Advances in Production Management Systems Part 2: Innovative and Knowledge-Based Production Management in a Global-Local World : IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2014, Ajaccio, France, September 20-24, 2014

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.