IFIP Working Group 5.7, Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS), belongs to the Technical Committee 5 of the International Federation for Information Processing ( IFIP ). It was established in 1978, revised in 1986 and 1989.

Aim

The aim of WG 5.7 is to promote and encourage the advancement of knowledge and practice in the field of Integrated Production Management and to maximise global dissemination of this knowledge.
This broad aim is achieved by a continuous development and refinement of an industry-based research agenda, focusing on industrial excellence for assessing best practices and stimulating young researchers seeking career in production management. WG5.7 aims at developing a research culture that nurtures research that addresses industrial need whilst maintaining academic excellence and disseminating R&D results and best practices globally to both academics and practitioners through the group annual conference and the activities of its special interest groups.

Scope

• Production, Operations and Supply Chain Strategy

§ Capacity Planning

• Production Planning, Scheduling & Control

• Inventory Management

• Procurement, Logistics and Distribution Management

• Service Operations Management

§ Industrial Services

§ Professional Services

§ Service Supply Networks

§ Maintenance Management

§ After-sales Service

• Quality Management

• Product Lifecycle Management

§ Product/Process/Service innovation

§ Interaction with Production Management

• Sustainability in Production

§ Sustainable Operations & Manufacturing

§ Eco-efficient manufacturing

§ Economic, social and environmental issues

• Globalisation of Supply Networks

§ Virtual, Extended, Collaborative enterprises

• Operational excellence

§ JIT, TPM, Kaizen

§ Lean Manufacturing and Services

§ Best practices

§ Safety and Health Management

• Advanced Manufacturing and Production Systems

• Automation and Integration in Manufacturing

• Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

• Virtual, Digital and Smart Factory

• Collaborative Manufacturing

• Wireless and Mobile Factory

• Business Process Management

• Modelling of Business and Operational Processes

• Modelling of Production Systems

• Simulation

• Project and Risk Management

• Knowledge Management

• Performance Measurement and Benchmarking

• Innovations in Networks

• Education, learning and training

• ICT systems for Operations and Supply Chain Management

• ERP, CAPM, PDM, PLM, CRM, SRM, APS, MES, etc.

• CIM,

• e-operations, e-manufacturing, e-xxx

• Management of IT

• Standard in Manufacturing