NETIE'98 - New Trends in Industrial Engineering

The first Central European conference on New Trends in Industrial Engineering will be held in Kosice, Slovakia, from 3 to 9 September 1998. The conference will be organized with support from the European Union's TEMPUS-PHARE programme.

The objective of the conference is to disseminate new methods of industrial engineering in existing applications. It also aims to create dialogue among experts, representatives of Slovak companies and educational institutes.

The conference will be divided into two sessions, the first involving presentations by experts from the EU, Japan, and Central and Eastern Europe, and the second consisting of shorter presentations on the following topics:

- Industrial engineering and productivity improvement strategies;
- Business process reengineering and manufacturing strategies;
- Production planning and control;
- Design, simulation and revitalization of manufacturing systems;
- Logistics;
- Total quality management;
- Human resource management;
- Education and training in industrial engineering;
- Continuous improvement of enterprise processes;
- Production automation and information systems.
For further information, please contact:

Technical University of Kosice
Department of Industrial Engineering
Marcela Haluskova
9 Letna
SK-04200 Kosice
Tel./Fax +421-95-6331958
E-mail: marcela@ccsun.tuke.sk

or

University of Zilina
Department of Industrial Engineering
Jan Kosturiak
Vel'ky diel
SK-01026 Zilina
Tel./Fax +421-89-53541
E-mail: kostur@fstrnov.utc.sk
URL: http://fstroj.utc.sk/~kpi/(opens in new window)