In the current fiscal environment within Australia and much of the world, industry needs to be doing more with less while also working to streamline and increase production at reduced cost. This is especially true in those industries that compete against foreign imports and the ever increasing use of the internet by the general public for overseas purchases. The application of operations research provides these industries opportunities perhaps not yet realised. This session is dedicated to the application of operations research and analysis to the many problems faced by industries such as mining, automotive, manufacture, textile, and construction.