Engineering systems and networks: the way ahead for industrial engineering and operations management: book of proceedings of the ICIEOM-CIO-IIIE, International Conference 2015

We live in an interconnected world. Every day, increasing flows of goods, information and individuals strengthen the links among companies and nations. This scenario is reinforced everyday by the rising prosperity and participation of emerging economies, and by the dissemination of digital technologies. Aiming at an effective participation in todays’ interconnected production contexts requires the development of specific knowledge that can inform managerial practice for taking full advantage of the existing opportunities. To this end academic conferences are privileged forums for the dissemination of the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices. The ICIEOM-CIO-IIIE 2015, “XXI International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management”, “9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management” (XIX Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización) and “International IIE Conference 2015” called for contributions under the moto “Engineering Systems and Networks: the way ahead for industrial engineering and operations management”. An impressive number of 353 submissions were received, addressing a multidisciplinary range of industrial engineering and operations management topics, and creating a rich setting for three Conference days of vibrant debate. A total of 200 of such submissions were selected for presentation at the Conference, after a rigorous process of selection, review and feedback to authors. This book presents 160 of these articles. A selection of 40 papers was gathered for publication in the series of Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. (...