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  bibo_abstract:
  - "It is our pleasure to introduce the seventh edition of the International Conference
    on Production Engineering and Management (PEM), an event that is the result of
    the joint effort of the University of Trieste and the Ostwestfalen-\r\nLippe University
    of Applied Sciences. The conference has been established as an annual meeting
    under the Double Degree Master Program “Production Engineering and Management”
    by the two partner universities. This year the conference is hosted at the university
    campus in Pordenone. The main goal of the conference is to offer students, researchers
    and professionals in Germany, Italy and abroad, an opportunity to meet and exchange
    information, discuss experience, specific practices and technical solutions for
    planning, design and management of manufacturing and service systems and processes.
    As always, the conference is a platform aimed at presenting research projects,
    introducing young academics to the tradition of symposiums and promoting the exchange
    of ideas between the industry and the academy. This year’s special focus is on
    industry sustainability, which is currently a major topic of discussion among
    experts and professionals. Sustainability can be considered as a requirement for
    any modern production processes and systems, and also has to be embedded in the
    context of Industry 4.0. In fact, the features and problems of industry 4.0 have
    been widely discussed in the last editions of the PEM conference, in which efficiency
    and waste reduction emerged as key factors. The study and development of the connections
    between future industry and sustainability is therefore critical, as highlighted
    in the recent “German Sustainable Development Strategy and the 2030 Agenda”. Accordingly,
    the seventh edition of the PEM conference aims to offer a contribution to the
    debate. The conference program includes 25 speeches organized in six sessions.
    Three are specifically dedicated to “Direct Digital Manufacturing in the context
    of Industry 4.0” and “Technology and Business for Circular Economy and Sustainable
    Production”. The other sessions are covering areas of great interest and importance
    to the participants of the conference, which are related to the main focus: “Innovative
    Management Techniques and Methodologies”, “Industrial Engineering and Lean Management”
    and “Wood Processing Technologies and Furniture Production”. The proceedings of
    the conference include the articles submitted and accepted after a careful double-blind
    refereeing process.@eng"
  bibo_issue: .
  dct_date: 2017^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/978-3-946856-01-6
  dct_language: eng
  dct_title: Production Engineering and Management@
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