, a fourth, indispensable element in 4.0 industry must be considered: digitalisation. This entails the ability to analyse and organise data, utilise the latest technologies, and connect and optimise devices and systems through the Internet of Things (IoT).
These kinds of skills are not always easily acquired through standard educational models, which primarily rely on lectures to impart knowledge. Knowledge alone is indeed insufficient for workers to operate effectively in the industry 4.0 and industry 5.0 environments: a new set of hands-on skills is also required. To bridge this gap, knowledge must be transformed into skills, and innovative teaching methods that emphasise practical application have the potential to provide the solution.
Teaching factories serve as an example of an environment where students can develop new skills through experimentation, such as problem-solving, data analysis, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Furthermore, the design of new learning spaces and learning activities can contribute to shaping more sustainable and circular manufacturing systems and services.
This special session will focus on the development of skills for industry 4.0 and industry 5.0 through innovative teaching methods, such as blended learning, problem-based learning, and experiential learning. Contributions in the form of reference frameworks, survey findings, and case studies focusing on learning principles for digital and sustainable manufacturing systems are welcome.
Organizer(s):
Mattia Galimberti
Fabiana Pirola
Monica Rossi
Rossella Pozzi
Shaping Human Capital for Industry 5.0: Skills, Knowledge and Technologies for Human-Centric, Resilient, and Sustainable Manufacturing
Session Objectives and Scope
The shift from Industry 4.0 (I4.0) to Industry 5.0 (I5.0) prioritizes human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability alongside automation and digitalization. To navigate this transition, a skilled workforce must be developed and the role of digital technologies and I4.0 tools, such as Product Lifecycle Management, must be redefined to align with the emerging priorities. This session therefore explores the skills and competencies needed for coping with the I5.0 transition, alongside the role of advanced technologies in developing human capital for a more sustainable and intelligent future. Experts are therefore invited to share insights, case studies, and innovative approaches to this transformation.
Organizer(s):
Claudio Sassanelli
Romeo Bandinelli
Virginia Fani
Micaela Vitti
Francesco Facchini
Mariantonietta Ferrante
Smart Manufacturing Evolution: Integrating AI and the Digital Twin for Human-centric, Circular and Collaborative Production Systems
Session Objectives and Scope
This special session addresses cutting-edge developments in human-centric Smart Manufacturing and Cyber-Physical Production Systems. The convergence of AI and Digital Twin technologies augments data analytics and real-time decision-making in production environments. There is a need to investigate how these technologies can optimize manufacturing processes regarding efficiency, flexibility and sustainability, while maintaining human operators at the center of the production system. The session addresses, among other topics, human-machine interaction and collaborative environments. We welcome contributions that advance theoretical frameworks, practical implementations, and case studies demonstrating how AI and Digital Twin technologies can create more sustainable, efficient, and human-centered manufacturing systems.
Organizer(s):
Stefan Wiesner
Thor Wuest
Khaled Medini
Digital Transformation Approaches in Production and Management
Session Objectives and Scope
Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 and Big Data disrupted every (production) management domain. leading to a change in existing paradigms. It is no longer just the production of physical goods that contributes to value creation, but data and customer integration. This special session aims to attract theoretical, practice-oriented papers and case studies trying to answer the questions of: What is the reality of digital transformation in today’s (manufacturing) enterprises? What approaches, models, methods, technologies, do we have? What are the challenges that (manufacturing) enterprises face when digitally transforming their value propositions and processes?
Organizer(s):
Selver Softic
Egon L_ftenegger
Ugljesa Marjanovic
Bahrudin Hrnjica
Ioan Turcin
Vlad Bocanet
APMS Talks
Session Objectives and Scope
This session offers a platform for researchers to present and discuss their work on Production Management Systems. As the name suggests, the presentations are usually less formal than traditional scientific presentations, with a focus on discussion and exchange of ideas. A discussant moderates and inspires the discussion. While many presenters are recruited from the rich body of the IFIP Working Group 5.7, anyone is welcome to participate in the APMS talks and contribute to the discussion.
