{"id":35,"date":"2018-09-05T19:35:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T19:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2019-10-19T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T18:56:13","slug":"industry-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/industry-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">IEOM Industry Solutions and Industry\u00a04.0<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Quality 4.0, Manufacturing 4.0 and Logistics 4.0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Toronto, Canada<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">October 23-25, 2019<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the great success of Industry Solutions Series of last IEOM conferences, 2019 IEOM Toronto Conference will have a dedicated focus on Industry 4.0 including<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internet of Things (IoT)<\/li>\n<li>artificial intelligence (AI)<\/li>\n<li>big data and data analytics<\/li>\n<li>iCloud<\/li>\n<li>cybersecurity<\/li>\n<li>modeling, simulation &amp; visualization<\/li>\n<li>industrial automation<\/li>\n<li>integrated systems<\/li>\n<li>manufacturing execution systems<\/li>\n<li>digital factory, PLM, digital twin and digital manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>related fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>IEOM Industry Solutions will also showcase the industrial case studies and their impacts of the industrial solutions using IE \/ OM tools and techniques (lean, six sigma, FMEA, simulation, design of experiments, optimization, TOC, PLM, CAE, statistical analysis, safety, reliability, etc). IEOM 2019 Toronto Conference will have a dedicated session for the Industry Solutions where distinguished practitioners provide their presentations including their experiences and journey to be successful. Thirty six featured speakers will be from various part of the world to address industrial challenges and opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Each speaker needs to submit a title of the talk, abstract and a short bio as well as power point presentation prior to the conference. All will be included in the IEOM 2019 Conference proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested to be an industry speaker, please contact <a href=\"mailto:info@ieomsociety.org\">info@ieomsociety.org<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-420\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions.png 1066w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions-300x87.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions-768x223.png 768w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions-1024x298.png 1024w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions-940x273.png 940w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions-620x180.png 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Industry-Solutions-195x57.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Industry Solutions Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Sibrel<br \/>\n<\/strong>Senior Supplier Quality Manager<br \/>\nHarman International, Novi, MI<br \/>\nProfessional Development Chair and Past Chair &#8211; ASQ Greater Detroit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-173\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steve.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steve.png 234w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/steve-195x180.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Distinguished Speakers<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Wednesday (October 23, 2019)<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session I: <\/span><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Industry Solutions &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Industry<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a04.0<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">8:00 am \u2013 8:30 am\u00a0(Wednesday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:00 \u2013 8:20 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-490 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/imagem_Eu_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/imagem_Eu_4.jpg 231w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/imagem_Eu_4-154x195.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Eliane R. Rodrigues<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Managing Partner of Zorfatec innovation consultancy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">MSc. In humanities and social Sciences-UFABC<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Area of technological innovation and organizational culture<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Researcher of LabEI-UFABC\/CAPES<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Factory of the future-Poli\/USP<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Companies Strategies and Transformation for Maturity in Industry 4.0.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eliane Message is Director at Zorfatec Technology Innovation Consultance, University and Post-Graduation Professor with all sort of corporative trainnings experience and MSc. and Technology Innovation and Cultural Organization by UFABC (Federal University of ABC). MSc. Eliane Message is Researcher at LabEI (Intrapreneurship and Innovation Laboratory) about: Cultural Innovation, Cultural of Industry 4.0, Industry 4.0, Technology Innovation and Smart Manufacturing. Researcher and speaker of themes, such as: Technology Innovation, Organizational Culture, Industry 4.0, Management of Changings, Management about Business Strategy Planning, Management of People, Purchases and Biddings, Innovational Project Management. MSc. Eliane Message is mentor of startups at \u201cInovativa\u201d Program and at UFABC and also writer of international papers, books and technical materials.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:20 \u2013 8:40 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-413 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/khalid.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/khalid.png 473w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/khalid-278x300.png 278w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/khalid-181x195.png 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Khalid Tantawi, PhD<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Career Readiness-Mechatronics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Motlow State Community College<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">5004 Motlow College Blvd, Room 214<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Smyrna, TN 37167, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Khalid Tantawi is an assistant professor of mechatronics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.\u00a0 Previousely, was a trainer for Siemens Technik Akademy for certifying Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certifications (level 1).\u00a0 I was also the elected chair of the Engineering section of the Tennessee Academy of Science, an active academic auditor, and a member of the Tennessee Textbook Advisory Panel, and the European Commission\u2019s Erasmus Mundus Association.\u00a0 I have more than 30 journal and conference publications, I am the first author and major contributor on the vast majority of my publications. \u00a0I reviewed and judged many textbooks and scientific papers in engineering journals and international conferences.\u00a0 In addition to that I am an active member of IEEE, founder and advisor of Motlow&#8217;s chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) as well as SkillsUSA Chapter. I was a member of AIAA, International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society, ISE, the Humboldt Kolleg for research, SPIE UAH chapter, the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, and Jordan Engineers Association.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:40 \u2013 9:00 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-394 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Samira-K.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Samira-K.png 436w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Samira-K-231x300.png 231w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Samira-K-150x195.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dr.\u00a0Samira\u00a0Keivanpour<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Assistant Professor<br \/>\nPolytechnique Montr\u00e9al<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>The perspectives of Industry 4.0 in Operationalization of Sustainable Development<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Samira is an Assistant Professor at Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al. She earned her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Electrical Engineering and MBA in Operation Management from Iran. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Laval University. Samira was a postdoctoral fellow and professional researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Laval University during 2015-2017. She was a faculty member at Thompson Rivers University before joining Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al. Her research interests include Sustainable solutions in supply chain and logistics, end of life products treatment, digital supply chain, and industry 4.0.<\/p>\n<p>9:00 \u2013 9:20 (Wednesday)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-465 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan.jpg 512w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Usha_Ramanathan-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><strong>Dr. Usha Ramanathan<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor of Sustainability and Supply Chains<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Nottingham Trent University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Usha Ramanathan is a Professor of Sustainability and Supply Chains in Nottingham Trent University, UK. In the past, she worked as Reader and Senior Lecturer in Universities in the UK, Oman and India. Her teaching experience spans for over 23 years. Usha is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy and Chartered member of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. Usha\u2019s research interest includes supply chain collaboration for sustainability, role of collaboration in SMEs\u2019 performance, supply chain issues, value of information sharing and forecasting, e-commerce, e-tailing, social media, Business Analytics, retail customer behaviour and loyalty in the contexts of service and operations. She has published in leading journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Expert Systems with Applications and Omega: The International Journal of Management Science. She is a reviewer for many leading journals.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-466 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Capture.png 394w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Capture-300x240.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Capture-195x156.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><strong>Dr. Muthu Mathirajan<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chief Research Scientist<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Indian Institute of Science (IISc)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">India<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Muthu Mathirajan is a Chief Research Scientist at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), which is one of the premier Research Institutes in India. Dr Mathirajan\u2019s research interests are in the development of mathematical modelling and heuristic methods for the problems related to Industrial Engineering, Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing, Service and Container Terminal Management areas. He has published over 175 research articles. He is a co-author of five books, published by Person, CRC Press, PHI, Allied Publishers, and IK Publications respectively. So far nine dissertations were awarded PhD degree under his guidance in IISc, Bangalore. He carried out five major funded research projects related to development of decision support systems, understating the R&amp;D activities of SMEs, and the study on the impact of technological innovations of SME towards its economic growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID<\/strong> <strong>123 Improving infrastructure of E-tailing in India for environmental sustainability<br \/>\n<\/strong>Usha Ramanathan, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom<br \/>\nMuthu Mathirajan, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India<span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9:20 \u2013 9:40 (Wednesday)<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>ID 500 Emerging Trends in Industry 4.0 with Innovative Case Study of Human Balance &amp; Rehabilitation Engineering<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-739 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saul-Henderson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saul-Henderson.png 449w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saul-Henderson-241x300.png 241w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saul-Henderson-157x195.png 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Saul B. Henderson<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Researcher<br \/>\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of the District of Columbia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Washington, DC, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Saul Henderson is a first-year Master\u2019s student within the Electrical Engineering department at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Prior to joining the Master\u2019s program in August 2019, Saul has gained over 6 years of valuable experience and soft skills in STEM research, design and informal education. Starting out at UDC as an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student in the Fall of 2012, he has gained 5 years of education experience as a student educator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM). As an educator at a world-class museum, he was responsible for interacting with several hundred to thousands of visitors daily by educating them on the basic principles of aerodynamics, flight systems and space travel. Saul has also spent 2 years of his undergraduate career as a research assistant in several areas including Machine Learning, Power Systems and Mechatronics. In this capacity, he spent most of his time working under his school dean, Dr. Devdas Shetty, to enhance labs and higher-level coursework through the use of hands-on mechatronics projects and robotics. He has also worked briefly in other UDC labs including the Center for Biomedical &amp; Rehabilitation Engineering (CBRE) and the upcoming Smart Grid lab. Saul has recently obtained his B.S in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Computer Engineering from UDC in May 2019, where he graduated with honors. Immediately upon starting the Master\u2019s program, Saul has completed an internship in solar design where he assisted in the preliminary design and energy modeling of several dozen sites for major companies across the eastern United States. Saul is currently a graduate research assistant focusing on Wireless Communications and Cyber-Physical Systems.<\/p>\n<p>Bio:\u00a0Saul B. Henderson<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-732 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Shetty.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Shetty.png 365w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Shetty-265x300.png 265w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Shetty-172x195.png 172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>Dr. Devdas Shetty, P.E.