Special Issue selected papers from International Conference of Production Research (ICPR)—Americas 2020

ROSSIT, DANIEL ALEJANDRO; ROSSIT, DIEGO GABRIEL; TONCOVICH, ADRIÁN ANDRÉS; TOHMÉ, FERNANDO ABEL

IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Año: 2022 vol. 4 p. 71 - 73

From December 9 to 11, 2020, the ?Xth International Conference of Production Research-Americas? (ICPR-Americas 2020) was held virtually in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. This conference was coordinated by a local organizing committee and was sponsored by the International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR). The ICPR-Americas series of conferences aim to exchange experiences and foster collaborative work among researchers and professionals from the Americas and the Caribbean region. This was the first time that the conference was held in Argentina.ICPR-Americas 2020 was held in virtual mode, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the participation and commitment of the attendees, the congress was carried out successfully, allowing many young researchers to participate in an international congress, in a year in which these opportunities were scarce. The ICPR-Americas meeting space provided them with the opportunity to share their work, as well as to exchange ideas and points of view, all in the usual cordial atmosphere of the ICPR-Americas conferences.The main aim of these conferences is to explore the improvement and development of production capacities and to seek knowledge about how to enhance production efficiency in a wide range of economic sectors. During the conference, a total of 245 papers were presented. More than 900 authors submitted their contributions to ICPR-Americas 2020 from different regions of the world, mainly from the Americas but also from Europe and Asia, ensuring a rich international atmosphere to the conference. The number of registrations at the conference surpassed three hundred. The presentations were arranged in 15 different special sessions and a central track. The authors of carefully selected papers presented at the conference were invited to extend and submit them to this Special Issue. These articles went through the journal´s own reviewing process and, after completing this phase, those high-quality submissions focusing on the decision-making process in production environments were selected for publication in this Special Issue.