The 16th APIEMS conference, which is the premier industrial engineering and management Systems conference in the Asia Pacific region, is held by International University - Vietnam National University, Hochiminh city. It is the forum for exchange of ideas and discussion among leading experts from academia, industry, and government on the latest developments. It aims to seek opportunities for collaboration among the participants as well as to promote excellence among the fields. Papers will represent the latest in academic thinking and successful case examples. The wider audience will benefit from the knowledge and experience of leading practitioners and academics in this area. The conference seeks research contributions from researchers, educators, modelers, software developers, users and practitioners.