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor &amp; Dean &#8211; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of the District of Columbia<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Washington, DC, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bio: Dean Shetty joined University of the District of Columbia in 2012, having previously served as Dean of Engineering at Lawrence Technological University and Dean of Research at the University of Hartford. While with the University of Hartford, Dr. Shetty was first Chair of the Vernon D. Roosa Endowed Professorship. In addition, he was the Director of the Engineering Applications Center, through which he established partnerships with more than 50 Connecticut industries. During 2008 and 2009, Dr. Shetty served as Dean of the College of Engineering for Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. During that time, he initiated several new academic programs, established partnerships and contributed to curricular innovation. Prior to coming to Hartford, Dr. Shetty held academic positions at the Albert Nerkin School of Engineering at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. Dr. Shetty is the author of three books and more than 200 scientific articles and six patents. His books on Mechatronics and Product Design are widely used as a textbooks in many universities around the world. Dr. Shetty&#8217;s research work has been cited for original contribution to the understanding of engineering surface measurement, for significant intellectual achievements in mechatronics and for contributions to product design. He is especially well-known for his contributions in establishing partnerships between the University and industries. He is the recipient of academic and research grants from organizations like National Science Foundation, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, US Army, Air force etc. Dr. Shetty had been leading research efforts in a U.S. Army research project on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In partnership with Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, he invented the patented mechatronics process for supporting patients. Dr. Shetty has chaired several international conferences and presented keynote lectures. Major honors received by Prof. Shetty include James Frances Bent award for Creativity, the Edward S. Roth National Award for Manufacturing from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineer Faculty Award, and Society of Manufacturing Engineers Honor award. He is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>09:30 \u2013 9:40 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Welcome Address<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>09:40 \u2013 10:20 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Opening Keynote I:<\/span> <strong>Dr. Jatin Nathwani<\/strong>, Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy, Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Environment, Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), <strong>University of Waterloo<\/strong>, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n<p>10:20 \u2013 11:00 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Opening Keynote II<\/span>: <strong>Shalabh Bakshi<\/strong>, Director, Digital Enterprise and MindSphere, Digital Factory Division, <strong>Siemens Canada Limited<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Digital Enterprise \u201cIndustry 4.0\u201d and Mindsphere \u201cOpen Cloud based IoT Operating System\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session II: <b style=\"color: #000000;\">Industry Solutions &#8211; <\/b><b>Industry<\/b><b style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a04.0<\/b> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11:30 am \u2013 12:50 pm\u00a0(Wednesday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">11:30 \u2013 11:50 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dr. Rogelio Emmanuel J\u00e1uregui Miramontes<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Researcher<br \/>\nCentre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Chemical Engineering &amp; Applied Chemistry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Toronto<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Toronto, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-628\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rogelio-Jauregui.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rogelio-Jauregui.png 312w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rogelio-Jauregui-300x266.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Rogelio-Jauregui-195x173.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rogelio Emmanuel Jauregui Miramontes received a PhD at the University of Toronto, a BEng and MASc degrees from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Mexico, and a maintenance administration diploma at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has 13 years of experience in industry. His research interests include simulation, optimization, reliability, maintenance scheduling, and human factors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dr. Pasi Petteri Luukka<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">School of Business<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lappeenranta University of Technology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lappeenranta, Finland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-629\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pasi-Luukka.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pasi-Luukka.png 308w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pasi-Luukka-300x269.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pasi-Luukka-195x175.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pasi Petteri Luukka is currently a fulltime Professor. Pasi Luukka received the M.Sc. degree from the Department of Information Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, and a D.Sc. degree in applied mathematics from the Department of Mathematics and Physics, Lappeenranta University of Technology. His research interests include fuzzy data analysis, classification, feature selection, and fuzzy decision making. He has authored over 50 journal papers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dr. Yuri A. Lawryshyn<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Chemical Engineering &amp; Applied Chemistry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Toronto<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Toronto, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-630\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Yuri-Lawryshyn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Yuri-Lawryshyn.png 331w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Yuri-Lawryshyn-300x250.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Yuri-Lawryshyn-195x163.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yuri A. Lawryshyn is currently a fulltime Associate Professor. Yuri Lawryshyn received BASc and MASc degrees from the University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering, a PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario) and a Financial Engineering Diploma from the Schulich School of Business (York University). Yuri specializes in the area of numerical modelling, including financial modelling, and real options analysis. Yuri has supervised over 60 projects related to financial modelling, trading, econometrics, customer analytics, operational risk, cyber security and FinTech.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID<\/strong> <strong>298 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Novel Framework for Calculating the Maintenance Improvement Factor Based on Human Error Factors and Unbiased Expert Judgment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rogelio Emmanuel J\u00e1uregui Miramontes, Yuri A. Lawryshyn, Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship, Chemical Engineering &amp; Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">11:50 \u2013 12:10 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-500 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/M.-Ali-\u00dclk\u00fc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"283\" \/>Dr. M. Ali \u00dclk\u00fc<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor of Supply Chain and Decision Sciences<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director of Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rowe School of Business<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dalhousie University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>M. <\/strong><strong>Ali \u00dclk\u00fc<\/strong> is a Full Professor, and the Director of the Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics (CRSSCA), in the Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo, M.Sc. in Operations Research from \u00c7ukurova University, and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a productivity consultant in the largest international brewery in Turkey. Dr. \u00dclk\u00fc\u2019s research thrusts include the theoretical modeling of sustainable supply chain and logistics systems, operations-marketing interface, and mathematical modeling of consumer behavior. He published in such journals as <em>Annals of Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research<\/em>, <em>International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Cleaner Production, <\/em>and<em> Service Science<\/em>. Dr. \u00dclk\u00fc has taught at various universities in Canada, Turkey, and the USA. He served as the Program Chair for the 2018 Conference of the Canadian Operational Research Society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID<\/strong> <strong>259 Incentivizing Sustainability: Price Optimization for a Closed-Loop Apparel Supply Chain<br \/>\n<\/strong>Shayla Fitzsimmons, Lisa Ma, M. Ali \u00dclk\u00fc, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">12:10 \u2013 12:30 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-412 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg 512w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><strong>Prof. Arnesh Telukdarie<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Post Graduate School of Engineering Management<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arnesh Telukdarie holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Prof. Telukdarie is currently an associate professor in the School of Engineering Management at the University of Johannesburg and a Professional Consulting Engineer. Prof. Telukdarie has over 20 years of industrial experience, research interest includes Manufacturing and Corporate Systems.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Medoh Chuks<br \/>\n<\/strong>Post Graduate School of Engineering Management<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Auckland Park, 2092, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 076\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Implications of Industry 4.0 in Nigeria electoral system<br \/>\n<\/strong>Arnesh Telukdarie, University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">12:30 \u2013 12:50 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-650 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-Harpster2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-Harpster2.png 523w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-Harpster2-221x300.png 221w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-Harpster2-143x195.png 143w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>Richard Harpster<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">President<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Harpco Systems, Inc.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Farmington, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Risk Based Thinking in FMEAs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Richard Harpster is president of Harpco Systems Inc. which he founded in 1987.\u00a0 Harpco Systems specializes in providing software, training and consulting for Risked Based Product Lifecycle Management (RBPLM\u2122).\u00a0 Over the past 24 years Richard has helped numerous companies implement improved design and manufacturing systems on a wide variety of products from automotive components to molecular assays to detect diseases such as HIV.\u00a0 He is a recognized expert in the application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and invented several new concepts including the linking of Design FMEAs to Process FMEAs which became an automotive industry standard in 2008, eighteen years after he first introduced the concept to Ford Motor Company Climate Control Division.\u00a0 His latest inventions in the field of RBPLM\u2122 include Requirements Risk Assessment\u2122 (RRA\u2122), Multiple Integrated Cause Analysis (MICA\u2122) and Rapid Integrated Problem Solving (RIPS\u00ae).\u00a0 He has published several papers on the topic of RBPLM\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to starting Harpco Systems, Richard spent 14 years at Ford Motor in a wide variety of positions including Senior Design Engineer, Superintendent of Plant Maintenance and Plant Manager.\u00a0 His education includes a B.S.E.E. from Penn State University, M.S.E.E from the University Of Detroit and an M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University.\u00a0 Richard is a registered professional engineer in the State of Michigan.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>13:00 \u2013 14:30 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Wednesday Lunch Keynote<\/span>: <strong>Dr. Gursel Suer<\/strong>, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, <strong>Ohio University<\/strong>, Athens, Ohio, USA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session III: <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Industry Solutions: Panel Session on Lean Six Sigma<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(MacDonald Room)<br \/>\nPanel Chair: Steven Sibrel, Harman International<br \/>\n2:30 pm \u2013 4:00 pm (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-301 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sibrel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sibrel.png 380w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sibrel-300x277.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sibrel-195x180.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Steven Sibrel<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Senior Supplier Quality Manager<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Harman International, Novi, MI<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professional Development Chair and Past Chair &#8211; ASQ Greater Detroit<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Steve Sibrel is a business process improvement trainer, coach and auditor with over 35 years of experience in the business and manufacturing world. He is currently working as Senior Supplier Quality Manager at Harman International, a manufacturer of audio and infotainment systems for consumer, professional, and automotive industries, with well-known brands such as JBL, Lexicon, Crown, Infinity, Mark Levinson, Becker and Harman-Kardon. Previously he held a number of engineering and management positions in diverse industries at Applied Materials (Semiconductor), NEC (Telecommunications) and Texas Instruments (Military). He has conducted over 200 supplier audits in North America, Europe, and Asia and is a Lead Auditor for ISO\/TS16949, ISO9001, ISO13485, ISO17025, and 21CFR820. He has been the Chair for Professional Development for the ASQ Detroit section since 2008. He received the Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and the Leadership Award in 2013 from ASQ.\u00a0 Current ASQ Certifications held are Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Engineer, Quality Inspector, Quality Auditor, and Manager of Quality\/ Organizational Excellence. He is an adjunct facility member at Macomb Community College. Steve has a BSEE degree from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and an MSEE degree from Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker I<\/span><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Saso Krstovski, MBB<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-649 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/dc2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/saso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"298\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lean Manufacturing Coach \/Six Sigma Master Black Belt<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Van Dyke Transmission Plant<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Ford Motor Company<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Greater Detroit<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Michigan, USA<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Saso Krstovski works for Ford Motor Company \u2013 Van Dyke Transmission Plant as a Lean\u00a0Manufacturing Coach and Six-Sigma Master Black Belt. With over twenty years of service with\u00a0Ford Motor Company, Dr. Krstovski has held a multitude of engineering assignments, which\u00a0includes time working as a Test Engineer, Launch Test Engineer, and Electrical Control\u00a0Engineer. During his time with Ford Motor Company, Dr. Krstovski has worked in several plant\u00a0environments and skill teams such as Dearborn Tool &amp;amp; Die Plant, Information Technology, and\u00a0has held front-line supervision roles managing hourly UAW-Ford production employees. This\u00a0exposure to new work concepts within Ford has allowed Dr. Krstovski to amass a holistic\u00a0approach to engineering. As such, Dr. Krstovski has gained an extensive understanding of the\u00a0Six-Sigma methodologies. As a detail oriented and data-driven engineer, Dr. Krstovski is an\u00a0invaluable contributor to Ford Motor Company. He is highly distinguished and skilled with\u00a0problem identification and resolution to avoid time and cost expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Krstovski recently joined Lawrence Technological University as an Adjunct Professor and is\u00a0currently teaching in the Engineering Department. Dr. Krstovski\u2019s research interests lie in the\u00a0area of System Optimization. He continues to collaborate actively with researchers at several\u00a0universities. Dr. Krstovski provides guidance globally to doctoral candidates on dissertation\u00a0direction. He graduated from Lawrence Technological University with a Doctorate of\u00a0Engineering in Manufacturing Systems (DEMS). In addition, to his doctorate degree, Dr.\u00a0Krstovski has a Masters in Electrical Computer Controlled Systems and a Bachelor\u2019s of Science\u00a0in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University. Dr. Krstovski has authored several\u00a0publications and scientific articles on various engineering topics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker II<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-746 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sanaz-Ghazi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sanaz-Ghazi.jpg 153w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Sanaz-Ghazi-129x195.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>Sanaz Ghazi, PhD, CSSBB, CRP<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Senior Process Improvement Specialist<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Medtronic Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sanaz is currently working as a senior process improvement specialist with Medtronic Canada. In this position, she works with hospitals to improve care pathways and quality of patient care. She focuses on optimizing cardiac clinics,\u00a0 cath labs, EP labs and recovery areas by reviewing process flows and identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement using the systematic approach of DMAIC methodology.