6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management – P&OM Nara 2020

The World P&OM Conferences were born in 2000 and take place every four years as a successful joint initiative of POMS (Production and Operations Management Society), EurOMA (European Operations Management Association), and JOMSA (Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association). The first one was held in Seville (Spain) in 2000, followed by Cancun (Mexico) in 2004, Tokyo (Japan) in 2008, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 2012, and Havana (Cuba) in 2016. The Sixth P&OM World Conference will be held in Nara in November 2020, with JOMSA assuming the leading organizing role, with the collaboration of EurOMA and with POMS participating in the Steering Committee. This Conference will provide a global forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange innovative ideas on Operations Management and related areas.

The main theme of the conference is “Operations Management and Strategy in the Era of Technological Revolution.” Environmental issues and digital revolution are reshaping the society and industrial world. Governments’ initiatives such as Industrie 4.0 in Germany, Society 5.0 in Japan or Made in China 2025 aim to connect factories worldwide and shorten the lead-time of development, production, and delivery. So-called GAFA is changing business models and value chains across the globe. The increase in share of electric vehicles and renewable energy is changing the basis of electronics, automobile and energy related industries. In this world conference, worldwide OM researchers and practitioners will share their thoughts and research outcomes to address how OM can keep contributing to the society and businesses in this era of technological revolution. This is a unique opportunity to think through how we sustain and contribute with OM. We encourage high quality contributions in the areas of interest that include, but are not limited to:

Behavioral Operations, Cyber Physical Systems, OM in Emerging Economies, Healthcare Operations, High Performance Manufacturing, Humanitarian Operations, Inventory Management, JIT and Lean Operations, Managing Inter-firm Relations/Ecosystem, Knowledge Management and OM, Logistics and Physical Distribution, Operations Planning, Scheduling and Control, Operations and Blockchain, Operations Interface with Finance, Operations Interface with Marketing, Operations Strategy, Performance Management and Measurement, Platform business, Product Development, Reliability and Maintenance, Quality Management, Retail Management, Risk Operations Management and Resilience, Supply Chain Management, Service Operations, Servitization, Sourcing and Procurement Management, Supplier Relationships, Sustainability Management, OM Teaching and Methodology, Technology Management, Value Chain Strategy.