Lean Manufacturing in Latin America

JorgeLuis García Alcaraz is a full-time researcher at theIndustrial Engineering and Manufacturing Department at the AutonomousUniversity of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. He received an MSc in IndustrialEngineering from the Colima Technological Institute (Mexico), a Ph.D. in IndustrialEngineering Sciences from Ciudad Juárez Technological Institute (Mexico), aPh.D. in Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process from the Universityof La Rioja (Spain), a Ph.D. in Sciences and Industrial Technologies from thePublic University of Navarre (Spain), a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering forUniversity of Zaragoza (Spain) and a Postdoc in Manufacturing Process fromUniversity of La Rioja (Spain). In addition, his main research areas arerelated to the multicriteria decision-making process and techniques applied tolean manufacturing, production process, and supply chain modeling. He is afounding member of the Mexican Society of Operation Research and an active MexicanAcademy of Industrial Engineering member. Dr. García is a National Researcherrecognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico(CONACYT) as Level III. Also, Dr. García is an author/coauthor in around 168 paperspublished in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports or Scopus, 47book chapters indexed in Scopus and 29 conference papers indexed in Scopus. Hehas attended more than 150 international conferences and congresses around theworld.Moreover, Dr. García hassupervised over 50 bachelor theses, 18 master theses, and 13 doctoral theses. Heholds thirteen international patents and one industrial design in Mexico andSpain. Also, Dr. García is the author/editor of 23 books published byinternational publishers such as Springer and IGI Global, all of which relateto lean manufacturing, its tools and techniques, kaizen, supply chain, andjust-in-time philosophies. Finally, Dr. García won the Chihuahua State Scienceand Technology Award in 2015. He is a member of several doctoral committees inuniversities from Mexico, Colombia, and Spain. ORCID:0000-0002-7092-6963, Scopus Author ID: 55616966800. Web ofScience ResearcherID: N-9124-2013  GuillermoCortes Robles has a master’s in industrial engineering fromthe Instituto Tecnológico de Orizaba and a Ph.D. in Industrial Systems from theInstitute National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France. Today, he is a professorof engineering science at the Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico-InstitutoTecnologico de Orizaba in the postgraduate school, specifically in themanagement engineering master and the engineering Sciences Ph.D. program. Hisresearch interests are applying theTRIZ theory and other approaches (e.g.,knowledge management, decision support systems, genetic algorithms, and creativitytechniques, among other technologies) to accelerate the innovation process. Heis the President of the Mexican TRIZ association (AMETRIZ). Dr. Cortes was thetechnical leader of more than 15 projects and published several articles indifferent journals. He also was the director of 25 master theses and fivedoctoral dissertations. ORCID Number: 0000-0001-8857-7143  Arturo Realyvásquez Vargas isa full-time Department of Industrial Engineering professor at TecnológicoNacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana in Mexico. He received amaster’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciencesfrom the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and a Ph.D. inInnovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process at the University ofLa Rioja (Spain). Specifically, his main research areas are optimization ofindustrial processes, lean manufacturing, and ergonomics. Also, he is an activemember of the Society of Ergonomists of Mexico Civil Association (Sociedad deErgonomistas de México, SEMAC) and the Network of Optimization of IndustrialProcesses (Red de Optimización de Procesos Industriales, ROPRIN). Dr.Realyvásquez is a National Researcher recognized by the National Council ofScience & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as Level I. Dr. Realyvásquez is anauthor/coauthor in around 12 papers published in journals indexed in theJournal Citation Reports. Also, he has attended international conferences andcongresses in Mexico and the United States of America. Nowadays, Dr.Realyvásquez has supervised more than 20 bachelor theses and 5 master theses. Dr. Realyvásquez is the author of one book published by the internationalpublisher Springer, related to ergonomics. Also, Dr. Realyvásquez has editedtwo books in Springer Verlag and two more in IGI Global, most related toergonomics. ORCID: 0000-0003-2825-2595, Scopus Author ID: 56167726800.

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