<\/p>\n<p>She has a PhD in Sustainability Management. Additionally, she is an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and received\u00a0 her Certified ROI Professional (CRP) certificate from the ROI institute. She has worked for over fifteen years as a quality management system lead auditor in different industries and service sectors including health care.<\/p>\n<p>For the past three years, Sanaz has volunteered as communication chair of ASQ-Toronto section. Additionally, she has\u00a0 taught courses\u00a0 on Quality and Statistical Control for Sheridan College\u2019s Engineering Department and Energy Efficiency in Large Buildings at Seneca College\u2019s School of Continuing Education. She is also a member of the Advisory Council (PAC) of Quality Assurance\u00a0 for the Manufacturing and Management program at Sheridan College.<\/p>\n<p>Sanaz is the author of a textbook on applied statistics. She is a co-author of an article entitled <i>Using Lean to Improve Wait Time Performance in Diagnostic Assessment for Lung Cancer <\/i>in Healthcare Quarterly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker III<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker IV<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session IV: <strong>Industry Solutions<\/strong> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a04:30 pm \u2013 6:00 pm\u00a0(Wednesday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">4:30 \u2013 4:50 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz.jpg 548w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Fariz-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Muhamad Fariz Failaka<br \/>\n<\/strong>Senior Process Engineer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Certified Energy Manager<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Bontang, Indonesia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Practices for Successful Implementation of Energy Management System in the Fertilizer Industry: A Case Study of Pupuk Kaltim Fertilizer Company in Indonesia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muhamad Fariz Failaka is a process engineer with over than 10 years\u2019 experience in the field of fertilizer manufacturing. Since 2008, he has been working at PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (Pupuk Kaltim), the largest integrated ammonia-urea plant in the Southeast Asia with production of 3.43 million tons of urea, 2.74 million tons of ammonia, and 350 thousand tons of NPK per year. Most of his projects involve process design, process scheduling, and process safety. He has been the certified energy manager for Pupuk Kaltim since 2016. As energy becomes the main cost of a production cost factor in the fertilizer industry, he has led the energy champion team of Pupuk Kaltim in the implementation of energy management system to improve energy performance by driving innovation and pushing boundaries for a greener production and more sustainable future. With the excellence teamwork of energy champion, Pupuk Kaltim has successfully achieved ISO 50001 Energy Management System (EnMS) certification and becomes the first fertilizer plant certified ISO 50001 in Southeast Asia in 2017. Following the successful implementation of EnMS, several top honor awards have been achieved by Pupuk Kaltim such as 1<sup>st<\/sup> winner at National Energy Efficiency Award for Large Industry category in 2018, Winner for the 2019 ASEAN Energy Awards in the category of Energy Management Industry &#8211; Large Building, and the 2019 Clean Energy Minsterial\u2019s Award of Excellence in Energy Management.<\/p>\n<p>Currently he is also a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His research topic focuses on energy management, energy systems engineering, modeling, simulation, and optimization. He received his Master of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from University of Waterloo, Canada. His current certifications held are process engineer, assessor of competency, and energy manager on industrial sector.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">4:50 \u2013 5:10 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-483 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ram-Ramanathan-crp200-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Ramakrishnan Ramanathan<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Bedfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Luton LU1 3JU<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ramakrishnan Ramanathan<\/strong> is Professor and Director of Business and Management Research Institute, in the Business School of the University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK. In the past, he has worked and taught in a number of countries, including the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, Oman and India. He has taught basic and advanced courses on Operations Management, Production Systems Management, Supply Chain Management, Optimization Theory, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Management Science, Business Statistics, Simulation, Energy and Environment, Energy and Environmental Economics, Energy and Transport Economics, and others. His research interests include operations management, Industry 4.0, Big Data, Internet of Things, supply chains, environmental sustainability, economic and policy analysis of issues in the energy, environment, transport and other infrastructure sectors. He works extensively on modelling using techniques such as optimisation, decision analysis, data envelopment analysis and the analytic hierarchy process.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Yanqing Duan<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Bedfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Luton LU1 3JU<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prof Yanqing Duan is an established expert on the adoption, use and impact of emerging information and communication technologies s in Agriculture and Aquaculture. Over the last 20 years, she has been involved in a number of funded research projects on using emerging ICTs in aquaculture sector and technology transfer to improve fish farming productivity. She has extensive experience and understanding on the effective adoption of technologies in Agriculture and Aquaculture sector and published many papers in this field. She has also been involved in a UK DFID Agri-TT (Agriculture Technology Transfer) project on helping Cambodian\u2019 farmers to improve their farming productivity and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Feng Dong<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Bedfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Luton LU1 3JU<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prof Feng Dong has led large scale research grants in healthcare, Internet of things and creative computing from national (UK) and international (Europe) funding bodies He has expertise in big data management and storage on a cloud environment, mining and visualization of massive data, text mining and semantics of web information. He has successfully coordinated of 4 research projects in recent years. He is the Principal Investigator of external research funding over 2 million Sterling.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Tahmina Ajmal<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Bedfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Luton LU1 3JU<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tahmina Ajmal (Senior Lecturer in Engineering) has been working in the sensor technology, designing novel optical sensors for different applications, using data from the sensors for diagnostics and prediction and smart sensing applications.\u00a0 For the last decade, main research focus has been on water engineering where she has developed sensors for testing water quality and used data from existing online sensors for diagnostics. Her research is multidisciplinary with collaborations from across University and around the world. Her recent project funded by Innovate UK is in collaboration with Business School with a focus on developing a smart digital environment for aquaculture industry in China. She is also a technology co-investigator in another multi- million Interreg project with business school on use of sensor technology for reducing waste in food industry across North West Europe. In addition, she is also a co-investigator on another project with business school on improving sensor application for artisan fisheries in Brazil. She is also currently co-investigator in another Interreg project on reducing pollution from water borne vessels. She has large number of conference and journal publications to her credit and is currently reviewer of various IEEE journals and conferences in Photonics and Sensors.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Samuel Van Ransbeeck<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Bedfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Luton LU1 3JU<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">United Kingdom<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr Samuel Van Ransbeeck is a research associate working on the Brazil fisheries project. His background is in composition and data sonification. His recent projects are centred around digital humanities, working with archives and data-driven storytelling. He did his PhD at the Catholic University in Porto, Portugal and has since worked in Universities in the UK. He has ample international experience. ORCID: https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6959-6605.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Joaquim Manoel Monteiro Valverde<br \/>\n<\/strong>Instituto Federal de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Ci\u00eancia e Tecnologia Catarinense<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rua das Miss\u00f5es, 100, Blumenau<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Santa Catarina, 89051-000, Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prof Joaquim Valverde has extensive experience in engineering and project management systems and in data centre infrastructure with hardware and software required to operate [ERP,] IoT and Big Data applications. [He joined the IT field through programming courses at IBM in 1972. He worked in software development at ADP Systems, Eletroradiobraz, Cummings, Saab Scania, ABB and Paran\u00e1 Telecom. He was a consultant at IBM (law enforcement systems) for 4 years. He started teaching \u201cData Base System development\u201d at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paran\u00e1 in 1984. Director of teaching and technology at ESEEI Colege &#8211; Paran\u00e1 for 25 years.] Since February 2016 Prof Valverde has conducted research to architect an IT System for Sustainable Aquaculture at Instituto Federal Catrinense (IFC). In the research carried out with EPAGRI researchers and extensionists, and specialized bibliographic reading, he identified 12 main factors limiting the expansion of fisheries in Brazil, nine of which will not be equated without digital information and communication (ICT) systems. A business plan was created to implement an IT platform with 4 integrated subsystems: Transactional operations; Business Intelligence; e-Learning and Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Silma Battezzati Valverde<br \/>\n<\/strong>Instituto Federal de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Ci\u00eancia e Tecnologia Catarinense<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Rua das Miss\u00f5es, 100, Blumenau<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Santa Catarina, 89051-000, Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prof Silma Valverde holds a PhD in Communication Processes and Digital Technological Innovations from the Methodist University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil.\u00a0 She has experience in the organization and management of projects and work groups focused on the creation and sharing of explicit knowledge. She teaches in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses in the areas of Education and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at the Federal University of Paran\u00e1 (UFPR). Between 2013 and 2017 she collaborated with the Distance Learning Implementation Team at the Federal Catarinense Institute &#8211; Campus Cambori\u00fa (IFC-CAM). She acted as Teacher, Tutor and Coordinated Courses in distance modalities and blended learning in the Center for Distance Education (NeaD) of IFC-CAM. She taught and coordinated the Education and Technology Hub of the Lato Sensu Postgraduate Program in Education. Acted as Pedagogical Manager of the Virtual Learning Environment and Producer of Didactic Materials for Teaching and Learning activity; Member of the Commission for the Elaboration and Systematization of the Stritu Sensu Course of Master in Education with a focus on Teacher Training and Technologies for Sustainability.\u00a0 Member of the TAF research group in Brazil, responsible for integrating the e-learning module and content in the IT Platform for Sustainable Aquaculture (PTI-AS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID<\/strong> <strong>127 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IoT sensors in Aquaculture \u2013 Barriers and Facilitators for sustainability in Brazilian Context<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ramakrishnan Ramanathan, Yanqing Duan, Tahmina Ajmal, Feng Dong and Samuel Van Ransbeeck, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom<br \/>\nJoaquim Manoel Monteiro Valverde, Silma Battezzati Valverde, Instituto Federal de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Brazil<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">5:10 \u2013 5:30 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-432 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Soumaya.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Soumaya.png 584w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Soumaya-231x300.png 231w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Soumaya-150x195.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/>Dr. Soumaya Yacout<br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Polytechnique Montreal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Soumaya Yacout is a full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal in Canada. She is the founder, President and CEO of DEXIN Inc, an enterprise dedicated in offering state of the art technologies for data-driven solutions to help companies in achieving the highest level of value added performance by keeping their physical assets in good health. She earned her doctoral degree in Operations Research at The Georges Washington University in 1985, her bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1975, and her masters in Industrial Engineering in 1979, at Cairo University. Her research interests include anomaly diagnosis and prognosis, preventive, predictive and prescriptive maintenance, autonomous maintenance and optimization of decision-making. She has publications in peer-reviewed journals including Quality Engineering, International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, IEEE Transactions, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Expert Systems with Applications, and papers in international conferences, some of which received the best paper award. She is the co-editor and the co-writer of a book \u2018Current Themes in Engineering Technologies\u2019 on minimal repair, and the book \u2018Ontology Modeling in Physical Asset Integrity Management\u2019 on interoperability and exchangeability of data. She is a Registered Professional Engineer in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 061 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Industrial Value Chain Research and Applications for Industry 4.0<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dr. Soumaya Yacout, Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering<strong>, <\/strong>Polytechnique Montreal<strong>, <\/strong>Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">5:30 \u2013 5:50 (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-429 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1.jpeg 2604w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-300x273.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-768x700.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-1024x933.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-940x856.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-620x565.jpeg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image1-195x178.jpeg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>Dr. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami<br \/>\n<\/strong>PhD (IE&amp;OR, IIT Bombay), MTech (Computer Science), BE (Electronics and Communication)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Chairperson, Public Systems Group<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">India<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Sundaravalli Narayanaswami is the Chairperson, Public Systems Group, IIM Ahmedabad. She earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from IIT Bombay, after a Masters in Computer Science. At IIM Ahmedabad, she holds a primary affiliation with the Public Systems and Group and a secondary affiliation with Production and Quantitative Methods Area. Her teaching interests are in Transportation Studies (Urban, Intelligent Systems, Heavy and Light rails, Transport Infrastructure), Operations Research in public systems, Operations Management, Artificial Intelligence and Government Systems and Policies. Most of her research in the past and present are in transportation operations and knowledge management that involve applications of ICT and OR tools in real-life problems of large impact.