Organizer(s):
Gregor von Cieminski
Hermann L_dding
Erlend Alfnes
Mechanism Design for Production, Service and Supply Chain Management
Session Objectives and Scope
Business operations, encompassing facets such as production, logistics, transportation and service provision, hinge on the delineation of tasks among diverse entities, each endowed with distinct knowledge, capabilities, objectives, and constraints. Nurturing and effectively guiding autonomous cooperation among these entities, and potentially extending to customers, constitutes a pivotal aspect of operational management. Mechanism design, characterized by deliberate incentive structuring and rule formulation, emerges as a critical instrument in achieving this objective. This session is designed to showcase presentations and deliberations on leading-edge research and practical implementations of mechanism design, or pertinent game-theoretical frameworks, within a spectrum of industrial scenarios.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Designing incentive mechanisms for production scheduling and resource allocation
- Optimizing service provision processes to enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty
- Coordination mechanisms for improving collaboration and performance in supply chains
- Harnessing service mechanism toward transport innovation
- Mechanism design for addressing challenges in sustainability
Organizer(s):
Nariaki Nishino
Ryuichiro Ishikawa
Shota Suginouchi
Hajime Mizuyama
Transforming engineer-to-order projects, supply chains, and systems
Session Objectives and Scope
Engineer-To-Order (ETO) operations are common in mechanical industries, construction, shipbuilding, offshore, and other types of project-based industries where products are often one-of-a-kind and/or highly customized. In ETO, design, engineering, and configuration activities are included in the order fulfilment process, and engineering and configuration specifications of products are not known in detail upon receipt of customer orders. This special session welcomes contributions that address the transformation of ETO projects, supply chains and systems, based on the contemporary trends and future challenges of digitalization, Industry 4.0 technologies, circular economy, sustainable and effective operations, business model transformation, resilient supply chains, etc.
Organizer(s):
Erlend Alfnes
Martin Rudberg
Violetta Giada Cannas
Patrick Dallasega
Heidi Carin Dreyer
Jonathan Gosling
Mohamed Naim
Margherita Pero
Jo Wessel Strandhagen
Joakim Wikner
Experiential Learning in Engineering Education
Session Objectives and Scope
Experiential work including simulations and games plays a vital role in engineering education. This ensures that the students have become acquainted with the right practical and scientific engineering. We call for papers and practical contributions on the following topics:
1. Gamification, Games, Interactive Learning, and Simulations,
2. VR, AR, and Mixed Reality for Gaming in Industrial Engineering,
3. Virtual and On-site Labs,
4. Teachers’ Skills,
5. Digital vs. Physical/Haptic Games,
6. Immersiveness (VR/AR),
7. Communication SU vs. MU,
8. Learning Analytics,
9. New Generative AI Technologies and Tools for Games (e.g. ChatGPT for Brainstorming),
10. Integration of COTS in Engineering Education.
Organizer(s):
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge
Nick Szirbik
Mélanie Despeisse
Matthias Kalverkamp
Riitta Smeds
Giovanni Romagnoli
Theoretical and Practical Advances in Human-Centric, Resilient, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Session Objectives and Scope
Society 5.0 envisions a human-centric, sustainable, and resilient society, while Industry 5.0 emphasizes these principles in manufacturing systems. The development of AI, IoT, and robotics offer opportunities to design and operate supply chains that prioritize human well-being and are resilient and sustainable enough to adapt to disruptions. This special session aims to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the latest theoretical and practical advances in human-centric, resilient, and sustainable supply chain management. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, human-machine collaboration, explainable AI, cyber-physical systems, flexible automation, and sustainable supply chains.
