In addition to the conference topics, we invite proposals for a set of focused session that address specific topics related to production management.
Please use the provided template to prepare proposals for special sessions.
Deadline for proposals of special sessions: 28 February 2023
Please e-mail your proposals to: info@apms-conference.org.
Proposals were invited for special sessions related to IFIP WG5.7 special interest groups (SIGs) and other sessions addressing specific topics related to production management.
Please check the list of confirmed special sessions below and submit your paper(s) to a session you are interested by 20 April, 2023. If you have any inquiries, please contact erlend.alfnes@ntnu.no, david.romero.diaz@gmail.com or the session organizers.
1. Transforming Engineer-to-Order Projects, Supply Chains, and Ecosystems
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.
Organizers
Erlend Alfnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, erlend.alfnes@ntnu.no
Martin Rudberg, Linköping University, Sweden, martin.rudberg@liu.se
Jonathan Gosling, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, goslingj@cardiff.ac.uk
Margherita Pero, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, margherita.pero@polimi.it
Heidi Carin Dreyer, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway heidi.c.dreyer@ntnu.no
Joakim Wikner, Jönköping University, Sweden, joakim.wikner@ju.se
Mohamed Naim, Cardiff University, United Kingdom naimmm@cardiff.ac.uk
Violetta Giada Cannas, Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC, Italy, vcannas@liuc.it
Dallasega Patrick, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, patrick.dallasega@unibz.it
2. Lean Management in the Industry 4.0 Era
Session Objectives and Scope
Many organizations have successfully achieved outstanding performances in the past by incorporating the Lean Management philosophy at the center of their transformations. Now, in the Industry 4.0 era, novel digital technologies offer new opportunities to transform how organizations can cost-effectively operate and deliver value to their customers, triggering once again the need for changes in the way the workforce works and adds value, and how work processes are organized and work is distributed both in and across departments. This special session calls for papers on different types of Lean Management approaches, including new theories, models, frameworks, and methods to deal with top management commitment, strategic planning perspectives, business processes reengineering, people-centric change management efforts, new technology adoption and acceptance models, and risk management assessments in Digital Transformations towards operational excellence in the Industry 4.0 era.
Organizers
Daryl Powell, SINTEF Manufacturing, Norway, daryl.powell@sintef.no
Marte Holmemo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, marte.holmemo@ntnu.no
Victor Eriksson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, victor.eriksson@ntnu.no
Anne Zouggar, University of Bordeaux, France, anne.zouggar@ims-bordeaux.fr
Torbjørn Netland, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, tnetland@ethz.ch
3. Product and Asset Life Cycle Management for Sustainable and Resilient Manufacturing Systems
Session Objectives and Scope
Given the ever-pressing need to address the green and digital transition towards sustainable and resilient manufacturing systems, researchers and practitioners are focusing on the potentialities of technology-enhanced lifecycle management on final products and manufacturing assets to support sustainability strategies in manufacturing operations. This special session aims at addressing the key aspects of product and asset life cycle management for sustainable and resilient manufacturing systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Industrial assets and products lifecycle management and the role of advanced technologies; Prognostics and Health Management systems to support sustainable and resilient operations; Industrial big data analytics and cyber-physical systems for product and asset lifecycle management; End-of-life management strategies, methods, and tools; Industrial assets‘ and products‘ lifecycle management in high-uncertainty environments; Assessment of operations and maintenance impact on sustainability, and Artificial intelligence for maintenance and asset lifecycle management.
Organizers
Simone Arena, University of Cagliari, Italy, simonearena@unica.it
Chiara Franciosi, University de Lorraine, France, chiara.franciosi@univ-lorraine.fr
Maria Holgado, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, m.holgado@sussex.ac.uk
Irene Roda, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, irene.roda@polimi.it
Alexandre Voisin, University de Lorraine, France, alexandre.voisin@univ-lorraine.fr
4. Experiential Learning in Engineering Education
Session Objectives and Scope
Experiential work including simulations and games plays a vital role in engineering education. This special session intends to present a set of different games, gamified applications and simulations used for engineering education. Papers and practical contributions are welcome on topics such as: Gamification, games, interactive learning, simulations; VR, AR, and MR for gaming in industrial engineering; Virtual and on-site labs; Teachers’ skills; Digital vs physical/haptic games; Immersive (VR/AR); Communication SU vs. MU; Learning Analytics; New generative AI technologies and tools for games, and Integration of COTS in engineering education.