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sundaravalli started her career in IT services marketing and she soon moved to a production profile in an electronics equipment manufacturing industry. Her academic career began later and she has taught at various programs in Mumbai University and at Institutes under the UAE Federal education ministry in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. She has also taught in many Executive development programs while at UAE. She has authored two research based books on transportation systems and they are published by reputed international publishers. She also publishes and reviews regularly for scholarly editorials and presents her research findings among peers, both in India and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sundaravalli holds several professional affiliations. She was awarded the Fellow of the British Computer Society in 2008. While in Abu Dhabi, she had served as the Youth Professional Group representative of the entire Middle East region for the British Computer Society. She is the honoured recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award for the year 2018 from the International Society of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), received in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 322 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Innovation and Productivity of Indian Railways: Industry 4.0 in Manufacturing of Rolling Stock<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dr. Sundaravalli Narayanaswami, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad<strong>, <\/strong>India<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, Wednesday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Career Development Discussion with NSF Student Travel Support Awardees<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session V: <strong>Industry Solutions<\/strong> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:\u00a0Dr. Biswajit Sarkar, Hanyang University, South Korea<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a08:00 am \u2013 9:30 am\u00a0(Thursday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:00 \u2013 8:20 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-381 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pasha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>M. A. Pasha and R. Deardon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Mathematics and Statistics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Calgary<br \/>\nCalgary, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>ID 363: On Minimum Cost Non-uniform Sampling\u00a0Schemes for Optimal Design of Control Charts:\u00a0Application to X-bar and T2 Control Charts<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abstract<\/p>\n<p>As an economically superior approach to uniform sampling scheme,\u00a0the pioneering work of Rahim and Banerjee on sampling procedure\u00a0with non-uniform time intervals has been broadly employed in statistical process monitoring during the past three decades. However, since\u00a0its consecutive times of inspection have to be determined through a\u00a0function of the first sampling interval, it might make some kind of\u00a0complexity in practical administration compare to uniform approach.\u00a0In this paper, the intuitive companionship between the sampling frequencies and the failure rate of a process is discussed by investigating various functional costraints on choosing the length of sampling\u00a0intervals and their effects on the optimal design of control charts, especifically for non-Markovian processes which deteriorate over time.\u00a0Extensive numerical illustrations are prepared for monitoring both\u00a0univariate and multivariate quality characteristics in manufacturing\u00a0and service sectors following an increasing failure rate Weibull shock\u00a0model. Although the proposed structures for sampling intervals could\u00a0slightly improve the expected cost per unit time, the results illustrated that Rahim-Banerjee model of non-uniform inspection sheme\u00a0which induces constant integrated hazard over each sampling interval\u00a0is a well-established near-optimal approach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Optimization Procedures, Process Failure Mechanism,\u00a0Integrated Hazard over Sampling Interval, Quality Characteristic(s)<br \/>\nDistribution.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_6784328354229061678gmail-Biography\"><b>Dr. Mojtaba Aghajanpoorpasha <\/b>is a Postdoctoral Associate and Sessional Instructor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Calgary, Canada. He earned B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and M.Sc. in Statistics from Kharazmi University of Iran, and PhD in Statistics from Allameh Tabatab\u2019i University (ATU), Iran. He has published papers in some reputed journals like Operational Research and Communication in Statistics. His research interests include statistical process monitoring, design of experiments, reliability and maintenance, simulation, optimization and industrial statistics. Ranked 1<sup>st<\/sup> among PhD researchers in ATU&#8217;s Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Computer, he has extensive teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at different universities.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-530 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rob.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rob.png 480w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rob-267x300.png 267w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Rob-174x195.png 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>Dr. Rob Deardon<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor of Biostatistics <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Calgary<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Rob Deardon<\/strong> is\u00a0an Associate Professor of Biostatistics with a joint position in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics at the University of Calgary.\u00a0Much of his recent work has been in the area of infectious disease modelling, but he is also interested in Bayesian &amp; computational statistics, experimental design, disease surveillance methods, spatio-temporal modelling, statistical learning and statistical modelling in general.\u00a0He currently has a research group of around 10 postdocs and research students.\u00a0He is also currently an associate editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Biostatistics Graduate Program at Calgary, and Chair of the Statistics Section of the NSERC Discovery Grant Mathematics &amp; Statistics Evaluation Group.\u00a0Previous to his post at Calgary he spent 8-years as faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Guelph, and postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick in the UK. His PhD, in the area of agricultural experimental design, was obtained from the University of Reading in 2001.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:20 \u2013 8:40 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-355 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Biswajit-Sarkar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Biswajit-Sarkar.jpg 268w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Biswajit-Sarkar-174x195.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><strong>Dr. Biswajit Sarkar<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Industrial Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Yonsei University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Seoul, South Korea <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Biswajit Sarkar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea. He has completed his Bachelor and Master in Applied Mathematics in 2002 and 2004, respectively from Jadavpur University, India. He has received his Master of Philosophy in the application of Boolean Polynomials from the Annamalai University, India in 2008, Doctor of Philosophy from the Jadavpur University, India in 2010 in Operations Research, and Post-Doctorate from the Pusan National University, South Korea (2012\u20132013). He has dedicated his teaching and research abilities in various universities including Hanyang University, South Korea (2014-2019), Vidyasagar University, India (2010\u20132014), and Darjeeling Government College, India (2009\u20132010). Under his supervision, thirteen students are awarded their PhD and three students are awarded their masters. Since 2010, he has published 151 journal articles in reputed journals of Applied Mathematics and Industrial Engineering and he has published one book. He is the editorial board member of some reputed International Journals of Applied Mathematics and Industrial Engineering. Recently, he became the Guest Editor of two special issues of two SCIE indexed journals named as \u201cMathematics\u201d and \u201cEnergies\u201d. He is a member of several learned societies. In 2014, his paper is selected the best research paper in an international conference in South Korea. He has presented several research papers in international conferences as an Invited Speaker and chaired several sessions in several international conference. He has received a bronze medal for his capstone achievement from Hanyang University in 2016.\u00a0 He is the recipient of Bharat Vikash award as a young scientist from India in 2016.\u00a0 He has received International award from Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers in 2017 at KAIST, Daejon, South Korea. He is the recipient of Hanyang University Academic Award as one of the most productive researchers in 2017 and 2018 consecutively.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>ID 377: Maintenance of a highly perishable lifesaving product under a healthcare supply chain management<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:40 \u2013 9:00 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-412 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg 512w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><strong>Prof. Arnesh Telukdarie<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Post Graduate School of Engineering Management<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arnesh Telukdarie holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Prof. Telukdarie is currently an associate professor in the School of Engineering Management at the University of Johannesburg and a Professional Consulting Engineer. Prof. Telukdarie has over 20 years of industrial experience, research interest includes Manufacturing and Corporate Systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 078\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An evaluation of the fourth industrial revolution adoption in manufacturing industries: An African context<\/strong><br \/>\nArnesh\u00a0 Telukdarie, University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">9:00 \u2013 9:20 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer.jpg 410w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Birgit-Oberer-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dr. Birgit Oberer<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Professor of Management Information Systems<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Researcher, Eidgen\u00f6ssische Technische Hochschule<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Zurich, Switzerland<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Evaluation Panel Group Member &#8211; IoT Open Innovation Lab of the IoT Research Center @ Northeastern University<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Digital Transformation 4.0: Increasing Productivity of the Transportation Sector with Internet of Things and Digitalization<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Birgit Oberer is an Associate Professor for management information systems. In the past, she worked as Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, and Visiting Researcher in Universities in Austria, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Hong Kong and in the USA. Her teaching experience spans over 17 years. Dr. Oberer&#8217;s research interest includes management information systems, innovation and technology management, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, as well as electronic government and its applications in companies, governments, and non-profit organizations. Some of her latest publications include &#8216;I4.0 Connectivity: Smart Factory Communications&#8217;, &#8220;Flextrans 4.0: Smart Logistics for Smart Cities&#8221;, &#8220;Augmented Reality 4.0: Opportunities and Challenges for Smart Factories&#8221;, and &#8220;Industry 4.0 Guidelines for Developing Countries&#8221;. Dr. Oberer is the co-editor of the international book series&#8217; Enterprise and Business Management&#8217; and part of the editorial team of &#8220;Advanced MIS and Digital Transformation for Increased Creativity and Innovation in Business&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>09:40 \u2013 10:20<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"> Thursday Morning Keynote I<\/span>: <strong>Dr. Andrew K.S. Jardine<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus, Industrial Engineering, Department of Mechanical and industrial Engineering, Founding Director of the Centre for Maintenance Optimization &amp; Reliability Engineering (C-MORE), <strong>University of Toronto<\/strong>, Canada<\/p>\n<p>10:20 &#8211; 11:00 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Thursday Morning Keynote II<\/span>: <strong>Peter Merrill<\/strong>, President, <strong>Quest Management Inc<\/strong>., Canada &#8211; Knowledge and Skills for Industry 4.0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session VI: <strong>Industry 4.0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>KEYNOTE<\/strong> (Algonquin Rooms 1-4)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11:30 am \u2013 1:00 pm\u00a0(Thursday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Industry 4.0 and Talent Pipeline<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-402 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui.jpg 349w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>David Pistrui, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Industry Liaison<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Graduate Recruiting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Clinical Professor of Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Detroit Mercy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Detroit, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David Pistrui, Ph.D., is an executive, educator, and entrepreneur, with over 35 years of\u00a0experience serving the corporate, nonprofit, and education sectors. Dr. Pistrui has held\u00a0corporate leadership positions with both Fortune 500, and midsized companies\u00a0including VideoCart, MediaOne, Parade Publications, Time Incorporated, and Purex\u00a0Industries.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pistrui has worked with a wide range of organizations in over 60 countries including\u00a0FCA, Ford, Tenneco, Siemens, GM, Eaton, Dentsu, FedEx, KPMG, AT Kearney,\u00a0Motorola, Wrigley, IBM, GrubHub, Comarch, Minnetronix, Cleversafe, Automation Alley\u00a0and the World Economic Forum among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Currently Dr. Pistrui is leading a consortium of ten Michigan universities and colleges\u00a0(and their industry partners) in a multi-year applied research project focusing on\u00a0Industry 4.0 (the fourth industrial revolution).\u00a0Dr. Pistrui has served as an economic\u00a0advisor to the states of Michigan, North Carolina and Illinois, Austrian Federal Economic\u00a0Chamber, AutoCluster Styira (Austria), Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Middle\u00a0East Economic Digest, and the Family Firm Institute.<\/p>\n<p>As an educator, he has held faculty appointments at the University of Detroit Mercy,\u00a0Fayetteville State University (North Carolina), Illinois Institute of Technology, DePaul\u00a0University, and Alfred University. He has held endowed chairs in entrepreneurship and\u00a0family business. Dr. Pistrui has co-authored over 60 publications in the areas of talent\u00a0development, artificial intelligence, robotics, technology entrepreneurship, strategy,\u00a0family business, and engineering education.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pistrui holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics (Cum Laude) Entrepreneurship and\u00a0Strategy, from Universit\u00e4t Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, and a Ph.D., in Sociology\u00a0from the University of Bucharest, Romania. He earned a Master of Arts in Liberal\u00a0Studies degree from DePaul University (Chicago) and a Bachelor of Business\u00a0Administration, in Marketing and Economics from Western Michigan University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-403 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke.png 225w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-195x195.png 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-130x130.png 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-70x70.png 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Darrell Kleinke<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor of Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director of Professional Engineering Programs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Detroit Mercy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Detroit, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Darrell Kleinke, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), teaches Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, Technical Entrepreneurship and Product Development courses. His courses include topics on innovation, creativity, and the innovation culture.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kleinke is currently the Director of the Detroit Mercy engineering graduate programs and he was formerly the Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department.