Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production and logistic systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, forecasting, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work, supply chain optimization and logistics. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management. The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed. We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials. Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.

The article presents tools, methods and systems used in mechanical engineering that in

combination with information technologies create the grounds of Industry 4.0. The authors

emphasize that mechanical engineering has always been the foundation of industrial activity,

while information technology, the essential part of Industry 4.0, is its main source of innovation.

The article discusses issues concerning product design, machining tools, machine tools

and measurement systems.

Wear of the working surfaces of the forging dies in the process of manufacturing products with the die forging technique leads to deterioration of their operational properties as well as their technological quality. A characteristic feature of production in small and medium-sized enterprises is the high variability of the product range and short production series, which can be repeated in the case of re-orders by customers. In this type of production conditions, a technological criterion in form of – a change in the characteristic and selected dimension of forging is usually used to assess the quality of products. An important problem is, whether by taking up another order for a series of the same type of product, it will be possible to implement it with the existing die, or should a new die be made? As a result of the research carried out in the company implementing this type of contract, a procedure was proposed for forecasting the abrasive wear of die working surfaces on the basis of a technological criterion, easy to determine in the conditions of small and medium-sized enterprises. The paper presents the results of the wear assessment of a die made out of hot-work tool steel X37CrMoV5-1 (WCL) and dies made of 42CrMo4 alloy structural steel with hardfacing working surfaces by F-818 wire. To determine and forecast the process of die wear, a mathematical model in the form of neural networks was used. Their task was to forecast the ratio of the increment in introduced wear intensity indicator to the number of forgings made during the process. Taking into account

Management and Production Engineering Review (MPER) is a peer-refereed, international, multidisciplinary journal covering a broad spectrum of topics in production engineering and management. Production engineering is a currently developing stream of science encompassing planning, design, implementation and management of production and logistic systems. Orientation towards human resources factor differentiates production engineering from other technical disciplines. The journal aims to advance the theoretical and applied knowledge of this rapidly evolving field, with a special focus on production management, organisation of production processes, management of production knowledge, computer integrated management of production flow, enterprise effectiveness, maintainability and sustainable manufacturing, productivity and organisation, forecasting, modelling and simulation, decision making systems, project management, innovation management and technology transfer, quality engineering and safety at work, supply chain optimization and logistics. Management and Production Engineering Review is published under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences Committee on Production Engineering and Polish Association for Production Management. The main purpose of Management and Production Engineering Review is to publish the results of cutting-edge research advancing the concepts, theories and implementation of novel solutions in modern manufacturing. Papers presenting original research results related to production engineering and management education are also welcomed. We welcome original papers written in English. The Journal also publishes technical briefs, discussions of previously published papers, book reviews, and editorials. Letters to the Editor-in-Chief are highly encouraged.