Organizers
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics, Germany, jmbh@kth.se
Nick Szirbik, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, n.b.szirbik@rug.nl
Riitta Smeds, Aalto University, Finland, riitta.smeds@aalto.fi
5. Exploring Digital Servitization in Manufacturing
Session Objectives and Scope
Many manufacturing companies struggle to integrate their traditional product offering with digital services due to a lack of methods, tools, and guidelines on how to effectively incorporate digital technologies into their service offerings. This session aims to investigate the adoption of digital servitization in manufacturing at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels and will invite contributions to discuss how businesses can leverage the potential of digital technologies in the design and delivery of digital service offerings, recognize the critical factors affecting digital servitization journeys, or recognize factors affecting the digital servitization journey’s success.
Organizers
Giuditta Pezzotta, University of Bergamo, Italy, giuditta.pezzotta@unibg.it
Veronica Arioli, University of Bergamo, Italy, veronica.arioli@unibg.it
Federico Adrodegari, University of Brescia, Italy, federico.adrodegari@unibs.it
Ugljesa Marjanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, umarjano@uns.ac.rs
Slavko Rakic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, slavkorakic@uns.ac.rs
Claudio Sassanelli, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, claudio.sassanelli@poliba.it
6. Digitally enabled and Sustainable Service and Operations Management in PSS Lifecycle
Session Objectives and Scope
In the Product-Service System (PSS) context, value generation is frequently based on offering services tailored to the customers’ needs, forcing companies to find ways to make PSS sustainable from the economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Digitalization can contribute to enforcing PSS offerings, simplifying the customization process while widening the field of action for providers, especially in the Middle-of-Life (MoL), as digitalization can be used to streamline and make more efficient service and operations management. This session aims to explore how digital technologies and decision-making methods can make service and operations management more efficient in building sustainable and competitive MoL PSS offerings. The most relevant topics for this special session are: Digitally-enabled PSS business models and lifecycle models; Digitally-enabled service and operations management (MoL); Integration of digital-enabled solutions into existing PSS offerings; Digitally enabled services and how they are delivered; Determining the sustainability of digitally-enabled PSS configurations; Decision-support systems for PSS MoL, and relevant industrial case studies.
Organizers
Roberto Sala, University of Bergamo, Italy, roberto.sala@unibg.it
Fabiana Pirola, University of Bergamo, Italy, fabiana.pirola@unibg.it
Oliver Stoll, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art, Switzerland, oliver.stoll@hslu.ch
Stefan Wiesner, Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Germany, wie@biba.uni-bremen.de
Shaun West, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art, Switzerland, shaun.west@hslu.ch
Paolo Gaiardelli, University of Bergamo, Italy, paolo.gaiardelli@unibg.it
7. Workforce Evolutionary Pathways in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Session Objectives and Scope
The joint impacts of technological and social trends are transforming the manufacturing industry, including the workplace, the workforce, and the nature of work. While robotization, automation, and digitalization are promoting an evolution towards smart manufacturing and cyber-physical production systems, demographic trends and the ageing of the working population are pushing a re-thinking of workforce roles and features of their work in an emerging smart and sustainable industry. This special session aims to attract contributions from scholars and practitioners in the research about the evolutionary paths of the manufacturing workforce in the current Industry 4.0 and the emerging Industry 5.0, focusing on new competence/talent development strategies, job-task profiles analysis and evolution, innovative work organization strategies, and augmentation technologies and methods to support workforce ageing.
Organizers
Chiara Cimini, University of Bergamo, Italy, chiara.cimini@unibg.it
Alexandra Lagorio, University of Bergamo, Italy, alexandra.lagorio@unibg.it
Paolo Gaiardelli, University of Bergamo, Italy, paolo.gaiardelli@unibg.it
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, david.romero.diaz@gmail.com
Johan Stahre, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, johan.stahre@chalmers.se
Greta Braun, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, greta.braun@chalmers.se
8. Next Generation Human-centered Manufacturing and Logistics Systems for the Operator 5.0
Session Objectives and Scope
Industry 5.0, as introduced by the European Commission, places the worker at the center of production systems, including manufacturing and logistics systems. It uses new automation, assisting, collaborative, and augmentation technologies to amplify human physical and cognitive abilities to provide prosperity and resilience in workplaces beyond productive jobs and firms’ growth while respecting the production limits of the planet. It empowers workers and addresses employees’ evolving skills and training needs for a socially sustainable workforce. This special session invites contributions to develop innovative approaches for designing, engineering, and managing human-centered manufacturing and logistics systems, through quantitative and qualitative methods, giving insights into socio-technical behavioral issues, novel human-technology interactions, and amplifications of human capabilities by technology in the emerging human-cyber-physical production systems.