\u00a0 He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and he holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kleinke gained extensive industrial experience prior to joining UDM in 2008. \u00a0His work included design and release of automotive body systems at Ford Motor Company, structural testing and servo-hydraulic road simulation testing at a tier 1 supplier, as well as product development engineering at General Motors corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kleinke\u2019s research interests and publications are related to mechanical design, multi-disciplined collaboration, engineering education, innovation, entrepreneurship, and systems engineering. Dr. Kleinke provides consulting services through Innovation in Action Inc., where he conducts workshops in the application of systematic innovation tools, product architecture and systems engineering.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>13:00 \u2013 14:30 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Thursday Lunch Keynote<\/span>: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Eric Ayanegui<\/strong><\/span>, Director Operations Engineering, <strong>CINTAS Corporation<\/strong>, Houston, Texas, USA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session VII: <strong>Industry Solutions &#8211; AR\/VR\/MSV<\/strong> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a02:30 pm \u2013 4:00 pm\u00a0(Thursday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">2:30 \u2013 2:50 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-496 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1a.jpg 667w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1a-251x300.jpg 251w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1a-620x742.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1a-163x195.jpg 163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><strong>Tsz-Ho Kwok, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Concordia University<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., MIAE Dept<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Design and Interaction Interface using AR for Smart Manufacturing<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Tsz-Ho Kwok is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and\u00a0Aerospace Engineering at the Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. His research interests\u00a0include 3D printing, design for additive manufacturing, functional design and fabrication, cyber-manufacturing system, and mass customization. Dr. Kwok has received several awards including\u00a0the Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award, a Silver Medal Award at the international exhibition\u00a0of inventions of Geneva, the Chinese Youth Science and Technology Innovation Prize, and the\u00a0Microsoft Research Fellowship Nomination Award. He serves as an Associate Editor in the\u00a0Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (TCSME), a Guest Editor in\u00a0the Journal of Computer-Aided Design and an Executive Committee Member in both American\u00a0and Canadian Societies for Mechanical Engineering \u2013 ASME and CSME.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">2:50 \u2013 3:10 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Surajit Bag<br \/>\n<\/strong>Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-542\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Surajit-Bag.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Surajit-Bag.png 260w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Surajit-Bag-239x300.png 239w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Surajit-Bag-156x195.png 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Surajit Bag<\/strong> is currently pursuing higher research studies under University of Johannesburg in the area of Engineering Management. He has attended several National and International level conferences. His articles are in the spotlight with 381 citations, h-index 11 and i10-index 11 (Source: Google scholar). He is an Editorial board member of <em>International Journal of Applied Logistics, IRJ Science and Amity Journal of Operations Management<\/em>. He is also serving as the International Advisory Board Member of <em>International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Arnesh Telukdarie<br \/>\n<\/strong>Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">South Africa\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-412 alignnone\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg 512w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arnesh Telukdarie is an Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and is a professional registered engineer. Prof Telukdarie is a consulting engineer in Industry 4.0 and digital business. Prof. Telukdarie has published widely in Cleaner technologies and Industry 4.0 in global journals.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ID 080\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Impact of Big data analytics on Innovation and Learning Performance<br \/>\n<\/strong>Surajit Bag and\u00a0Arnesh Telukdarie, University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">3:10 \u2013 3:30 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-539 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji.png 589w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji-300x298.png 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji-195x195.png 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji-130x130.png 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji-70x70.png 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ibrahim-raji-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/>Ibrahim Oluwole Raji<br \/>\n<\/strong>School of Industrial Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">LIUC &#8211; Universit\u00e0 Carlo Cattaneo<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Castellanza 21053 (VA) Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Raji is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at LIUC &#8211; Universit\u00e0 Carlo Cattaneo, Italy. He earned his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees in Industrial and Production Engineering department of Nigeria\u2019s Premier University &#8211; University of Ibadan. He also has an executive master\u2019s certification in Project Management from CUPE limited, United Kingdom. He has worked both in the industry (manufacturing sector specifically) and academic institutions as a lecturer in University of Ibadan, Nigeria and Kampala International University, Uganda. His research interests majorly include lean and agile supply chain strategies and specifically exploring how Industry 4.0 technologies act as enablers of lean and agile supply chain strategies; performance and operations management (viz-a-viz productivity modelling and assessment); and some element of discrete event simulation. He has publications to his name in academic journals and conference proceedings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-537 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi.jpg 374w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tommaso-Rossi-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Tommaso Rossi<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Professor of Mechanical Industrial Plants at LIUC &#8211; Universit\u00e0 Carlo Cattaneo<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director of the Executive Program Leandustry 4.0 of LIUC Business School and the Lean Club of LIUC <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Scientific Manager of i-FAB<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Castellanza 21053 (VA) Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tommaso Rossi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Industrial Plants at LIUC &#8211; Universit\u00e0 Carlo Cattaneo. He is the Director of the Executive Program Leandustry 4.0 of LIUC Business School and the Lean Club of LIUC as well as Scientific Manager of i-FAB. He holds courses in operations at LIUC and Politecnico di Milano and is co-responsible for the lean and Industry 4.0 contents within the Executive Master &#8220;Global Supply Chain Management&#8221; at the IML-International Institute for the Management of Logistics (\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne, College of Management of Technology). His main themes of interest and research, on which he collaborates with MIT, Fraunhofer Institute and Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, are lean manufacturing, design of production systems, modelling and simulation of complex systems, data analytics. On these, he has been the coordinator of numerous projects commissioned by LIUC from leading national and international companies and author of over 30 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 077\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exploring Industry 4.0 technologies as drivers of Lean and Agile Supply Chain Strategies<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ibrahim Raji and Tommaso Rossi, LIUC &#8211; Universit\u00e0 Carlo Cattaneo, Italy<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">3:30 \u2013 3:50 (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Sadaf Zahoor<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Mechanical, Automation and Materials Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Windsor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Windsor, Canada<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-545\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sadaf-Zahoor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sadaf-Zahoor.png 406w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sadaf-Zahoor-224x300.png 224w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Sadaf-Zahoor-146x195.png 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sadaf Zahoor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Lahore Pakistan and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests include sustainable manufacturing, reliability, scheduling, and lean.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Walid Abdul-Kader<br \/>\n<\/strong>Pfofessor<br \/>\nDepartment of Mechanical, Automation and Materials Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Windsor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Windsor, Canada<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-503\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walid_abdul-kader_cei_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walid_abdul-kader_cei_0.jpg 158w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walid_abdul-kader_cei_0-156x195.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walid Abdul Kader is a professor of Industrial Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. He holds a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universit\u00e9 Laval, Canada. He completed his bachelor\u2019s degree from Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Canada, and master\u2019s degree from \u00c9cole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al, Canada. His research interests relate to performance evaluation of reverse logistics and re\/manufacturing systems prone to accidental failure. His publications have appeared in leading national and international journals and conferences proceedings.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Mohammad Zain<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Engineering and Technology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lahore, Pakistan<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ID<\/strong> <strong>184 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Prospect of Smart-Remanufacturing in Automotive SMEs: A Case Study<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sadaf Zahoor and Walid Abdul-Kader, Department of Mechanical, Automation and Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada<br \/>\nMohammad Zain, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3:50 &#8211; 4:10 (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Salah Sharieh<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Sr. Director, API Delivery and Operations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">RBC<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Toronto, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-727\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah.jpg 434w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Salah-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session VIII: <strong>Industry Solutions<\/strong> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a04:30 pm \u2013 6:00 pm\u00a0(Thursday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>4:30 pm \u2013 4:50<\/strong> pm (<strong>Thursday<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-523 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jesusetemi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jesusetemi.png 217w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jesusetemi-169x195.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>Jesusetemi\u00a0 Oluwafemi<sup><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Quality and Operations Management<br \/>\nUniversity of Johannesburg<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">DFC Campus<br \/>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesusetemi Funmi Oluwafemi is a second year PhD student in the Department of Quality and Operations Management at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Her doctoral research investigates the relationship between Industry 4.0 and agricultural sector productivity in Nigeria. She takes a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses the fields of human capital development, economic growth, TQM, Industry 4.0. She is a member of the Institute of strategic management Nigeria. She holds a master\u2019s degree in Economics from Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, in which her research study investigated the impact of human capital development on economic growth of Nigeria. She co-authored the article \u201cThe impact of work environment in concurrence to productivity in higher institutions, the role of change readiness in determining the existing relationship between TQM practices and employee performance\u201d. Jesusetemi worked as a financial officer at the Kwara State Ministry of finances, Kwara State, Nigeria, while also running her Engineering firm in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Pule Kholopane<sup><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Quality and Operations Management<br \/>\nUniversity of Johannesburg<br \/>\nDFC Campus, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-524\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule.jpg 329w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pule Kholopane is currently a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in the Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has both industrial and academic experience for more than twenty years. He has got a Doctorate of Engineering degree from the University of Johannesburg where he has been supervising masters and PhD students during the current decade. He has published several journal and conference research papers. His research areas include\u00a0project management, process optimizations, manufacturing processes, supply chain management, sustainability, production planning, energy efficiency, waste reduction, product development and marketing, product quality related issues, cost analysis, etc.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Ifetayo Oluwafemi<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Postgraduate School of Engineering Management<br \/>\nUniversity of Johannesburg, RSA<br \/>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-511 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ.png 503w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ-238x300.png 238w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ-155x195.png 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><strong>Esther T. Akinlabi<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Mechanical Engineering Science<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg, RSA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">APK Campus, 2006, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Esther Akinlabi is a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg. She has had the privilege to serve as a Head of Department of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science and as the Vice Dean for Teaching and Learning at the University of Johannesburg. Her research interest is in the field of modern and advanced manufacturing processes \u2013 Friction stir welding and additive manufacturing. Her research in the field of laser based additive manufacturing include laser material processing and surface engineering. She also conducts research in the field of renewable energy, and biogas production from waste. She is a rated National Research Foundation (NRF) researcher and has demonstrated excellence in all fields of endeavors. Her leadership, mentorship and research experience is enviable as she guides her team of postgraduate students through the research journey. She is a recipient of several research grants and has received many awards of recognition to her credit. She is a member of the prestigious South African Young Academy of Science and registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa. Prof Akinlabi has filed two patents, edited one book, published four books and authored\/co-authored over 300 peer reviewed publications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 317\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Nexus between Finance and Agricultural Productivity in Nigerian\u2019s agricultural sector<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesusetemi Oluwafemi,\u00a0Pule Kholopane, Ifetayo Oluwafemi and\u00a0Esther T. Akinlabi,University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">4:50 pm \u2013 5:10 pm (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Maleho M<br \/>\n<\/strong>Post Graduate School of Engineering Management<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Auckland Park, 2092, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maleho M<\/strong> is a master\u2019s degree student at the postgraduate school of Engineering management, Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Telukdarie Arnesh<br \/>\n<\/strong>Post Graduate School of Engineering Management<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Auckland Park, 2092, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-412 alignnone\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie.jpg 512w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arnesh_Telukdarie-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arnesh Telukdarie <\/strong>holds a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Prof. Telukdarie is currently an associate professor in the School of Engineering Management at the University of Johannesburg and a Professional Consulting Engineer. Prof. Telukdarie has over 20 years of industrial experience, research interest includes Manufacturing and Corporate Systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 073\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Developing a framework for evaluation of a digital maintenance management system<\/strong><br \/>\nArnesh Telukdarie, University of Johannesburg, South Africa<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">5:10 pm \u2013 5:30 pm (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-463 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir.jpg 1825w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir-206x300.jpg 206w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir-768x1120.