Organizer(s):
Ziang Liu
Aya Ishigaki
Maintenance and Asset lifecycle management for sustainable and human-centered production
Session Objectives and Scope
The increasing pressure for sustainability and the advancements in Industry 4.0 technologies require a paradigm shift in how industrial systems are designed, operated, maintained, and decommissioned. Beyond ensuring efficiency and reliability, maintenance and asset lifecycle management must now contribute to sustainability goals and worker well-being. This shift calls for innovative approaches that extend value generation, integrating advanced maintenance services and technology-enhanced lifecycle management strategies. This special session, promoted by the IFIP WG5.7 SIG on PALM, aims to explore how Maintenance and Asset Lifecycle Management can support the transition toward sustainable and human-centered production systems. The session will bring together researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging methodologies, technological innovations, and new business models that enhance sustainability and workforce engagement in industrial asset management.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Lifecycle management of industrial assets and products, emphasizing sustainability and human-centric approaches
- End-of-life asset management strategies, methods, and tools
- The role of maintenance and operations in achieving sustainability in production systems
- Digital Twins & Cyber-Physical Systems for maintenance and asset lifecycle management
- Human-centric technologies for maintenance and asset lifecycle management
We welcome high-quality contributions that address key research challenges, technological developments, and business model innovations, as well as case studies demonstrating new and emerging approaches in Maintenance and Asset Lifecycle Management for Sustainable and Human-Centered Production.
Organizer(s):
Irene Roda
Anders Skoogh
Christos Emmanoulidis
Adalberto Polenghi
Jon Bokrantz
Designing Next Generation Lean Models Supporting Social, Sustainable, and Smart Production Systems
Session Objectives and Scope
Lean models, methods, and tools have been evolving in response to the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 and now the emerging Industry 5.0, leading to different digital, green, and social transformations as well as to the development of new smart solutions to support the operational excellence of modern production systems. This special session will explore how new technologies, sustainability targets, and social wellbeing developments are reshaping the Lean thinking models and their practices while ensuring the triple bottom line is achieved in all manufacturing operations. This special session aims to uncover best practices and research trends capable of driving human-centricity, sustainability, and resilience for long-term value creation in the new so-called ghuman-cyber-physical production systemsh by bridging traditional Lean principles and methods with modern digital tools and sustainable strategies.
Organizer(s):
Anne Zouggar
Federica Costa
Matteo Zanchi
Daryl Powell
David Romero
Scheduling and Production Planning in Smart Manufacturing
Session Objectives and Scope
This session explores innovative approaches to scheduling and production planning in smart manufacturing. With the integration of AI, IoT, and real-time data analytics, modern production systems require adaptive and efficient planning methods. Smart manufacturing is a technology-driven approach to manufacturing that leverages data, automation, and artificial intelligence to create a more efficient, flexible, and responsive production system. We invite researchers to share insights on cutting-edge strategies, challenges, and industry applications that enhance flexibility, responsiveness, and sustainability in manufacturing operations.
Organizer(s):
Takashi Tanizaki
Koji Iwamura
Eiji Morinaga
Human-Centered Service Engineering and Digital Transformation for Sustainable Service Industries
Session Objectives and Scope
The service industry is rapidly evolving with the integration of digital transformation, automation, and human-centered service engineering. This session explores innovative approaches to enhancing service operations through AI-driven optimization, IoT, and sustainable service design. A key focus is on the human argumentation, examining how human-centric digital solutions can balance technological advancements with service quality, employee well-being, and customer satisfaction. We welcome contributions on customer experience modeling, adaptive service architectures, and human-centric digital transformation across various service sectors, including restaurant services, hospitality, healthcare, logistics, and public services. Research papers, theoretical discussions, and case studies are all welcome.
Organizer(s):
Takeshi Shimmura
Tomomi Nonaka
Takeshi Kurata
Takeshi Takenaka
Nobutada Fujii
Digital Technologies in Manufacturing and Logistics: Exploring Digital Twin, IoT, and Additive Manufacturing
Session Objectives and Scope
Digital technologies are transforming manufacturing, machining, design, and logistics systems, enhancing flexibility and efficiency. This session focuses on key technologies such as Digital Twin, IoT, and Additive Manufacturing (AM), and advanced machining processes, as well as their integration into manufacturing systems and supply chains. The discussion will explore how these technologies are shaping the future of production and logistics while addressing challenges and solutions for achieving a more sustainable and data-driven industry. The session aims to foster discussions from both academic and industrial perspectives, covering topics from fundamental research to practical applications.
Organizer(s):
Toshitake Tateno
Yasuaki Matsunaga
Eiji Morinaga
Daisuke Kokuryo
Tatsuhiko Sakaguchi
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