Grand challenges in industrial and systems engineering

Waldemar Karwowski; Gavriel Salvendy; Laura Albert; Woo Chang Kim; Brian Denton; Maged Dessouky; Alexandre Dolgui; Vince Duffy; Soundar Kumara; Jingshan Li; Azad M. Madni; Leon McGinnis; William Rouse; Jeff Shamma; Max Shen; David Simchi-Levi; Julie Swann; Manoj Kumar Tiwari

doi:10.1080/00207543.2024.2432463

Grand challenges in industrial and systems engineering

Waldemar Karwowski^*, Gavriel Salvendy, Laura Albert, Woo Chang Kim, Brian Denton, Maged Dessouky, Alexandre Dolgui, Vince Duffy, Soundar Kumara, Jingshan Li, Azad M. Madni, Leon McGinnis, William Rouse, Jeff Shamma, Max Shen, David Simchi-Levi, Julie Swann, Manoj Kumar Tiwari

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Abstract

Contemporary society faces a growing set of complex issues representing significant socioeconomic, health and well-being, environmental, and sustainability challenges. The discipline of industrial and systems engineering (ISE) can play an important role in addressing these issues. This paper identifies and discusses eight grand challenges for ISE. These grand challenges are (1) Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Business and Personal Use: Decision-Making and System Design and Operations, (2) Cybersecurity and Resilience, (3) Sustainability: Environment, Energy and Infrastructure, (4) Health Issues, (5) Social Issues, (6) Logistics and Supply Chain, (7) System Integration and Operations: Humans, Automation, and AI, and (8) Industrial and Systems Engineering Education. The discussed grand challenges were derived by accomplished ISE professionals who are the authors of this paper. The implications of the ISE grand challenges for education, training, research, and implementation of ISE principles and methodologies for the benefit of global society are discussed. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1538-1583
Number of pages	46
Journal	International Journal of Production Research
Volume	63
Issue number	4
Online published	17 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2024.2432463
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2025
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Research Keywords

global society
grand challenges
Industrial engineering
research needs
systems engineering

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Karwowski, W., Salvendy, G., Albert, L., Kim, W. C., Denton, B., Dessouky, M., Dolgui, A., Duffy, V., Kumara, S., Li, J., Madni, A. M., McGinnis, L., Rouse, W., Shamma, J., Shen, M., Simchi-Levi, D., Swann, J., & Tiwari, M. K. (2025). Grand challenges in industrial and systems engineering. International Journal of Production Research, 63(4), 1538-1583. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2024.2432463

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