This book presents the proceedings from the International Symposium for Production Research 2020. The cross-disciplinary papers presented draw on research from academics and practitioners from industrial engineering, management engineering, operational research, and production/operational management. It explores topics including: · computer-aided manufacturing; Industry 4.0 applications; simulation and modeling big data and analytics; flexible manufacturing systems; decision analysis quality management industrial robotics in production systems information technologies in production management; and optimization techniques. Presenting real-life applications, case studies, and mathematical models, this book is of interest to researchers, academics,and practitioners in the field of production and operation engineering.

Presents the latest developments in production and operations management and technology Explores the impact of Industry 4.0 on business and production practices Offers examples and case studies to exemplify the theories discussed

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Dr. Gunes Gencyilmaz is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Ayd n University. Previously he chaired the Department of Production Management (1980-2000) and was the director of Center for Production Research (1980-2000) at Istanbul University. He was the Head of Department of Management (2000-2010) and dean (2004-2009) at the Istanbul Kultur University. He is the graduate of Istanbul Technical University with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (1959-1964), He completed a specialization program on operations research (1971-1973) at Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich. He holds a PhD degree on Production Management from Istanbul University (1973). As a researcher, he was at Cornell University (1996); Operational Research Department, British Gas Corporation (HQ), London, UK (1973-1975) and Technical University of Munich, Institute for Statistics and Applied Mathematics (1980-1981).

His current research interests include Industry 4.0, Modeling, Decision Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Meta-Heuristics, and Production Systems

 He has organized numerous symposiums and conferences on production research, SMEs and productivity. He is the editor of 18 conference and symposium books. He served as an advisor in industry over the years. He managed several system projects of the Istanbul metropolitan municipality in the past.

He has been the advisor of numerous master's and Ph.D thesis students. He is a member of several scientific societies. Currently, his Google Scholar Citation score is 1360. He holds scholarships and grants from Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH), NATO System Sciences Division and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Prof. Dr. Numan M. Durakbasa is head of the research group "Industrial Metrology and Adaptronic Systems" of the Institute for Production Engineering and Photonic Technologies and head of the "Precision Metrology and Nanotechnology Laboratory" atTU Wien (Vienna University of Technology). He is Austrian expert in the International Technical Committee ISO/TC 213 "Geometrical Product Specifications and Verification", as well as ISO/TC 176 "Quality Management and Quality Assurance", vice chairman of the Austrian Standard Committee ON-K 031 "Geometrical Product Specifications and Verification, Technical Product Documentation"; expert in the Austrian Standard Committees "Quality Management Systems" and "Nano Technologies and Nano materials". Professor Durakbasa is long-standing member of the Executive Committee of ÖGMA (Austrian Society for Measurement and Automatic Control), since 2016 GMAR (Society for Measurement, Automation and Robotics), Austrian delegate to the General Council of the International Measurement Confederation - IMEKO and expert in the TCs (TC 14, TC 7). He is also Founder member of Austrian "Forum Qualitäts-Wissenschaften - FQW (Forum Quality Sciences". Professor Durakbasa has long-standing international practical experience as a "Quality Systems Auditor" and in the training and certification of quality professionals. He has experience in the development and implementation of management systems, in accreditation of inspection bodies and certification bodies for certification of management systems.

Research Interests

His major research areas are: interchangeable manufacturing, precision engineering, precision metrology, geometrical product specification and verification (GPS), industrial engineering, micro- and nanotechnology, co-ordinate metrology, Industry 4.0, telepresence, teleoperation, integrated management, quality management, environmental management, industrial metrology, measurement techniques, calibration, certification, assessment, inspection, and standardization.

 Publications

12 books and more than 500 scientific papers

Klappentext

This book presents the proceedings from the International Symposium for Production Research 2020. The cross-disciplinary papers presented draw on research from academics and practitioners from industrial engineering, management engineering, operational research, and production/operational management. It explores topics including: · computer-aided manufacturing; Industry 4.0 applications; simulation and modeling big data and analytics; flexible manufacturing systems; decision analysis quality management industrial robotics in production systems information technologies in production management; and optimization techniques. Presenting real-life applications, case studies, and mathematical models, this book is of interest to researchers, academics,and practitioners in the field of production and operation engineering.