Industrial Engineering and Operations Management: XXVIII IJCIEOM, Mexico City, Mexico, July 17–20, 2022 (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 400, Band 400) - Hardcover

Francisco Freires holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Ceará (1996), a Master's degree in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2000) and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (2007). He has experience in Production Engineering with emphasis on Business Logistics and Operations Management, working mainly on the following topics: Supply Chain Management, Reverse Logistics, Sustainable SCM, and Cost Management. He was a professor at the Federal University of the São Francisco Valley (UNIVASF) until 2011. He researched the issue of logistics and supply chain management of biofuels and fruit growing in the northeastern semi-arid region of Brazil. He has also developed research in the advance of the intermodal logistics of the São Francisco River and reverse logistics systems for empty pesticide packings. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) Polytechnic School. He also works in the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering (PEI) at UFBA, currently researching renewable energy alternatives from the perspective of Supply Chain Management and Circular Economy.

João Reis is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT), Lisbon, Portugal. He received his Doctoral Diploma in Industrial Engineering from Aveiro University in 2018. In recent years, he has been conducting scientific research in the fields of Service Science, Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. He is a research fellow at the Research Center on Industrial Engineering, Management and Sustainability (EIGeS) and at the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP).

Joana Costa - Post-Doc -"lnnovation Persistence and National lnnovation Contexts. The Role of Open lnnovation" Faculty of Economics, University of Porto; PhD on Public Policy - Innovation Policy on the University of Aveiro. MPhil in Economics from the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto; a Post-Graduate in Industrial Management, from the ISEP – School of Engineering; a degree in Economics from the School of Economics and Management, University of Minho. She is an Assistant Professor in the University of Aveiro, at the Department of Economics, Management Industrial Engineering and Tourism. She lectures PhD, graduated and under graduated courses of Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Public Finance and Economic History. She is a member of the Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy research unit (GOVCOPP), working on the research group on Competitiveness, Innovation and Sustainability. At present she is developing several works in Economics of Innovation, Entrepreneurship Dynamics, Regional Development, Social Responsibility and Public Policy.

In this book, the reader will find works on topics as optimization models; stochastic optimization; digital transformation in the supply chain; data science applications in operations management; Industry 4.0: manufacturing planning & control; blockchain; intelligent transportation systems; sustainable and reverse logistics; big data and demand planning; predictive and prescriptive analytics; last-mile delivery optimization; stochastic inventory models; new trends in information technology for operation management; stochastic optimization; optimization models for omnichannel; safety in operation management; and more. 

This volume includes relevant information for academics, since most of the chapters focus on real-world case studies and systematic reviews, but also for professionals in the industrial sector as it presents solutions to complex industrial challenges. Previous 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 IJCIEOM proceedings can also be found in Springer's catalog.