Performance measurement system.- Evaluation.- Quality.- In-service inspection.- Inspection programs.- Lean, visual management.- Standardization.- Simulation.- Analysis techniques.- Value stream mapping.- Maturity models.- Benchmarking.- Change management.- Human behavior modeling.- Community of practice.- Petroleum industry.- Aeronautic industry.- Agribusiness.- Automobile.- Semiconductors.- ERP.- TQM.- Six sigma.- Enterprise modeling.- Simulation.- Supply chain.- Globalization.

The three volumes IFIP AICT 438, 439, and 440 constitute the refereed proceedings of the International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2014, held in Ajaccio, France, in September 2014. The 233 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 271 submissions. They are organized in 6 parts: knowledge discovery and sharing; knowledge-based planning and scheduling; knowledge-based sustainability; knowledge-based services; knowledge-based performance improvement, and case studies.