ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Conference Goals

The specific goals of the conference are as follow:

• Build a network of researchers and practitioners in all industrial sectors willing to take a pioneering role in promoting OPEX methodologies;
• Share the best practice case studies of OPEX methodologies in various industrial settings;
• Critically evaluate the role of digitalization tools in the context of OPEX;
• Discuss the reasons for non-sustainability of OPEX in organizations and explore the strategies to mitigate the reasons for disappointment;
• Critically assess the status of OPEX in different parts of the world, especially in the era of digitalization;
• Explore the potential research gaps in OPEX and how to develop a global research community to address such gaps.

Conference Topics

Topics to be covered at this prestigious conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Topic 1: Emerging Trends for OPEX in the era of Digitalization
• Topic 2: OPEX for Manufacturing companies (including SMEs)
• Topic 3: OPEX for the Service Sector (Banking, Finance, Airline, Transportation, etc.)
• Topic 4: OPEX for the Public Sector and Voluntary or Third Sector (Police, Ambulance, Health, Local authorities or Municipalities, Education, Charity or non-profit, etc.)
• Topic 5: Sustainability of OPEX
• Topic 6: Integration of OPEX with Industry 4.0 (AI, Big data, Blockchain, IoT, etc.) and 5.0
• Topic 7: Integration of OPEX with Innovation
• Topic 8: OPEX in Supply Chain and Logistics Operations
• Topic 9: Applications of quality improvement and OPEX tools (VSM, QFD, Design of Experiments, TPM, etc.)
• Topic 10: Miscellaneous topics (Leadership, Integration of ISO standards with OPEX, Business Excellence Models, Shingo Model, EFQM Model, World Class Manufacturing, etc.)

Who should attend this conference?

• Senior Managers engaged in OPEX and Digitalization
• Academics and Researchers engaged in OPEX and Digitalization, Quality Management and Continuous Improvement topics
• Quality Management Professionals
• Continuous Improvement professionals
• OPEX consultants and practitioners
• PhD students and MSc students in OPEX and related topics
• Business Excellence model practitioners and researchers (e.g.: EFQM Model, Shingo Model,  World Class Manufacturing, etc.)

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