This special issue of the Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is dedicated on the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management presented at the 11th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management and XXI Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización – CIO 17.The CIO’17 was held on 5th and 6th July 2017 in Valencia and was organized by the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Ingeniería de Organización (ADINGOR) and with the collaboration of the Centro de Investigación en Gestión e Ingeniería de Producción (CIGIP) and the Reengineering Operations GroupWork Logistics Excellence (ROGLE).222 authors from 11 countries contributed a total of 113 communications, which were presented in oral presentations, posters, doctoral symposiums and workshops. 14 of the best communications were selected to be published in this special issue.We gratefully acknowledge the authors and particularly the reviewers, whose valuable comments have improved the quality of the selected papers, which were extended (and again reviewed by pairs) after the conference in order to be published in this Special Issue.
Special issue: Industrial Engineering: Overcoming the crisis. CIO2012
