Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
World Congress

Detroit, Michigan, October 1-3, 2024
Venue: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan
Theme: EV Production Challenges and Automotive Resilient Supply Chain

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The conference will provide an opportunity for academics, researchers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and explore recent developments in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. The conference is also expected to foster networking, collaboration, and joint effort among the conference participants to advance the theory and practice as well as to identify major trends in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.

The IEOM Society International, a nonprofit professional organization registered in Michigan, USA, is a premier global platform dedicated to the advancement of industrial engineering and operations management discipline for the betterment of humanity. IEOM is a global platform for academics, researchers, scientists, and practitioners to exchange ideas. Most importantly, it provides insights into the latest technologies, tools and advancements in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. The IEOM Society has successfully planned and organized international conferences around the world including Dhaka (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011), Istanbul (2012), Bali (2014), Dubai (2015), Orlando (2015), Kuala Lumpur (2016), Detroit (2016), Rabat (2017), Bristol, UK (2017), Bandung (2018), Paris (2018), Washington DC (2018), Pretoria (2018), Bangkok (2019), Pilsen (2019), Toronto (2019), Riyadh (2019), Dubai (2020), Detroit (2020), Harare (2020), Singapore (2021), Sao Paulo (2021), Haiti (2021), Harbin (2021), Rome (2021), Bangalore (2021), Indonesia (2021), Monterrey (2021), Istanbul (2022), Nigeria (2022), Orlando (2022), Paraguay (2022), Rome (2022), India (2022), Sydney (2022), Manila (2023), Zambia (2023), Peru (2023), Houston (2023), Lisbon (2023) and Vietnam (2023). The IEOM Society currently has 220 student chapters in 54 countries. There are 151 countries from six continents participating in various IEOM Society activities. The IEOM Global Community has more than 20,000 members.

Authors can submit full paper(s) or abstract(s) only. Authors MUST use the conference template to prepare papers or abstracts. IEOM Society encourages to submit full paper(s). All full papers will be subjected to double peer review. Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings and indexed. Any submission implies that an author will attend IEOM 2021 Singapore Conference and present the paper or abstract. SELECTED PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN IJIEOM (International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management).

Conference Chairs

Academic

• Dr. Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
• Dr. Leslie Monplaisir, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Dr. Chan-Jin (CJ) Chung, Professor of Computer Science and Founder of Robofest & Director of CAR (CS and AI Robotics) Lab, Math + Computer Science Department, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Industry

• Kush Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Global Organizational Excellence Solutions LLC (GOES) and GM Fellow, ASQ Fellow, SSMBB, DFSS MBB, Shainin Red X Master, Design Thinking Coach, ASQ-CMQ/OE, CSSBB, CQE, CQA, CBA, Michigan, USA
• Steve Sibrel, Senior Supplier Quality Management, Harman International
• Dr. Saso Krstovski, MBB, University Programs Manager, Ford Motor Company, Michigan, USA

Program Chairs

• Prof. Don Reimer, Adjunct Professor at LTU (dreimer@ltu.edu)
• Dr. Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Professor of Engineering Management, School of Engineering, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

Program Committee

• Dr. Neil Murray, Adjunct Professor at LTU and Manager at ZF
• Dr. Joseph Ogundu, Emerald Global Consulting Inc., Southfield

Special Tracks

• EV
• Smart Mobility
• Automotive Supply Chain
• Industrial Engineering Education
• Industry 4.0 and Industry Solutions
• Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA)
• Diversity and Inclusion Panel sponsored by Ford Motor Company
• Panels on Supply Chain, Industry 4.0, Smart Mobility and WIIA

COMPETITIONS:

• Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS
• Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation
• Master Thesis Competition
• Doctoral Dissertation Competition
• Final Year Project (FYP)/Senior Capstone Design Project Poster Competition
• Undergraduate Research Competition
• High School and Middle School STEM Competition
• IEOM-FlexSim Simulation Competition
• Lean Six Sigma Competition
• Supply Chain Management Competition
• COVID-19 Analytics Competition
• Poster Competition

