The two-volume set IFIP AICT 513 and 514 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the
International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems APMS 2017
held in Hamburg Germany in September 2017.The 121 revised full papers presented were
carefully reviewed and selected from 163 submissions. They are organized in the following
topical sections: smart manufacturing system characterization product and asset life cycle
management in smart factories of industry 4.0 cyber-physical (IIoT) technology deployments in
smart manufacturing systems multi-disciplinary collaboration in the development of smart
product-service solutions sustainable human integration in cyber-physical systems: the
operator 4.0 intelligent diagnostics and maintenance solutions operations planning
scheduling and control supply chain design production management in food supply chains
factory planning industrial and other services operations management in engineer-to-order
manufacturing gamification of complex systems design development lean and green manufacturing
and eco-efficiency in manufacturing operations.