Call for Papers
6th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference
Monterrey, Mexico, November 3-5, 2021 - Online + Onsite
Venue: Cintermex Convention Center, Monterrey
Website: http://www.ieomsociety.org/monterrey2020/
Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=1GbJu13
Theme - "Operations Excellence in the Era of Industry 4.0"
Host: University of Monterrey
Organized by: University of Monterrey and IEOM Society
Co-organizers: Business School of Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Cluster Automotriz de Nuevo León, A.C. (CLAUT)
"The IEOM Society International is now jointly organizing with the University of Monterrey an International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in conjunction with the Engineering Forum of the UDEM School of Engineering and Technologies."
The Sixth North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management will be held in Monterrey, Mexico during November 2-5, 2021. The conference provides a forum for academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and recent developments in the field of industrial engineering, systems engineering, service engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality and reliability reengineering, operations research, engineering management, operations management and operations excellence. The event will advance theory and practice by fostering networking, collaboration and joint effort among the conference participants. Proceeding papers (double peer review) will be indexed in SCOPUS, EBSCO and IEOM Forefront.
IEOM Society has become a premier international platform and forum for academics, researchers, scientists and practitioners to exchange ideas and provide insights into the latest developments and advancements in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. IEOM has successfully organized international conferences in Dhaka (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011), Istanbul (2012), Bali (2014), Dubai (2015), Orlando (2015), KL (2016), Detroit (2016), Rabat (2017), Bristol, UK (2017), Bogota (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) and Haiti (2021). IEOM Monterrey (Mexico) event will be our 6th North American Conference.
Keynote Speakers
- Jose Benito Flores-Juarez, Dean of Engineering and Technologies School, University of Monterrey, México and Past President – American Society for Quality
- Raul Mendez Escalera, Plant Manager & North America Actuation Portfolio Lead, ZF Group, Querétaro y alrededores, México
- Professor Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor of Operations Management, Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK
- Eric Ayanegui, CPMM, CRL, Director Operations Engineering, Cintas Corporation, Houston, Texas, USA
- David Pistrui, Ph.D., Industry Liaison, Director, Graduate Recruiting, Clinical Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering & Science, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- José Ignacio Huertas, Professor, Escuela de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Director Posgrados en Ingenieria, Instituto Tecnológico y Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Professor Don Reimer, Adjunct Faculty – A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA and President, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Special Tracks:
- Industry 4.0
- Global Engineering Education
- Industry Solutions
- Smart Mobility
- Digital Transformation of Business Models
- Women in Industry and Academia
- Diversity and Inclusion
Panel Sessions
- Industry 4.0
- Global Engineering Education
- Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA)
- Lean Six Sigma
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
- Diversity and Inclusion panel sponsored by Ford Motor Company
Competitions: Trophies and Award Certificates will be provided for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners for each category.
- Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
- Graduate Student Paper Competition
- Undergraduate Research Competition
- Senior Design Project Competition
- High School STEM Competition
- Doctoral Dissertation Competition
- Master Thesis Competition
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition
- Lean Six Sigma Competition
- Simulation Competition
- Supply Chain and Logistics Competition
- Innovative Idea Competition
The conference will cover the following topics but not limited to:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automation and Control
- Biomedical Systems
- Business Management
- Case Studies
- Construction Management
- Contracting
- Cybersecurity
- Data Analytics / Big Data
- Decision Sciences
- Defense
- Design and Analysis
- Digital Transformation of Business Models
- E-Business/E-Service
- E-Manufacturing
- Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Engineering Education
- Engineering Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Services
- Financial Service Management
- Healthcare Services
- Human Factors and Ergonomics
- Industrial Services
- Industry Practices and Solutions
- Innovation
- Inventory Management
- IoT
- IT / IS / iCloud
- Lean
- Logistics
- Maintenance Services
- Manufacturing
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Design
- Modeling and Simulation
- Operations Management
- Operations Research
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Production Planning and Control
- Project Management
- Quality
- Reliability
- Service Systems and Management
- Six Sigma
- Smart Mobility
- Supply Chain
- Sustainability
- Systems Dynamics
- Systems Engineering
- Technology Management
- Transportation and Traffic
- User Experience (UX)
Honorary Chairs
- Jose Benito Flores-Juarez, Dean of Engineering and Technologies School, University of Monterrey, México
- Bernardo Villarreal Celstino, Engineering Department, University of Monterrey, México
- Luis Alberto Villarreal Villareal, Director of Business and Accounting School, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Ricardo Ambrocio Ramírez-Mendoza, Director of Research Department, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Conference Chairs
- Luz María Valdez-de la Rosa, Engineering Department, University of Monterrey, México
- Edgar M. A. Granda, Director of Masters in Engineering Management, University of Monterrey, Mexico
- Jenny Díaz, Engineering Department, University of Monterrey, México
- Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Technical Chairs
- Sc. Karol Villarreal Zambrano, Engineering Department, UDEM
- Fernando González Aleu, Engineering Department, UDEM
- Teresa Verduzco, Engineering Department, UDEM
- Mónica Blanco, Graduate Center, Business and Accounting School, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, México
- Jorge de Jesús Lozoya-Santos, Research Department, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- David Güemes-Castorena, Research Department, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Technology Management Chairs
- M. Affan Badar, CPEM, Professor, Applied Engineering and Technology Management Department, Indiana State University, , Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Professor, Applied Engineering and Technology Management Department, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
6th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference
Monterrey, Mexico, November 3-5, 2021
http://www.ieomsociety.org/monterrey2020/
University Partners
- University of Monterrey (UDEM), Mexico
- Business School of Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
- Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
- Binghamton University, The State University of New York (SUNY), USA
- Chiang Mai University, Thailand
- Eastern Michigan University, USA
- EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
- Florida Polytechnic University
- Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
- Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), 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
- University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Corporate Partners
- Cintas Corporation
- Eaton Corporation
- EFR Certification
- Ford Motor Company
- SIEMENS
- Tooling Tech Group
Organization Partners
- The Automotive Cluster of Nuevo León (CLAUT)
- African Engineering Education Association (AEEA)
- BKSTI: Agency for Cooperation of Higher Education of Industrial Engineering, Indonesia
- CATME, Purdue University
- Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE)
- International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES)
- Pakistan Society of Industrial Engineering (PSIE)
- Society of Cost and Quality Engineers (SCQE)
- Robofest