Organizers
Fabio Sgarbossa, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, fabio.sgarbossa@ntnu.no
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, david.romero.diaz@gmail.com
Johan Stahre, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, johan.stahre@chalmers.se
Eric Grosse, Saarland University, Germany, eric.grosse@uni-saarland.de
Antonio Padovano, University of Calabria, Italy, antonio.padovano@unical.it
Monica Rossi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, monica.rossi@polimi.it
Thorsten Wuest, West Virginia University, US, thwuest@mail.wvu.edu
9. Crossroads and Paradoxes in the Digital Lean Manufacturing World
Session Objectives and Scope
The crossroads of Lean Manufacturing and Manufacturing Operations Digitalization in the Industry 4.0 era continue to grow relevant interest in Lean academics and practitioners in the new Digital Lean Manufacturing World. The Digital Lean Manufacturing paradigm seeks to address manufacturing processes and systems’ continuous improvement through the adoption of modern Digital Technologies following the Lean principles for achieving the next level of Operational Excellence towards Lean Cyber-Physical Production Systems. Nevertheless, even though many studies assert that “Digital” and “Lean” are complementary, different dilemmas and paradoxes emerge from the convergence. This special session aims to spark discussions and enhance understanding of this emerging paradigm by bringing together different research papers on a variety of perspectives, practices, and theories related to the “Digitalization of Lean Methods and Tools” and their deployment on “Digital Lean Shopfloors” such as Digital Quality Management systems, Digital Kanban Systems, Jidoka 4.0 systems, Heijunka 4.0 systems, Digital Visual Management Systems, Intelligent Poka-Yokes, Intelligent Maintenance Systems, to mention a few.
Organizers
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, david.romero.diaz@gmail.com
Paolo Gaiardelli, University of Bergamo, Italy, paolo.gaiardelli@unibg.it
Matteo Zanchi, University of Bergamo, Italy, matteo.zanchi@unibg.it
Sourav Sengupta, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, sourav.sengupta@ntnu.no
Christoph Roser, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany, christoph.roser@h-ka.de
10. Circular Manufacturing and Industrial Eco-efficiency
Session Objectives and Scope
This special session will explore models and methodologies to facilitate the green-digital transition (a.k.a. “twin transition”) in the manufacturing sector. Circularity and eco-efficiency are gaining momentum both in the state-of-practice and the state-of-art, aiming to advance and maintain companies’ competitiveness while addressing environmental issues such as resource scarcity and climate change. Digitalization is a powerful driver to collect and exchange the information necessary further guide and monitor environmental performance improvements.
Organizers
Federica Acerbi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, federica.acerbi@polimi.it
Mélanie Despeisse, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, melanie.despeisse@chalmers.se
Clarissa González, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, clarissa.gonzalez@chalmers.se
Beatrice Colombo, University of Bergamo, Italy, beatrice.colombo@unibg.it
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, david.romero.diaz@gmail.com
Stephen Childe, Plymouth University, UK, stephen.childe@plymouth.ac.uk
Thorsten West, West Virginia University, US, thwuest@mail.wvu.edu
11. Battery Production Development and Management
Session Objectives and Scope
With the rapid electrification and required decarbonization of society, the demand for batteries is booming. To support the industry in meeting this exploding demand, research is needed to tackle emerging issues around critical scarce materials, process automation and efficiency, how production quality impacts battery performance, battery health monitoring and maintenance, new chemistries and novel manufacturing processes for next-generation batteries, digital product and material passports to enable circular and sustainable value networks, battery end-of-life management, etc. This session focuses on challenges in battery production and state-of-the-art research to stimulate discussions with experts active in this area.