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir-702x1024.jpg 702w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir-940x1371.jpg 940w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir-620x904.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Munir-134x195.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>Dr. Munir Majdalawieh<br \/>\n<\/strong>Associate Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Head of the Information Systems and Technology Management Department<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">College of Technological Innovation<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Provost Advisor on continuing Education and Outreach<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Zayed University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dubai, UAE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Munir Majdalawieh is the head of the information systems and technology management department at the College of Technological Innovation and the Provost Advisor on continuing Education and Outreach, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE. Prior to joining ZU in 2012, he worked for the American University of Sharjah (AUS) in UAE for six years and worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, Hewlett Packard, Compaq Computer Corporation, and Digital Equipment Corporation in the USA for more than 22 years.\u00a0 He has published many peer-reviewed papers in international journals and conference proceedings covering topics like enterprise business processes, internal auditing and control, IT security and privacy, MIS, risk management, green logistics and SCM, corporate and IT governance and strategic changes in IT\/IS technologies and management. He obtained his Ph.D. in IT and his EMBA from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia and his MSc. in Computer Science and Applied Math from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.\u00a0 He has been teaching several courses in information systems and technology management including SCM &amp; logistics, ERP, MIS, project management, systems analysis and design, business process management, IT strategy and governance, IT audit and control and green computing. He is member of IEOM, INFORMS, ISACA, IIA, and IEEE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 122 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advancing Digital Transformation: Integrated Digital Transformation Framework for a Successful Deployment\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Munir Majdalawieh, Information Systems and Technology Management Department, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">5:30 pm \u2013 5:50 pm (Thursday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-533 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian.jpg 306w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hendrik-Fr\u00f6lian-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Hendrik Fr\u00f6lian<\/strong>, M.Sc. RWTH, M.Sc. Tsinghua<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">PO and Co-founder of Solutions Ariv<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Montreal, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Possibilities for SMEs to profit from a scalable and interoperable Industry 4.0 platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hendrik is the CPO (Chief Product Officer) and Co-founder of Solutions Ariv in Montreal, Canada. He\u00a0received his engineering and business and administration education in Germany and China. Hendrik\u00a0holds a master\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering and business and administration from RWTH\u00a0Aachen University in Germany and a master\u2019s degree in power engineering and engineering\u00a0thermophysics from Tsinghua University in China. Hendrik\u2018s research interests include production\u00a0optimization, Industry 4.0 applications, and information management.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Abstract:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are in many economies worldwide an integral part of the economic system. Therefore, it is not only in the interest of the SMEs themselves, but it should be in the general interest to ensure SMEs are able to remain profitable in a more and more competitive and globalized economy.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 is a development that can be especially critical with regard to SMEs. New technologies, new processes, and new business models are being developed and deployed in companies at an incrementally increasing pace. This offers great opportunities for companies to leap forward and strengthen their competitive position. At the same time, companies can fall behind in the development and lose their profitability in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>The special position and intrinsic characteristics of SMEs require appropriate Industry 4.0 solutions. At ARIV we developed a scalable and interoperable Industry 4.0 software architecture that satisfies the challenging requirements of SMEs. The modular design and its scalability ensure a tailored fit while keeping investment costs to a minimum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session IX: <strong>Industry Solutions &#8211;\u00a0 Industry 4.0\/Automation \/ Robotics<\/strong> (MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a08:00 am \u2013 9:30 am\u00a0(Friday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:00 \u2013 8:20 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Dan Centea<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Director, Undergraduate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Member,\u00a0Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">McMaster University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Hamilton, Ontario, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-398\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4.jpg 400w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/centea_dan_4-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Ishwar Singh<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Consultant at McMaster\/Mohawk B.Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Toronto, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-416\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4.jpg 400w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><span class=\"im\">Industry 4.0 Implementation at McMaster University<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ishwar Singh is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering Practice &amp; Technology (SEPT) at McMaster University since 2011. Prior to that he was the founding Associate Director of the four-year BTech programs, a joint venture between McMaster University and Mohawk College, and the Chair of the process automation program. He coordinated the curriculum design development and implementation of the process automation, automotive and vehicle technology, and biotechnology programs in addition to his contribution for the establishment of the energy engineering technology degree completion BTech program. More recently he has been involved in the establishment of the SEPT Learning Factory for Industry 4.0 Education, Training &amp; Applied Research.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:20 \u2013 8:40 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Aamirah Mohammed Ashraf<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Windsor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aamirah Mohammed Ashraf is an MASc. candidate at the University of Windsor with a research interest in Intelligent Supply Chains, Reverse Logistics and Sustainable Development. Her master\u2019s thesis addresses the challenges of maximizing profitability in reprocessing of end-of-use electronics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Walid Abdul Kader<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor<br \/>\nDepartment of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Windsor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-503\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walid_abdul-kader_cei_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walid_abdul-kader_cei_0.jpg 158w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/walid_abdul-kader_cei_0-156x195.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walid Abdul Kader is a professor of Industrial Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. He holds a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universit\u00e9 Laval, Canada. He completed his bachelor\u2019s degree from Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Canada, and master\u2019s degree from \u00c9cole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al, Canada. His research interests relate to performance evaluation of reverse logistics and re\/manufacturing systems prone to accidental failure. His publications have appeared in leading national and international journals and conferences proceedings.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 258\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Integrating Blockchain in Nuclear Fuel Supply Chains for Transparency of Hazardous Materials Flow<br \/>\n<\/strong>Aamirah Ashraf and Walid Abdul Kader, University of Windsor, Canada<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">8:40 \u2013 9:00 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-442 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-940x1410.jpg 940w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-620x930.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-130x195.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Tom Murad, Ph.D., P.Eng. F.E.C., SM.IEEE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Country Lead &#8211; Engineering &amp; Academics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Siemens Canada Limited<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><b><u>Driving The Future towards Industrie 4.0 &#8211; Digital Enterprise<\/u><\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tom Murad, Country Lead of Engineering &amp; Academics at Siemens Canada, a member of Engineering Order of Honor &#8211; Professional Engineers Ontario \u201cPEO&#8221;, is a respected Technology leader, thinker, an award-winning Educator and distinguished speaker on the topics of Engineering, Technology and Technical talents \/ skills development and education.<\/p>\n<p>Joined Siemens Canada in 2010, he is the founder of the Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy &#8220;SCETA&#8221;, that he established and directed since October 2014. Before his current role, he was the Head of the \u201cExpert House\u201d and Engineering Director for Siemens Canada\u2019s Industry sector since 2010. Prior to joining Siemens, Tom was the Senior VP and COO of AZZ- Blenkhorn &amp; Sawle.<\/p>\n<p>Tom has an extensive career in Professional Engineering and Executive Management of Innovative Technical Operations including Academic and R&amp;D work in Electrical power, Industrial Controls and Automation. He is also serving as a member of various advisory Boards of Directors in the Industry and Academia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Murad holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical &amp; Electronics), and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Power Electronics and Industrial Controls from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK, with a Leadership Program Certificate from Schulich Business School, York University in Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Murad is :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors &#8211; OSPE<\/li>\n<li>Member of PEO Engineering Order of Honor<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of Engineers Canada &#8220;F.E.C&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Senior Member of IEEE.<\/li>\n<li>Licensed P.Eng.; (PEO &amp; OSPE) in Ontario; APEGA in Alberta, &amp; NAPEG in the N.W. Territories.<\/li>\n<li>Member of PEO Licensing &#8220;Engineering Experience Review&#8221;- ERC Committee since 2003.<\/li>\n<li>Member of Advisory Board &#8211; Ryerson University &#8211; Engineering Faculty.<\/li>\n<li>Member of Ontario Francophone Workforce Development Council (FWDC).<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors &#8211; IEEE Canada &amp; Chair of Executive committee -IEEE Toronto Section (2016-2017).<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors &#8211; Canadian &#8211; German Centre for Innovation and Research (2015-2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">9:00 \u2013 9:20 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-473 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha.jpg 729w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-620x620.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jha-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><strong>Dr. Ajay Jha<br \/>\n<\/strong>Operations Management Faculty <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">School of Business<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Petroleum &amp; Energy Studies (UPES)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ajay Jha is an Operations Management Faculty at School of Business, University of Petroleum &amp; Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The school\u2019s MBA program (Logistics and Supply Chain) is accredited by IACBE. Dr. Jha takes specialized subjects like Technology Management, Operations Management, Business Process Reengineering and Supply Chain Management at this institute. He is a doctorate in Strategy implementation (specifically technological innovation management and supply chain management) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India. His other educational qualifications include B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from HBTI, Kanpur and M. Tech. \u00a0in industrial and Management Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He has got more than 11 years\u2019 experience of teaching various management and engineering subjects, like Project Management, Production and Operations Management, Optimization Methods and Applied Mechanics. Dr, Jha has also rich industrial experience of almost 10 years spanning various functional domains like Marketing, Project Management, Safety &amp; Quality Audits, and Lean implementations. His area of interest includes Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Technology Management.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>09:40 \u2013 10:20 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Friday Morning Keynote I:<\/span> <strong>Todd Deaville<\/strong>, Director of Engineering and R&amp;D, <strong>Magna International Inc<\/strong>., Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n<p>10:20 &#8211; 11:00: <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Friday Morning Keynote II:<\/span> <strong>Dr. Samir Elhedhli<\/strong>, Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, <strong>University of Waterloo<\/strong>, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session X: <strong>Industry Solutions &#8211; AI, Data Analytics and Big Data<\/strong>\u00a0(MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">11:30 am \u2013 1:00 pm\u00a0(Friday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">11:30 \u2013 11:50 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-318 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Loubna.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Loubna.png 592w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Loubna-277x300.png 277w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Loubna-180x195.