Lean Manufacturing in Latin America: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications

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Jorge Luis García 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 Juárez 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. García is a National Researcher recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as Level III. Also Dr. García 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. García 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. García 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. García 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 Realyvásquez 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. Realyvásquez is a National Researcher recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as Level I. Dr. Realyvásquez 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. Realyvásquez has supervised more than 20 bachelor theses and 5 master theses.   Dr. Realyvásquez is the author of one book published by the international publisher Springer related to ergonomics. Also Dr. Realyvásquez 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.