Abdelkabir Charkaoui PhD in Logistics and SCM. Professor of Operations Management and SCM at Hassan I University, Faculty of Science and Technology - Settat, Morocco. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Laboratory of Industrial Management and Innovation (LIMII). He is the head of the research team: Supply Chain Management and Operations Management and the editor in chief for the Journal of Operations Management, Optimization and Decision Support (JOMODS). His research areas of interest are operations management, logistics performance, and Lean Manufacturing maturity.
Anass Cherrafi is an Associate Professor at EST-Safi, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco. Holding a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, he has nine years of industry and teaching experience. In 2022, Anass Cherrafi has received the Moroccan Scopus award from the min istry of higher education, CNRST and Elseiver as the first research in Morocco in “Business, Management, and Accounting”. He has published a number of articles in leading international journals including Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and many others. He has been a Guest Editor for special issues of various international journals. His research interests include Industry 4.0/5.0, Green manufacturing, Circular Economy, Lean Six Sigma and Supply Chain Management.
Khadija Echefaj PhD in industrial engineering and logistics. Her work focuses on sustainable supply chain management, circular economy, Industry 4.0/5.0, digitalisation and human centricity. She has contributed to several international research publications on resilient supply networks, Industry 4.0, and sustainability practices in manufacturing and logistics.
Alireza Shokri is a Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management and the subject group leader of "Operations and Supply Chain Management" in the Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University in the UK. Prior to the current position, Alireza was the programme leader for the BA (Hon) International Business Management Programme. Before joining Newcastle Business School in 2011, Alireza had different practitioner roles including supply chain manager, quality manager, and ISO9001 internal consultant in food sector. Alireza completed his PhD in Lean Six Sigma application within food distribution SMEs in 2011 and since then he is working as an academic. Alireza is currently leading the "Global Operations and Supply Chain Competitiveness" Research Interest Group with academic members across the globe. Alireza is also member of editorial board for the “International Journal of Lean Six Sigma". As the principal investigator, Alireza currently led different projects funded by the British Academy and Innovate UK. He is also a co-investigator of a multi-disciplinary global EU-funded (1m Euros) project as part of "Horizon 2020" called "GETM3 Project". Alireza’s research focuses on Lean Six Sigma and its application in service and manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma integration with Supply Chain Management, Industry 4.0, HR and Sustainability, Supply Chain Quality Management and process improvement and Lean Management. His research has been published in international leading/excellence level journals in his research including "International Journal of Operations and Production Management (ABS 4*). Alireza is the member of Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) as the practitioner. Alongside that, Alireza is the Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Alireza is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Green belt with professional capability of leading on Lean Six Sigma projects. Alireza is keen on working with local, national and international businesses and he is the strong believer on "Research in Practice".
