History

The IEIM, The 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, was held in Milan, Italy during January 7-9, 2026 successfully. More than 80 experts from about 13 countries joint and shared the latest research on the conference. We would like to express our sincere appreciation from the help of members from conference committee, reviewers, and workers. Thanks to their works, our conference could be held in good way.

Accepted papers were published in Springer Conference Proceedings-Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Online and index information is coming.

Enjoy The Conference

Following the registration on January 7, the conference officially opened at 9:00 a.m. on January 8, 2026, in Milan, Italy. Prof. Roel Leus gave us opening remarks, and Prof. Dimitri Lefebvre gave us welcome address, Prof. Sara Perotti hosted the opening part.

The morning program featured four plenary speeches delivered by Prof. Richard F. Hartl from the University of Vienna, Austria; Prof. Cristian Mahulea from the University of Zaragoza, Spain; Prof. Maurizio Faccio from the University of Padua, Italy; and Prof. Luiz Moutinho from the University of Suffolk, UK. A group photo and coffee break were scheduled between the second and third plenary speeches. The morning program provided an opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and explore recent developments in industrial engineering and its applications.

The conference program included nine oral sessions and one poster session, covering a wide range of topics, including intelligent manufacturing information systems and innovation management; industrial information network construction and security management; supply chain design, equipment maintenance, and intelligent decision analysis in manufacturing systems; product quality control and production process optimization; lean manufacturing processes and equipment behavior modeling; industrial production optimization planning and logistics transportation; lean manufacturing and production management; innovation management and optimized transportation in industrial systems; and demand analysis and supply chain optimization in industrial management.

Oral Session 1: Intelligent Manufacturing Information Systems and Innovation Management
EU1085: Engineering Education 5.0: Insights from Focus Group Workshops in Italy on Specific Competence-Based Requirements for Smart and Sustainable Operations Management
Leila Zare, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Oral Session 2: Industrial Information Network Construction and Security Management
EU1054: Modeling Proactive Ergonomics: A Reinforcement Learning Architecture for Dynamic Risk Management
Osama T. Al Meanazel, Al Yamamah University, Saudi Arabia

Oral Session 3: Supply Chain Design, Equipment Maintenance and Intelligent Decision Analysis in Manufacturing Systems
EU1028-A: Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Amy Lee, Chung Hua University, Taiwan

Oral Session 4: Product Quality Control and Production Process Optimization
EU1034-A: A Variables Skipping Inspection for Lot Decision Based on High-Level Process Yield
Shih-Wen Liu, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan

Oral Session 5: Lean Manufacturing Processes and Equipment Behavior Modeling
EU1003-A: Influence of Blanking-Induced Edge Damage on Magnetic Performance of Silicon Steel: A Modelling Approach
Rahul Yadav, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Oral Session 6: Industrial Production Optimization Planning and Logistics Transportation
EU1108: Smart Supply Chain Optimization through IoT-Enabled Data Analytics: A Resilient Framework for Perishable Logistics
Saphiah Bajba, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Oral Session 7: Lean Manufacturing and Production Management
EM4038: Performance and User Experience in Textile Quality Control: A Comparative Study of Manual and Augmented Reality Measurement
Joana Lazzaris, CCG/ZGDV Institute, Portugal

Oral Session 8: Innovation Management and Optimized Transportation in Industrial Systems
EU1062: Balancing Specialization and Centralization: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Benchmark for Sequential Industrial Control
Tom Maus, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Oral Session 9: Demand Analysis and Supply Chain Optimization in Industrial Management
EU1036: Reverse Logistics of Intermediate Bulk Containers: Improving OTIF Performance and Profitability through Reconditioning and Recycling
Rodrigo Iwasaki-La Puente, Universidad de Lima, Peru