Topics Classification

8. Integrated Production, Maintenance & Operations

This thematic area addresses the integrated management and optimisation of production, maintenance and operational activities. It covers coordinated planning and scheduling, intelligent quality management, data-driven industrial analytics, and decision-support approaches to improve overall system performance, efficiency, and operational continuity.​

8.1. Integrated production and maintenance systems | AMEST 2027

Models and architectures that jointly consider production and maintenance decisions. Includes coordinated planning, optimisation, and performance management across both functions.

8.2. Intelligent production planning, scheduling and control | IMS 2027

Intelligent methods for planning, scheduling and controlling production under dynamic and uncertain conditions. Includes AI, optimisation, and adaptive decision-making.

8.3. Integrated production, maintenance and intelligent quality | IMS 2027

Integrated approaches coordinate production, maintenance and quality decisions to improve overall system performance, reliability and product quality.

8.4. Data-driven manufacturing and industrial analytics | IMS 2027

Methods that transform manufacturing data into operational and strategic intelligence. Includes industrial analytics, machine learning and data-driven performance improvement.

8.5. Integrated production & maintenance | Joint AMEST–IMS

Joint management of production and maintenance decisions to optimise availability, productivity, cost, quality and risk at the system level.