Programme

The theme of APMS 2015 is Innovative
production management towards sustainable growth：Service, Manufacturing,
and Resilient value-chain. The topics of APMS 2015 include (but are not limited to):

Collaborative networks 

• Collaborative
  Design
• Distributed
  systems and multi-agent technologies
• ICT for
  collaborative manufacturing
• Innovation
  for enterprise collaboration
• Collaborative
  Information networks
• Performance
  measurement and benchmarking
• B2B, B2C

Globalization and production management

• Inventory Management
  in large supply chains
• Global supply chain
  systems
• Mass customization
• Social and Cultural aspects
  of global supply chains
• Worldwide Procurement
• Logistics and
  Distribution Management

Knowledge based production management

• Computational
  Intelligence in Production Management
• Intelligent
  manufacturing systems
• Knowledge
  Engineering
• Knowledge-based
  PLM
• Production
  Planning & Control
• Scheduling
• Automatic
  Learning Systems
• Modeling
  and simulation of Business & Operational Processes
• Supply
  chain simulation,
• Social
  networks for manufacturing
• Virtual
  Factory
• Agile and
  flexible manufacturing systems

Project management, Engineering management, and Quality management

• Closed Loop Design
• Highly customized products and services
• Quality management
• QFD
• Six-Sigma
• New products development
• Engineering management
• Engineering and management education

Sustainability and production management

• Eco-design and Eco-innovation,
• Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing,
• Green manufacturing
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Remanufacturing
• Disassembly and Recycling
• Sustainable Supply Chains
• Sustainability in Global Supply Networks
• Smart Factory