<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Segoe UI";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.white-space-pre
{mso-style-name:white-space-pre;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><img width="800" height="102" style="width:8.3333in;height:1.0625in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA28B1.667CAC60" alt="Image preview"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Abstract Deadline has been extended until December 15, 2023, and made optional. See<span class="white-space-pre">
<a href="https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/">https://www.ifpr-icpra2024.org/</a> </span>
for more details.<br>
<br>
Ohio University is organizing the 12th International Conference on Production Research -Americas Region, ICPR Americas 2024 on July 22-24, 2024 in Athens. IFPR (International Foundation for Production Research) has been organizing biannual regional International
Conference on Production Research – Americas region since the first regional conference in 2002.<br>
<br>
The conference will cover many important topics in production research in the global economy, such as Intelligent Production for Circular Economy, Digital and Cyber Manufacturing and Services for Industry 4.0 & 5.0, Smart Factories and Industrial Internet of
Things. Innovative Manufacturing Systems and Services, Sustainable Manufacturing and Engineering, Enterprise Knowledge Engineering, Explainable AI in Production and Manufacturing.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">*****************************************************
<br>
* Dusan Sormaz, PhD, Professor Emeritus<br>
* Ohio University <br>
* Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering <br>
* 1 Ohio University <br>
* Stocker Center 284, Athens, OH 45701-2979 <br>
* Phone: (740) 593-1545 <br>
* e-mail: <a href="mailto:sormaz@ohio.edu"><span style="color:blue">sormaz@ohio.edu</span></a>
<br>
* url: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/sormaz"><span style="color:blue">http://tinyurl.com/sormaz</span></a>
<br>
*****************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>