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><strong>Loubna BENABBOU<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Management Sciences<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">UQAR, Levis Campus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Qu\u00e9bec, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Towards a Data-Driven Continuous Improvement Approach to\u00a0Achieve Operational Excellence<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence has spawned a revolution in all areas in general and in industrial sector\u00a0in particular. Machine learning algorithms have the potential to improve the industrial\u00a0technological capability and to achieve operational excellence. The study presented herein calls\u00a0upon machine learning and optimization techniques to high dimensional and mixed\u00a0manufacturing data to predict and improve the product\u2019 CTQs in a fertilizer plant. We adopt\u00a0a data-driven, continuous improvement approach based on data valorization models (data\u00a0analytics, machine learning and optimization models) to achieve operational excellence in a\u00a0Fertilizer Plant to illustrate the added value of using data valorization models to characterize\u00a0and reduce the variability of the fertilizers granulation. We will discuss data preprocessing,\u00a0feature selection, feature engineering, predictive modeling and response surface optimization\u00a0to find optimal process parameters values that improve product quality in a fertilizer plant.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">11:50 \u2013 12:10 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Arun Raman<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Urbana, IL 61801, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Arun Raman is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a Research Associate with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from 2014-2015. He worked as an Edison Engineer in GE Oil and Gas in Compressor and Gas Turbine simulation from 2012-2014. He has a Master of Science in Systems and Control from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai in 2012. His research interests lie in the area of classical control, applied mathematics and the control of DEDS systems.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Richard Sowers<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Urbana, IL 61801, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Richard Sowers received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, in 1986 and then the M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1988 and 1991 respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering and in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the Research Principal, Office of Financial Research since 2012. His current research involves looking at data from a quantitative perspective and with a socially-important goal. The various areas that he is working in include Internet of things, big data approaches to traffic, Virtual Reality and Visual Cliffs and Optimal Transport in Hand-Picked Crops among others.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Ramavarapu S. Sreenivas<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Urbana, IL 61801, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ramavarapu Sreenivas received the B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in 1985, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA in 1987 and 1990, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Decision and Control at the Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, before he joined the\u00a0University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992, where he is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 203\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An Affordable and Portable Technology for Real-Time Scheduling of Appliances in Smart Homes<br \/>\n<\/strong>Ramavarapu Sreenivas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">12:10 \u2013 12:30 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-523 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jesusetemi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jesusetemi.png 217w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jesusetemi-169x195.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>Jesusetemi\u00a0 Oluwafemi<sup><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Quality and Operations Management<br \/>\nUniversity of Johannesburg<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">DFC Campus<br \/>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesusetemi Funmi Oluwafemi is a second year PhD student in the Department of Quality and Operations Management at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Her doctoral research investigates the relationship between Industry 4.0 and agricultural sector productivity in Nigeria. She takes a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses the fields of human capital development, economic growth, TQM, Industry 4.0. She is a member of the Institute of strategic management Nigeria. She holds a master\u2019s degree in Economics from Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, in which her research study investigated the impact of human capital development on economic growth of Nigeria. She co-authored the article \u201cThe impact of work environment in concurrence to productivity in higher institutions, the role of change readiness in determining the existing relationship between TQM practices and employee performance\u201d. Jesusetemi worked as a financial officer at the Kwara State Ministry of finances, Kwara State, Nigeria, while also running her Engineering firm in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Pule Kholopane<sup><br \/>\n<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Department of Quality and Operations Management<br \/>\nUniversity of Johannesburg<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">DFC Campus<br \/>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-524\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule.jpg 329w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Pule-195x130.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pule Kholopane is currently a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department in the Department of Quality and Operations Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has both industrial and academic experience for more than twenty years. He has got a Doctorate of Engineering degree from the University of Johannesburg where he has been supervising masters and PhD students during the current decade. He has published several journal and conference research papers. His research areas include\u00a0project management, process optimizations, manufacturing processes, supply chain management, sustainability, production planning, energy efficiency, waste reduction, product development and marketing, product quality related issues, cost analysis, etc.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Ifetayo Oluwafemi<br \/>\n<\/strong>Postgraduate School of Engineering Management<br \/>\nUniversity of Johannesburg<br \/>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-511 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ.png 503w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ-238x300.png 238w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Eshter-UJ-155x195.png 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><strong>Esther T. Akinlabi<br \/>\n<\/strong>Department of Mechanical Engineering Science<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Johannesburg, RSA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">APK Campus, 2006, South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Esther Akinlabi is a Full Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg. She has had the privilege to serve as a Head of Department of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Science and as the Vice Dean for Teaching and Learning at the University of Johannesburg. Her research interest is in the field of modern and advanced manufacturing processes \u2013 Friction stir welding and additive manufacturing. Her research in the field of laser based additive manufacturing include laser material processing and surface engineering. She also conducts research in the field of renewable energy, and biogas production from waste. She is a rated National Research Foundation (NRF) researcher and has demonstrated excellence in all fields of endeavors. Her leadership, mentorship and research experience is enviable as she guides her team of postgraduate students through the research journey. She is a recipient of several research grants and has received many awards of recognition to her credit. She is a member of the prestigious South African Young Academy of Science and registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa. Prof Akinlabi has filed two patents, edited one book, published four books and authored\/co-authored over 300 peer reviewed publications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 320\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An Application of Industry 4.0 in Agriculture in Nigeria<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jesusetemi Oluwafemi, Pule Kholopane, Ifetayo Oluwafemi, Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, RSA, DFC Campus, South Africa, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, RSA<br \/>\nEsther T. Akinlabi, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, RSA, APK Campus, 2006, South Africa<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">12:30 \u2013 12:50 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Americo Azevedo<br \/>\n<\/strong>Faculty of Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Porto \u2013 INESC TEC &#8211; CESE<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Porto, Portugal<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Am\u00e9rico Azevedo Associate Professor at University of Porto and Research Project Manager at Inesc Porto (one of the main research and technology transfer institutes in Portugal). I have been involved in several R&amp;D project contract with European Union and Portuguese public institutions and enterprises and also, I have been reviewer and evaluator of several international R&amp;D Industrial projects and member of several scientific programmes committees. undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in Electrical and Computers Engineering, graduating in 1988. I received a PhD in the area of collaborative planning systems in the context of networking enterprises from University of Porto in 2000. Author of many articles in international journals and technical publications and also I have been active in preparing and participating in R&amp;D projects involving industrial companies as well as I have been supervising several PhD and M.Sc research thesis. Areas of research interest include topics in the domain of Business Process Engineering, Inter-firms Networks (Collaborative Operations Management, Alignment and Collaborative Business Process Management), Digital Manufacturing and industrial and Operations Management.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Sandro Breval Santiago<br \/>\n<\/strong>Faculty of Social Studies<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Federal University of Amazonas<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Amazonas, Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sandro Breval Santiago. PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Master&#8217;s Degree in Production Engineering from the University of Amazonas, Specialization in Business Financial Management and graduation from the Federal University of Amazonas . Experience in direction and management in the industrial segment (Metal Manufacturing, Eletronics parts), information technology (ERP Development) and logistics (barges transport).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ID 059 Design of an Assessment Industry 4.0 Maturity Model: an application to manufacturing company<br \/>\n<\/strong>Americo Azevedo, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto \u2013 INESC TEC \u2013 CESE, Porto, Portugal<br \/>\nSandro Breval Santiago, Faculty of Social Studies, Federal University of Amazonas, Amazonas, Brazil<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Friday Lunch\u00a0Keynote:<\/span> <strong>Mr. Lee Childers<\/strong>, Chief Executive Officer, <strong>Tooling Tech Group<\/strong>, Macomb, Michigan, USA<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session XI: <strong>Industry Solutions <\/strong>(MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session Chair:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a02:30 pm \u2013 4:00 pm\u00a0(Friday)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">2:30 \u2013 2:50 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Tom Seubert<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">MES Project Manager<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">American Axle Manufacturing Account<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Larsen &amp; Toubro Infotech Ltd.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Southfield Information Technology Center<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Southfield, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Current Understanding &amp; Success Factors<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-559\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert.jpg 500w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Seubert-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">2:50 \u2013 3:10 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-494 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi.jpg 512w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Anjali_Awasthi-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/>Dr. Anjali Awasthi<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Concordia University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Montreal, Canada<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Education Chair, Canadian Operational Research Society<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Past Member of Executive Board and Student Counselor &#8211; ASQ 401<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anjali Awasthi is Associate Professor at Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), in Concordia University, Montreal. She received a PhD in industrial engineering and automation from INRIA Rocquencourt and University of Metz, France. Prior to Concordia, Dr. Awasthi worked at University of British Columbia and University of Laval where she was involved in several projects on industrial applications of operations research. In France, she was involved in many European projects aimed at improving urban mobility in cities, city logistics and on cybernetic transportation systems. Her areas of research are modeling and simulation, data mining, Information Technology and decision making, sustainable logistics planning, quality assurance in supply chain management and sustainable supply chain management. She is the author of several journal and conference papers on these topics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">3:10 \u2013 3:30 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-560 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Asif-Khan-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><strong>Sardar Asif Khan<\/strong>, P. Eng. , PMP<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Manager World Class Logistics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Detroit, Michigan<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Asif Khan brings over 28 years of engineering and management experience from industry. With strong Lean \/ World Class Manufacturing experiences, he has helped companies transform from traditional methodologies to Lean Manufacturing. In his current role as WCL Knowledge Development Manager, Asif is responsible for the development and implementation of WCL knowledge in MOPAR NAFTA, a methodology that focuses on reducing waste, increasing productivity, and improving quality and safety in a systematic and organized approach. Asif\u2019s solid experience comes with a strong belief in creating a culture that respects and promotes people\u2019s ingenuity and creativity to create trust and bond, which then becomes a potent recipe for collaboration, problem-solving and value-creation. Asif is an official WCM auditor.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Asif has held positions with increased responsibility from to including successful launch of launch a new program (V6 pentastar engine) at one of FCA engine manufacturing plant in Michigan, USA. Most recently Asif was appointed to create the WCM organization from scratch and lead activities to implement WCM processes, while achieving financial and audit score results to support the FCA\u2019s WCM route map and targets. Asif led transformation of plant from scratch to achieve Silver Award for most performing engine plant in NAFTA within three years. Asif was honored with Leader of Leaders (highest FCA leadership recognition) award in recognition of leading change, overcoming obstacles and inspiring people to participate in meaningful ways.<\/p>\n<p>Asif Khan has helped numerous companies in translating the WCM methodology into actionable and practical strategies for implementation and integration into factory ways of working. Asif has also worked as a process improvement consultant with the DTE corporate office to stream line their processes.<\/p>\n<p>Asif earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (1990), Master of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering (2001) and Master of Business Administration degree (2007) from the USA. Currently he is pursuing a Doctorate of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, Michigan (expected completion 2020). Concurrently, he is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Windsor, where he teaches a graduate engineering course on Process Improvement\/ Six Sigma methodologies.\u00a0 Asif sits on numerous boards and committees, and loves volunteering for giving back to the engineering profession and community.