Abstract
The APMS conference and IFIP WG 5.7 community can proudly look back at a rich history of research and practical impact in the field of production and production management. However, in the light of the recent disruptions of the field, often summarized under the terms Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing, it is critical to assess recent research trends and changing key topics within the community to enable informed decisions about the future directions of the conference. This paper takes a critical look at 1,428 published papers from the APMS proceedings that are available on Scopus and derives key insights through a bibliometric study. A special focus is put on the last five years to reflect the recent effects of digital transformation on the driving topics of the conference. The results show the emergence and dominance of Industry 4.0 among the recent topics, but also provides evidence of established topics, such as sustainability, remaining relevant. Overall, the study provides a wealth of information that provides the foundation for forward looking discussion among the community members.
Highlights
The field of production and production management is currently experiencing an interesting phase with paradigms like Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, disrupting whole industries on a global scale [1]
We structured the results from our analysis in four main sub-sections: co-authorships and country networks, most productive and highly-cited authors and countries, most relevant keywords of the Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) proceedings, and Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
This paper intended to reflect on the rich history and topical development of the Information Processing (IFIP) WG 5.7 and associated APMS conference over the term of the 21st Century
Summary
The field of production and production management is currently experiencing an interesting phase with paradigms like Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, disrupting whole industries on a global scale [1] Exciting technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Additive Manufacturing, Cyber-Physical Systems, AI and machine learning are being introduced to the shop-floor and beyond [2]. This digital transformation has a strong influence on industry and academia alike, and effects policies related to the domain. This regular global rotation started in 2013 with the conference being held in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
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