Topics – covering industrial issues/applications and theoretical research, but are not limited to:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Automation and Control
• Automotive Supply Chain
• Aviation and Aerospace
• Biomedical Devices and Systems
• Business Analytics
• Business Management
• Case Studies
• Construction Management
• Cyber Security
• Data Analytics and Big Data
• Decision Sciences
• Defense
• Design and Analysis
• Digital Manufacturing
• Disruptive Technologies / Smart Technologies
• E-Business/E-Service
• E-Manufacturing
• Energy
• Engineering Economy
• Engineering Education
• Engineering Management
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Environmental Engineering
• ERP
• EV
• Facilities Planning and Layout
• Financial Engineering
• Healthcare Operations and Healthcare Engineering
• Human Factors and Ergonomics
• IE / OM in Asia
• Industrial Management
• Industry 4.0
• Industry Best Practices
• Industrial Management
• Industry Solutions
• Information Technology
• Inventory Control
• IoT
• Lean
• Logistics
• Machine Learning
• Maintenance and Reliability
• Manufacturing
• Material Flow Cost Accounting
• Mathematical Sciences
• Mechatronics and Predictive Machinery Degradation
• Modeling and Simulation
• Operations Management
• Operations Research
• Production Engineering
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Production Planning and Management
• Project Management
• Quality Control
• Service Engineering and Service Management
• Six Sigma
• Smart Mobility
• Supply Chain Management
• Sustainability
• Systems Dynamics
• Systems Engineering
• Technology Management
• Transportation and Traffic
• Waste
• Work Design, Measurement and ISO

Deadlines

Sponsors / Corporate Partners

• Amatrol Inc..
• BrassCraft Manufacturing Company
• Cintas
• Daikin Applied
• Eaton
• Ford Motor Company
• SIEMENS
• Tooling Tech Group

University Partners / Affiliates

• Binghamton University, The State University of New York (SUNY), USA
• Center for Advanced Systems Research and Education (CASRE), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
• Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• Eastern Michigan University, USA
• EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
• Florida Polytechnic University, USA
• Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
• Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Universitas Mercu Buana
• Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
• Universite De Lorraine, Nancy cedex – France
• Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
• University of Derby, UK
• University of New Brunswick at Fredericton, Canada
• University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC, USA
• Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Organization Partners / Affiliates

• Operational Research Society of Singapore (ORSS)
• African Engineering Education Association (AEES)
• BKSTI: Agency for Cooperation of Higher Education of Industrial Engineering, Indonesia
• Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE)
• International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)
• Pakistan Society of Industrial Engineers (PSIE)
• Robofest
• Society of Cost and Quality Engineers (SCQE)

Attendance Certificates will be provided for conference participants. Continuous Education Unit (CEU) is available. IEOM Society International will provide fellows, awards and recognition at the 2024 IEOM Word Congress event.

Contact: info@ieomsociety.org

Past Conference Programs

• Program – Dubai 2020 – 10th Annual
• Program – Riyadh 2019 – 1st GCC
• Program – Toronto 2019 – 4th North American
• Program – Pilsen 2019- 3rd European
• Program – Bangkok 2019 – 9th Annual
• Program – Pretoria 2018 – 1st African
• Program – Washington DC 2018 – 3rd North American
• Program – Paris 2018 – 2nd European
• Program – Bandung 2018 – 8th Annual
• Program – Bogota 2017 – 1st South American
• Program – UK (Bristol) 2017 – 1st European
• Program – Rabat 2017 – 7th Annual
• Program – Detroit 2016- 2nd North American
• Program – Kuala Lumpur 2016 – 6th Annual
• Program – Orlando 2015 – 1st North American
• Program – Dubai 2015 – 5th Annual
• Program – Bali 2014 – 4th Annual
• Program – Istanbul 2012 – 3rd Annual
• Program – Kuala Lumpur 2011 – 2nd Annual
• Program – Dhaka 2010 – 1st Annual

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