E-raamat: Lean Manufacturing in Latin America: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications

Jorge





Luis Garcķa Alcaraz is a full-time researcher at the





Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Department at the Autonomous





University of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. He received an MSc in Industrial





Engineering from the Colima Technological Institute (Mexico), a Ph.D. in Industrial





Engineering Sciences from Ciudad Juįrez Technological Institute (Mexico), a





Ph.D. in Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process from the University





of La Rioja (Spain), a Ph.D. in Sciences and Industrial Technologies from the





Public University of Navarre (Spain), a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering for





University of Zaragoza (Spain) and a Postdoc in Manufacturing Process from





University of La Rioja (Spain). In addition, his main research areas are





related to the multicriteria decision-making process and techniques applied to





lean manufacturing, production process, and supply chain modeling. He is a





founding member of the Mexican Society of Operation Research and an active Mexican





Academy of Industrial Engineering member. Dr. Garcķa is a National Researcher





recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico





(CONACYT) as Level III. Also, Dr. Garcķa is an author/coauthor in around 168 papers





published in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports or Scopus, 47





book chapters indexed in Scopus and 29 conference papers indexed in Scopus. He





has attended more than 150 international conferences and congresses around the





world.





Moreover, Dr. Garcķa has





supervised over 50 bachelor theses, 18 master theses, and 13 doctoral theses. He





holds thirteen international patents and one industrial design in Mexico and





Spain. Also, Dr. Garcķa is the author/editor of 23 books published by





international publishers such as Springer and IGI Global, all of which relate





to lean manufacturing, its tools and techniques, kaizen, supply chain, and





just-in-time philosophies. Finally, Dr. Garcķa won the Chihuahua State Science





and Technology Award in 2015. He is a member of several doctoral committees in





universities from Mexico, Colombia, and Spain. ORCID:





0000-0002-7092-6963, Scopus Author ID: 55616966800. Web of





Science ResearcherID: N-9124-2013





 





 





Guillermo





Cortes Robles has a masters in industrial engineering from





the Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba and a Ph.D. in Industrial Systems from the





Institute National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France. Today, he is a professor





of engineering science at the Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico-Instituto





Tecnologico de Orizaba in the postgraduate school, specifically in the





management engineering master and the engineering Sciences Ph.D. program. His





research interests are applying theTRIZ theory and other approaches (e.g.,





knowledge management, decision support systems, genetic algorithms, and creativity





techniques, among other technologies) to accelerate the innovation process. He





is the President of the Mexican TRIZ association (AMETRIZ). Dr. Cortes was the





technical leader of more than 15 projects and published several articles in





different journals. He also was the director of 25 master theses and five





doctoral dissertations. ORCID Number: 0000-0001-8857-7143





 





 





Arturo Realyvįsquez Vargas is





a full-time Department of Industrial Engineering professor at Tecnológico





Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana in Mexico. He received a





masters degree in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences





from the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and a Ph.D. in





Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process at the University of





La Rioja (Spain). Specifically, his main research areas are optimization of





industrial processes, lean manufacturing, and ergonomics. Also, he is an active





member of the Society of Ergonomists of Mexico Civil Association (Sociedad de





Ergonomistas de México, SEMAC) and the Network of Optimization of Industrial





Processes (Red de Optimización de Procesos Industriales, ROPRIN). Dr.





Realyvįsquez is a National Researcher recognized by the National Council of





Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as Level I. Dr. Realyvįsquez is an





author/coauthor in around 12 papers published in journals indexed in the





Journal Citation Reports. Also, he has attended international conferences and





congresses in Mexico and the United States of America. Nowadays, Dr.





Realyvįsquez has supervised more than 20 bachelor theses and 5 master theses.





 





Dr. Realyvįsquez is the author of one book published by the international





publisher Springer, related to ergonomics. Also, Dr. Realyvįsquez has edited





two books in Springer Verlag and two more in IGI Global, most related to





ergonomics. ORCID: 0000-0003-2825-





2595, Scopus Author ID: 56167726800.