This e-book contains papers from IESM'07 (International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management) held in Beijing, China, May 30 – June 2, 2007. The conference focuses on the field of production planning and control and draws academics and industrial researchers from the fields of engineering, management, and computer science. The eight papers included in this e-book have gone through the usual rigorous review process, which explains the interval between the date of the conference and the date of this e-book. These papers cover different aspects of optimization, maintenance and quality.