Organizers
Björn Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, bjorn.johansson@chalmers.se
Mélanie Despeisse, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, melanie.despeisse@chalmers.se
Sang Do Noh, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, sdnoh@SKKU.EDU
12. Digital Transformation Approaches in Production Management
Session Objectives and Scope
Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, and Big Data disrupted everything in the production management domain. Service Transformation as part of it is 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: What is the reality of digital transformation in today’s manufacturing enterprises? What approaches, models, methods, technologies, do we have? and What are the challenges that manufacturing enterprises face when digitally transforming their value propositions and processes?
Organizers
Selver Softic, University of Applied Sciences, Austria, selver.softic@campus02.at
Stefanie Hatzl, University of Applied Sciences, Austria, stefanie.hatzl@campus02.at
Egon Lüftenegger, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria, egon.lueftenegger@fh-salzburg.ac.at
Ugljesa Marjanovic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, umarjano@uns.ac.rs
Bahrudin Hrnjica, University of Bihac. Bosnia & Herzegovina, bahrudin.hrnjica@unbi.ba
Ioan Turcin, University of Applied Science, Austria, ioan.turcin@campus02.at
Vlad Bocanet, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania, vlad.bocanet@tcm.utcluj.ro
13. Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) Business Models in the Manufacturing Industry
Session Objectives and Scope
We recognize a certain amount of research advancing from Traditional to Smart Product-Service System (PSS) research towards a special focus on fully integrated XaaS Business Models in the Manufacturing Industry. Although PSS research delivers already a great foundation towards XaaS, the underlying paradigm shift of XaaS within all the mentioned fields of interest has not been described and discussed in great detail yet. This special session invites researchers from all over the world to share their XaaS-specific research platform, for instance: Customer Analysis and Segmentation for XaaS, Strategies & Management Plans for XaaS, CAPEX-2-OPEX Financing Models for XaaS, Product-Service-Digital Packaging for XaaS, Complexity Management for XaaS, Partnering & Ecosystem Design for XaaS, Pricing Models for XaaS, Billing Procedures for XaaS, Organizational and Change Management for XaaS, Digital Technologies as Enabler for XaaS, Go-To-Market Strategies for XaaS, Sales Strategies for XaaS, Practical Use-Case-Based Research regarding XaaS, etc.
Organizers
Volker Stich, FIR RWTH Aachen, Germany, volker.stich@fir.rwth-aachen.de
Lennard Holst, FIR RWTH Aachen, Germany, lennard.holst@fir.rwth-aachen.de
Maximilian Schacht, FIR RWTH Aachen, Germany, maximilian.shacht@fir.rwth-aachen.de
14. Lean in Healthcare
Session Objectives and Scope
This special session aims to deep into the lean healthcare paradigm by applying lean thinking concepts, methods, and tools to support healthcare facilities in continuous improvements to become more efficient in the provision of healthcare services. Case reports of practical experiences in different lean healthcare environments are welcome.
Organizers
Christiane Lima Barbosa, Federal University of Pará, Brazil, cllima@ufpa.br
José Ricardo de Souza Ramos, Federal Fluminense University, Brazil, jrsramos@id.uff.br
Robisom Damasceno Calado, Federal Fluminense University, Brazil, robisomcalado@id.uff.br
Flávia Silva de Souza, Federal Fluminense University, Brazil, flaviass@id.uff.br
15. Towards Next-Generation Production and SCM in Yard and Construction Industries
Session Objectives and Scope
The yard and construction industries are both essential in the global economy and share many similarities, with their project-based production and development of one-of-a-kind products, such as ships, offshore structures, buildings etc. Such characteristics require tailored approaches to operations. This session will bring together the newest research within production and supply chain management on this sub-group of industries, including topics related to logistics, planning and control, sustainability, and Industry 4.0/5.0. The session aims to facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing between researchers within the yard and construction industries, exploring synergies and moving towards next-generation production and supply chain management.
