Preface to the 2nd ICI&ME 2020

First of all, thank Allah SWT. the ICIME is the second International Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering by the Industrial Engineering Department, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) can be held successfully. This year International Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering was implemented slightly differently from the previous year because the COVID 19 pandemic infected the entire world, held from 3th to 4th September 2020 through a web conference, although it cannot be held face-to-face this activity is still carried out as the previous year. This conference is an extended collaboration between Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), and Prince of Songkla University (PSU) to intensify knowledge sharing and experiences between higher learning institutions.

This ICIME Conference is a platform for knowledge exchange and the growth of ideas, particularly in manufacturing engineering with rapid advancements in manufacturing engineering. This year, 2020, the conference theme is "Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Experiences and Challenges in ASEAN" reflecting the role of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing to be developed for industries that can compete in the international sphere especially ASEAN. The previous conference had been published 155 paper in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. The conference was run in seven parallel sessions with 161 presenters sharing their latest finding in the areas of manufacturing process, systems, advanced materials and automation. The Keynote Speaker of this conferences are Dr. Ir. Abdul Rahman Hemdi from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Malaysia, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikorn Sirivongpaisal from Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Thailand, Prof. Dr. Ir. Armansyah Ginting, M. Eng from Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) Indonesia, Agus Tjahajana Wirakusuma as chief commissioner of PT Indonesia Asahan Alumunium (INALUM) and Prof. Dr. Pramodkumar S Kataraki from REVA University, India. The Invited Speaker of this conferences are Ir. Rosnani Ginting, MT, Ph.D from Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) Indonesia, Hasnida Binti AB Samad Ph.D from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia, Ahmad Faiz Zubair, Ph.D from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia and Dr. Hafnee Lateh Prince Of Songkla University (PSU), Thailand and Ir. Aulia Ishak, MT, Ph.D from Universitas Sumatera Utara USU, Indonesia. The organizers are very grateful to them for supporting the conference and sharing their latest research results with the conference participants. The number of papers that submitted on the OCS USU website was 167 papers and 6 papers were rejected and 161 papers were received which have been presented at the parallel session. Details of participants who attended the conference, among others; Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Universitas Indonesia (UI), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Universitas Andalas (UNAND), Universitas Telkom, Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret (UNS), Prince of Songkla University (PSU), REVA University, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology and many more.

As chairman of this, ^2ndInternational Conference on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (ICI&ME), I thank to all the committee that have been involved to succeeded this conference and may this conference will be blessed by Allah SWT. and we are all given health and protection from the COVID 19 virus. Please have a grateful day with ICI&ME.

Ir. Aulia Ishak, MT, Ph.D.

Chairman