This conference track will focus on topics related to people-centered issues in the design, operation and management of broadly defined advanced manufacturing systems and processes, and human factors issues related to intelligent manufacturing technologies; web-based manufacturing services; digital manufacturing worlds; manufacturing knowledge support systems; and other contemporary manufacturing environments.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Human Factors in Globalized Manufacturing Enterprises
- Human Factors in Green Manufacturing: Paradigms and Applications
- Knowledge Management in Manufacturing Enterprises in a Digital World
- Intelligent and Self-Organizing Manufacturing Systems
- Future Trends in Advanced Manufacturing and Human-Integrated Enterprises
- Issues in Hybrid Manufacturing Systems: Concepts, Theories and Models
- Modern Manufacturing Paradigms and Market Competitiveness
- Human Factors Engineering: Design, Testing and Evaluation of Work Systems
- Organizational Learning in Manufacturing Environments
- Cognitive Engineering and Manufacturing Systems Design
- Human Factors of Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
- Human Factors in Lean, Six Sigma and TQM
- Human-Computer Interaction and Manufacturing Systems Usability
- Management of Agile Manufacturing Enterprises
- Human Factors in Supply Chain Management
- Automation Safety, Robot Systems and Accident Prevention
- Human Factors in Maintenance, Inspection and Testing
- Human Factors in Lean, Six Sigma and TQM
- Human-Computer Interaction and System Usability
- Supply Chain and Value Stream Management
- Social & Organizational Design and Management Issues
- Virtual Reality and AI Applications in Manufacturing
- Work Design in Development of Personnel in Advanced Manufacturing
- Virtual Collaboration Teams and E-Learning in Manufacturing Environment
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Design in Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Architectures
- Manufacturing Systems Simulation and Visualization
- Manufacturing Processes: Usability Assessment
- Mass Customization in Manufacturing Processes
- Lean Manufacturing Enterprises
- Design of the Human Infrastructure for Computer-Integrated Technology
- System and Human Reliability, Safety and Worker Health Issues
- Environmental Protection and Quality Management