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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are organizing the focused track <b>Increasing Production Resilience by Product and System Innovation Management
</b>as part of the 27th International Conference on Production Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 23-28 July 2023. See the details in the attached file.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking for papers that address the impact of innovation management on resilience in some of the following topics (not exclusive):<o:p></o:p></p>
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Design for adaptability<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Implementation of risk management<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Utilization and investment in technology<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Encouraging continuous improvement<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Collaboration with partners<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Agile decision-making<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Building a resilient supply chain<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interested contributors should send the email to <a href="mailto:sormaz@ohio.edu">
sormaz@ohio.edu</a> by March 31, 2023, in addition to submitting the abstract to the ICPR site.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Dusan Sormaz, Professor Emeritus, Track organizer, <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio University, Athens, OH, <a href="mailto:sormaz@ohio.edu">
sormaz@ohio.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Jelena Borocki, Professor, Track organizer, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, <a href="mailto:borocki@uns.ac.rs">
borocki@uns.ac.rs</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*****************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Dusan Sormaz, PhD, Professor Emeritus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Ohio University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 1 Ohio University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Stocker Center 284, Athens, OH 45701-2979<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* phone: (740) 593-1545 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* fax: (740) 593-0778<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* e-mail: sormaz@ohio.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* url: <span style="color:#1F497D">http://tinyurl.com/sormaz</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*****************************************************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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