Organizers
Jo Wessel Strandhagen, SINTEF, Norway, jo.wessel.strandhagen@sintef.no
Marco Semini, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, marco.semini@ntnu.no
Yongkuk Jeong, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, yongkuk@kth.se
Jong Hun Woo, Seoul National University, South Korea, j.woo@snu.ac.kr
Iris D. Tommelein, University of California, Berkeley, US, p2sl@berkeley.edu
16. Additive Manufacturing in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Session Objectives and Scope
Additive Manufacturing (AM) has recently emerged as a disruptive manufacturing technology. It allows fast production of parts with a level of complexity not even imaginably achievable with conventional manufacturing techniques. The use of AM impacts several areas of Operations and Supply Chain Management from both an economic and environmental point of view: from production scheduling to supply chain design, from inventory management to supply chain resiliency. This special track invites studies investigating the impact and policy implications of AM on supply chain design, inventory management, production scheduling, supply chain resiliency, and supply chain sustainability.
Organizers
Mirco Peron, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, mirco.peron@ntnu.no
Enes Demiralay, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, enes.demiralay@ntnu.no
Trond Halvorsen, SINTEF Digital, Norway,trond.halvorsen@sintef.no
Klas Boivie, SINTEF Manufacturing, Norway, klas.boivie@sintef.no
Marco Semini, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, marco.semini@ntnu.no
Francesco Lolli, University of Moderna and Reggio Emilia, Italy francesco.lolli@unimore.it
17. Operations and SCM in Energy-Intensive Production for a Sustainable Future
Session Objectives and Scope
The energy and climate crises have significantly increased the attention of practitioners and academics towards improving the generation of renewable energy sources and energy consumption in production sites, and the transposition of energy in supply chains. Innovative technologies, digitalization, and smart decision-making support the deep transformation towards clean, decarbonized, and more efficient energy generation and consumption in the industrial sector. This special track invites studies investigating novel strategical and planning frameworks, production strategies and optimization methods, and supply chain design and management, to increase flexibility, energy efficiency, and resilience in energy-intensive production and energy sectors of the future, such as hydrogen production and supply chain.
Organizers
Fabio Sgarbossa, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, fabio.sgarbossa@ntnu.no
Giuseppe Fragapane, SINTEF Manufacturing, Norway, Giuseppe.fragapane@sintef.no
Dmitry Ivanov, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany, dmitry.ivanov@hwr-berlin.de
Mirco Peron, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, mirco.peron@ntnu.no
Nicola Paltrinieri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, nicola.paltrinieri@ntnu.no
Marta Bucelli, SINTEF Energy Research, Norway, marta.bucelli@sintef.no
18. Smart Manufacturing to Support Circular Economy
Session Objectives and Scope
Circular Economy requires the manufacturing industry to adopt new actions. The key technologies of Industry 4.0 represent a mean to overcome the barriers to the circular transition. For example, sensors connected according to the Internet of Things model can signal the existence of conditions for which to activate or stop systems that require energy consumption, while additive manufacturing can significantly reduce the consumption of materials. The aim of this special session is to attract papers detailing the most recent developments in the field of smart manufacturing supporting the transition to circular economy and discussing models for sustaining the transition in manufacturing.
Organizers
Rossella Pozzi, Carlo Cattaneo University, Italy, rpozzi@liuc.it
Violetta Giada Cannas, Carlo Cattaneo University, Italy, vcannas@liuc.it
Mirco Peron, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, mirco.peron@ntnu.no
Nicol Saporiti, Carlo Cattaneo University, Italy, nsaporiti@liuc.it
Andrea Urbinati, Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC, Italy, aurbinati@liuc.it
19. Smart Production Planning and Control
Session Objectives and Scope
Smart Production Planning and Control (PPC) can be understood as the integration of emerging technologies and capabilities in the Industry 4.0 framework with PPC processes to improve the performance of the production system. Keywords include real-time, data-driven decision-making and continuous learning with input from diverse data sources. This special session calls for contributions on the latest achievements in the conceptualization, design, development, implementation efforts, and testing of solutions for smart PPC. The scope of the session is on advancements within the concept of smart PPC, with paper contributions towards both theory and practice.
