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APIEMS2009 Dec. 14-16, Kitakyushu<br />

Message from President of APIEMS<br />

APIEMS conferences have rapidly emerged as an important forum for exchange<br />

of ideas and information about latest developments in the field of industrial<br />

engineering and management systems among professionals from Asia-Pacific<br />

countries. The APIEMS conferences attract a large number of high quality papers,<br />

with the majority of them dealing with application and analysis. Other papers are<br />

theoretical and some discuss the techniques required to analyse real life applications.<br />

As a result, the topics covered in these papers highlight the diversity of the<br />

applications of industrial engineering and management system techniques. APIEMS<br />

conferences serve not only as a forum for exchanging idea and information but also<br />

facilitates collaborations among delegates and participants from different countries,<br />

culture and institutions, besides providing the much needed exposure to new<br />

research efforts and innovations.<br />

APIEMS initiated from the following two conferences held in 1998: China-Japan<br />

joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management; and Korea-Japan joint<br />

Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management. In the following year 1999,<br />

the two were merged to form a single conference and held at Japan as the 2 nd<br />

APIEMS Conference. The 3 rd Conference held in Hong Kong in 2000. The 4 th<br />

Conference held in Taiwan in 2002. The 5 th Conference held in Australia in 2004.<br />

Great success of these five previous conferences increased the enthusiasm of<br />

researchers and scholars, and resulted in APIEMS becoming an annual affair.<br />

Thereafter APIEMS organised the 6 th Conference in Philippines in 2005, the 7th<br />

Conference in Thailand in 2006, the 8 th Conference in Taiwan in 2007 and the 9 th<br />

Conference in Indonesia in 2008.<br />

APIEMS publishes an official journal, Industrial Engineering and Management<br />

Systems (IEMS). The journal publishes original works that have significant<br />

theoretical and academic values, novel industrial applications, and case studies.<br />

APIEMS official web-site (http://www.apiems.net) was setup in 2009 to present the<br />

latest information about the board members, IEMS Journal; Constitution, By Laws,<br />

country news, conferences, important events and links.<br />

I am sure APIEMS conferences would be able to give a unique opportunity to maintain<br />

currency with Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world. I expect everyone who<br />

attends this conference will receive value from the broad range of topics available in<br />

the program, to have informal discussions with the international professionals and<br />

enjoy the atmosphere and surroundings of this first class venue.<br />

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the organising committee and<br />

sponsors who so generously gave their support to APIEMS.<br />

Professor Erhan Kozan<br />

Website: http://www.apiems.net/conf2009/ E-mail: apiems09@gmail.com

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