Business intelligence is a decision support system based on a set of information technologies, processes, and architectures that gather and analyze raw data and transform it into meaningful information or knowledge that drives effective and profitable business actions. Business intelligence has a significant and direct effect on the organizations’ operational, tactical, and strategic business decisions. The importance of business intelligence is widely recognized as its usage proliferates in organizations across all types of industries throughout the world. Hence, over the past few years, the growth of business intelligence has accounted for the largest share of global business investment in information technology. However, only some organizations have fully benefited, and there have been even cases of organizations with reduced competitiveness. The ever-increasing business intelligence in all industries has put unprecedented pressure on managers to articulate effective and applicable strategies to change organizational structures and eliminate obstacles that are keeping them from taking full advantage of the modern business intelligence systems. All these mean that industrial engineering skills will be the keystone for achieving maximum value from investments in business intelligence. The Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE) 2021 will shed light on the role of industrial engineering in this endeavour.

The GJCIE 2021 is composed of three co-located conferences: the 6th Global Conference on Industrial Engineering (GCIE), the 7th Global Conference on Healthcare Systems Engineering and Management (GCHSEM), and the 8th Global Conference on Engineering and Technology Management (GCETM). The GJCIE 2021 will be an internationally renowned forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences, and challenges in the field of industrial engineering. It will bring together experts from academia and industry to exchange the latest research results and trends, and their practical applications in the aforementioned areas of industrial engineering. This will be accomplished through the following three modes of communication: keynote presentations, parallel sessions, and poster sessions.