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">3:30 \u2013 3:50 (Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Abdellah MENOU\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Mohammed VI International Academy of Civil Aviation (AIAC)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Casablanca Prefecture, Morocco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-645\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU.jpg 1535w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU-768x1064.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU-739x1024.jpg 739w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU-940x1302.jpg 940w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU-620x859.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Abdellah-MENOU-141x195.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Abdellah MENOU heads up the Mohammed VI International Academy of Civil Aviation (AIAC) since 2012\u00a0 at National Airports Authority of Morocco (ONDA). He has a Civil Aviation Management Diploma from Singapore Aviation Academy. Before joining ONDA, Abdellah Menou was an Associate Professor at the University Of Orleans, France. He has HDR (High Qualification Research) in Transportation and Civil Engineering from University of Toulouse III, and Ph.D. in Applied Sciences (Civil and Mechanical Engineering), from the University of Pau (UPPA), France.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>More than 20 Phds\u00a0 has been supervised in various scientific and management fields which also results in over 60 papers published in international journals.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">3:50 \u2013 4:10 (Friday)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Arifusalam Shaikh, PhD, CSCP<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">CEO &amp; Co-Founder<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Creatros Technologies Inc.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Entrepreneur, Educator and a Researcher<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-480\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif.jpg 450w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Arif-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Session XII: <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Panel Session on <\/b><b>Industry<\/b><b>\u00a04.0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(MacDonald Room)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Panel Chair: Dr.\u00a0David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a04:30 pm \u2013 6:00 pm\u00a0(Friday)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Panel Session on <\/b><b>Industry<\/b><b>\u00a04.0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Chair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-402 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui.jpg 349w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Pistrui-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>David Pistrui, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Industry Liaison<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Graduate Recruiting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Clinical Professor of Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Detroit Mercy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Detroit, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>David Pistrui, Ph.D., is an executive, educator, and entrepreneur, with over 35 years of\u00a0experience serving the corporate, nonprofit, and education sectors. Dr. Pistrui has held\u00a0corporate leadership positions with both Fortune 500, and midsized companies\u00a0including VideoCart, MediaOne, Parade Publications, Time Incorporated, and Purex\u00a0Industries.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pistrui has worked with a wide range of organizations in over 60 countries including\u00a0FCA, Ford, Tenneco, Siemens, GM, Eaton, Dentsu, FedEx, KPMG, AT Kearney,\u00a0Motorola, Wrigley, IBM, GrubHub, Comarch, Minnetronix, Cleversafe, Automation Alley\u00a0and the World Economic Forum among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Currently Dr. Pistrui is leading a consortium of ten Michigan universities and colleges\u00a0(and their industry partners) in a multi-year applied research project focusing on\u00a0Industry 4.0 (the fourth industrial revolution).\u00a0Dr. Pistrui has served as an economic\u00a0advisor to the states of Michigan, North Carolina and Illinois, Austrian Federal Economic\u00a0Chamber, AutoCluster Styira (Austria), Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Middle\u00a0East Economic Digest, and the Family Firm Institute.<\/p>\n<p>As an educator, he has held faculty appointments at the University of Detroit Mercy,\u00a0Fayetteville State University (North Carolina), Illinois Institute of Technology, DePaul\u00a0University, and Alfred University. He has held endowed chairs in entrepreneurship and\u00a0family business. Dr. Pistrui has co-authored over 60 publications in the areas of talent\u00a0development, artificial intelligence, robotics, technology entrepreneurship, strategy,\u00a0family business, and engineering education.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pistrui holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics (Cum Laude) Entrepreneurship and\u00a0Strategy, from Universit\u00e4t Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, and a Ph.D., in Sociology\u00a0from the University of Bucharest, Romania. He earned a Master of Arts in Liberal\u00a0Studies degree from DePaul University (Chicago) and a Bachelor of Business\u00a0Administration, in Marketing and Economics from Western Michigan University.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker I<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-427 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/AhadAli-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Ahad Ali, Ph.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Associate Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director, Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Coordinator, Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Lab<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A. Leon Linton Dept. of Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lawrence Technological University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Southfield, Michigan, MI 48075, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ahad Ali is an Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program and Director of Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems, A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA. He earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, Masters in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Ali was Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico &#8211; Mayaguez, Visiting Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Toledo, and Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Khulna. He received an Outstand-ing Professor Award of the Industrial Engineering Department, University of Puerto Rico -Mayaguez, (2006-2007). He has published 50 journal and 121 conference papers. Dr Ali has done research projects with Chrysler, Ford, DTE Energy, New Center Stamping, Whelan Co., Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), National\/Panasonic Electronics, and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include manufacturing systems modeling, simulation and optimization, intelligent scheduling and planning, artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, e-manufacturing, and lean manufacturing. He has successfully advised seven doctoral students. Dr. Ali has involved with many international conference committees. He has served as an Executive Director of IEOM Society International and Conference Co-Chair of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management and hold events in Dhaka, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Bali, Dubai, Orlando, Detroit, Rabat, UK, Bogota, Paris, Washington, DC, Pretoria and Bangkok. Dr. Ali has visited 20 countries for professional events. He is a member of IEOM, IN-FORMS, SME and IEEE.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker II<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-442 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-940x1410.jpg 940w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-620x930.jpg 620w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tom-Siemens-Canada-130x195.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Tom Murad, Ph.D., P.Eng. F.E.C., SM.IEEE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Country Lead &#8211; Engineering &amp; Academics<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Siemens Canada Limited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tom Murad, Country Lead of Engineering &amp; Academics at Siemens Canada, a member of Engineering Order of Honor &#8211; Professional Engineers Ontario \u201cPEO&#8221;, is a respected Technology leader, thinker, an award-winning Educator and distinguished speaker on the topics of Engineering, Technology and Technical talents \/ skills development and education.<\/p>\n<p>Joined Siemens Canada in 2010, he is the founder of the Siemens Canada Engineering and Technology Academy &#8220;SCETA&#8221;, that he established and directed since October 2014. Before his current role, he was the Head of the \u201cExpert House\u201d and Engineering Director for Siemens Canada\u2019s Industry sector since 2010. Prior to joining Siemens, Tom was the Senior VP and COO of AZZ- Blenkhorn &amp; Sawle.<\/p>\n<p>Tom has an extensive career in Professional Engineering and Executive Management of Innovative Technical Operations including Academic and R&amp;D work in Electrical power, Industrial Controls and Automation. He is also serving as a member of various advisory Boards of Directors in the Industry and Academia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Murad holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical &amp; Electronics), and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Power Electronics and Industrial Controls from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK, with a Leadership Program Certificate from Schulich Business School, York University in Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Murad is :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors &#8211; OSPE<\/li>\n<li>Member of PEO Engineering Order of Honor<\/li>\n<li>Fellow of Engineers Canada &#8220;F.E.C&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Senior Member of IEEE.<\/li>\n<li>Licensed P.Eng.; (PEO &amp; OSPE) in Ontario; APEGA in Alberta, &amp; NAPEG in the N.W. Territories.<\/li>\n<li>Member of PEO Licensing &#8220;Engineering Experience Review&#8221;- ERC Committee since 2003.<\/li>\n<li>Member of Advisory Board &#8211; Ryerson University &#8211; Engineering Faculty.<\/li>\n<li>Member of Ontario Francophone Workforce Development Council (FWDC).<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors &#8211; IEEE Canada &amp; Chair of Executive committee -IEEE Toronto Section (2016-2017).<\/li>\n<li>Member of Board of Directors &#8211; Canadian &#8211; German Centre for Innovation and Research (2015-2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker III<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\" style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Ishwar Singh<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Consultant at McMaster\/Mohawk B.Tech<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Toronto, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-416\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4.jpg 400w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/singh_ishwar_4-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ishwar Singh is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering Practice &amp; Technology (SEPT) at McMaster University since 2011. Prior to that he was the founding Associate Director of the four-year BTech programs, a joint venture between McMaster University and Mohawk College, and the Chair of the process automation program. He coordinated the curriculum design development and implementation of the process automation, automotive and vehicle technology, and biotechnology programs in addition to his contribution for the establishment of the energy engineering technology degree completion BTech program. More recently he has been involved in the establishment of the SEPT Learning Factory for Industry 4.0 Education, Training &amp; Applied Research.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker IV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-610 alignleft\" style=\"color: #333333;\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek-195x195.jpg 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek-130x130.jpg 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek-70x70.jpg 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Tom-Gaasenbeek-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><strong>Tom Gaasenbeek<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">President &amp; CEO<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Nexas Networks Inc.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Hamilton, Ontario, Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thomas (Tom) Gaasenbeek (1998 BA, Western University) is the President and CEO of Nexas Networks Inc., a Hamilton Ontario based high-tech company that specializes in leading-edge manufacturing connectivity solutions for the shop floor. Since he co-founded Memex Electronics Inc. in 1992 (and several other public and private ventures), Tom has been the visionary leader, and CTO dedicated to \u201cinternetworking\u201d machine tools on the factory floor. Under Tom\u2019s leadership, his engineering teams successfully developed technologies that open, closed CNC control architectures, and was performing IoT already when the term was coined in 1998. As a member of the Open Modular Architecture Controls Group (OMAC), Tom led the Global HMI development team from his public company e-Manufacturing Networks, which created the first machine tool XML schema for HMI, OEE and Lean Manufacturing applications in 1999 that is today called MTConnect. Tom has filed patents in the area of Energy Management and Dynamic Computer Assisted Machining (DCAM) and authored numerous articles in trade journals around the world in Industry 4.0 and IIoT. Further, Tom has been a speaker about the adoption of AI and AR on the factory floor as well. In 2018, Mr. Gaasenbeek was named to the Top 50 in North America by Smart Industry Magazine for his co-founding of the widely adopted now ANSI standard MTConnect. Tom also authors a blog called \u201cCIM Today\u201d that promotes Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and it has had over 48,000 readers since it started. Also since 2013, Tom has been the Executive Director of the Advanced Technology Think Tank founded in 1962.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Panel Speaker V<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-403 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke.png 225w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-195x195.png 195w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-130x130.png 130w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-70x70.png 70w, http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Darrell-Kleinke-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Dr. Darrell Kleinke<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Professor of Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Director of Professional Engineering Programs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">University of Detroit Mercy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Detroit, Michigan, USA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Darrell Kleinke, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), teaches Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, Technical Entrepreneurship and Product Development courses. His courses include topics on innovation, creativity, and the innovation culture.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kleinke is currently the Director of the Detroit Mercy engineering graduate programs and he was formerly the Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department.\u00a0 He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and he holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kleinke gained extensive industrial experience prior to joining UDM in 2008. \u00a0His work included design and release of automotive body systems at Ford Motor Company, structural testing and servo-hydraulic road simulation testing at a tier 1 supplier, as well as product development engineering at General Motors corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kleinke\u2019s research interests and publications are related to mechanical design, multi-disciplined collaboration, engineering education, innovation, entrepreneurship, and systems engineering. Dr. Kleinke provides consulting services through Innovation in Action Inc., where he conducts workshops in the application of systematic innovation tools, product architecture and systems engineering.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you have any question about IEOM Conference and\/or IEOM Society, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:info@ieomsociety.org\">info@ieomsociety.org<\/a>.<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IEOM Industry Solutions and Industry\u00a04.0 Quality 4.0, Manufacturing 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 Toronto, Canada October 23-25, 2019 With the great success of Industry Solutions Series of last IEOM conferences, 2019 IEOM Toronto Conference will have a dedicated focus on Industry 4.0 including Internet of Things (IoT) artificial intelligence (AI) big data and data analytics iCloud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":120,"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/toronto2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}