Organizers
Jan Ola Strandhagen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, <ola.strandhagen@ntnu.no
Veronica Lindström, Linköping University, Sweden, >veronica.lindstrom@liu.se
Anita Romsdal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, anita.romsdal@ntnu.no
Julia Pahl, SDU Odense, Denmark, julp@iti.sdu.dk
20. SME 5.0: Exploring Pathways to the Next Level of Intelligent, Sustainable, and Human-Centred SMEs
Session Objectives and Scope
Although SMEs now use technologies for gathering and managing huge amounts of data, smaller companies still have difficulties exploiting those data. We see a shift towards “data and intelligence-driven” patterns primarily determined by “technology-driven” innovation. Such a shift would require that factories, as the complex system they are a part of, become capable of applying previously acquired knowledge and be able to acquire new knowledge autonomously and apply it for (self) optimization purposes. The purpose of this session is to nurture the scientific and practical discussion of SMEs’ needs, requirements, and the next steps to be undertaken in creating intelligent SME factories, including societal impacts and the need for regulatory support. With SMEs in focus, we are specifically interested in: Artificial Intelligence (AI) from inter- and multidisciplinary perspectives including Cybersecurity; how advanced IT technologies, IoT, robots, AI, or augmented reality may contribute to solving societal and sustainability challenges; how Industry 5.0 as a strategic tool can accelerate the twin green and digital transitions toward a more sustainable and resilient society, and human-centred Factories and economic considerations.
Organizers
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics, Germany, jmbh@kth.se
Seyoum E. Birkie, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, seyoume@kth.se
Zuhara Zemke Chavez, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, zuhar@kth.se
Yongkuk Jeong, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, yongkuk@kth.se
Erik Flores Garcia, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, efs01@kth.se
Monica Bellgran, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, bellgran@kth.se
Salinee Santiteerakul, Chang Mai University, Thailand, salinee@eng.cmu.ac.th
21. Advances in Dynamic Scheduling Technologies for Smart Manufacturing
Session Objectives and Scope
This special session aims to explore the latest developments and practical applications of dynamic scheduling technologies in smart assembly and logistics for manufacturing sector. Specifically, it will focus on the advances in AI, CPS, digital twins, Industrial Internet of Things, and vision-based systems for data gathering. The session will provide a platform for experts and researchers from academia and industry to share their experiences, exchange ideas, and discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing these technologies. The session welcomes original research papers, case studies, and technical contributions.
Organizers
Yongkuk Jeong, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, yongkuk@kth.se
Erik Flores-García, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, efs01@kth.se
Magnus Wiktorsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, magwik@kth.se
Sang Do Noh, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, sdnoh@skku.edu
22. Sustainable Mass Customization in the Era of Industry 5.0
Session Objectives and Scope
The idea behind mass customization is to provide customers with a unique product that meets their specific needs, while also maintaining the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of mass production. This presents unique challenges related to balancing the manufacturer’s back-end operational capabilities with their front-end customer requirements. Mass customization is used in a wide range of industries, including furniture, clothing, electronics, construction, and even food. This special session welcomes research contributions aiming to advance the field of mass customization, including topics related to sustainability, circular economy, Industry 4.0/5.0, production logistics, supply chain networks, solution space development, modularization, and smart products.
Organizers
Jo Wessel Strandhagen, SINTEF, Norway, jo.wessel.strandhagen@sintef.no
Lars Skjelstad, SINTEF, Norway, lars.skjelstad@sintef.no
23. Product Information Management and Extended Producer Responsibilit
Session Objectives and Scope
The quest for circularity forces manufacturers to take on their extended producer responsibility. From a product perspective, life is not circular but linear in the time dimension since any product will eventually reach a point at which it no longer qualifies for maintenance, reuse, repair, or refurbishment. Product information management processes involving IoT devices and Digital Product Passports as information carriers enable physical-digital connections for circular supply management systems. The aim of this special session is to attract papers focusing on the product perspective and the recent developments in managing extended producer responsibility.
Organizers
Bjørn Jæger, Molde University College, Norway, bjorn.jager@himolde.no
Lise Lillebrygfjeld Hale, Molde University College, Norway, lise.l.halse@himolde.no
Terje Andersen, Molde University College, Norway, terje.andersen@himolde.no
Jan Ola Strandhagen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, ola.strandhagen@ntnu.no
Gianmarco Bressanelli, gianmarco.bressanelli@unibs.it, University of Brescia, Italy
Nicola Saccani, nicola.saccani@unibs.it, University of Brescia, Italy
Arvind Upadhyay, University of Stavanger, Norway and University of Brighton, UK, arvind.upadhyay@uis.no
24. 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.
Organizers
Hermann Lödding, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, loedding@tuhh.de
Gregor von Cieminski, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany, gregor.voncieminski@zf.com
Erlend Alfnes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, erlend.alfnes@ntnu.no
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