Supply Chain Management Strategies and Methodologies (eBook, PDF)
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This book showcases the successful practices of manufacturing companies in Latin America, highlighting the strategies and technologies they have implemented to produce high-quality products and remain competitive in the market. Divided into three parts, the book covers various aspects of the manufacturing process. Part I presents methodologies and strategies for demand forecasting and raw material procurement, providing insights into how companies are meeting their production needs and managing costs. Part II focuses on methodologies and strategies applied in the production process, exploring…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book showcases the successful practices of manufacturing companies in Latin America, highlighting the strategies and technologies they have implemented to produce high-quality products and remain competitive in the market. Divided into three parts, the book covers various aspects of the manufacturing process. Part I presents methodologies and strategies for demand forecasting and raw material procurement, providing insights into how companies are meeting their production needs and managing costs. Part II focuses on methodologies and strategies applied in the production process, exploring the various techniques and practices that companies are utilizing to optimize their manufacturing operations. Finally, Part III lists methodologies and strategies applied to product distribution, demonstrating how companies are delivering their products to market efficiently and effectively. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the best practicesbeing employed by successful manufacturing companies in Latin America, offering valuable insights for businesses looking to improve their manufacturing processes and remain competitive in today's market.

Autorenporträt
Jorge Luis García Alcaraz is a full-time researcher of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. He received an MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Colima (Mexico), a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), a Ph.D. in Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process from University of La Rioja (Spain) and a Postdoc in Manufacturing Process from University of La Rioja (Spain). His main research areas are the multicriteria decision-making and techniques applied to lean manufacturing, production processes, and supply chain modeling. He is a founding member of the Mexican Society of Operation Research and an active member of the Mexican Academy of Industrial Engineering. He is a national researcher recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as Level II.

Diego Fernando Manotas Duque is a full-time professor and directorof the School of Industrial Engineering at Universidad del Valle. Cali – Colombia. He received an M.Sc. in Management Sciences from the Universidad de Chile and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Universidad del Valle. He holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Universidad del Valle, in Cali, Colombia. His main research areas are supply chain finance, energy economics, and financial modeling. He leads the Quantitative Finance Research Group. This research group has been recognized as A1, the highest rating in Colombia. He is currently leading several research projects related to supply chain modeling in the energy sector. He is a member of the International Association of Energy Economics. Currently, he is a Senior National Researcher recognized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MINCIENCIAS).

Rosa G. González-Ramírez is an associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the Universidad de Los Andes in Chile. She holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Technologic Institute of Morelia in Mexico, a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Arizona State University in the USA; a master’s degree in quality systems and productivity, and a Ph.D. in engineering sciences from Monterrey Tech in Mexico. Her research areas are logistics and transport of cargo, maritime shipping and port operations, port governance, competitiveness and performance/efficiency, port gender equity, and inter-organizational information systems in ports. She also works in production planning, vehicle routing problems, and agricultural supply chains (harvesting and distribution) with a special focus on small producers. She has been working on several applied research projects with several ports in Chile to address different planning problems at container terminals for maritime operations, container handling at the yard, and truck coordination at the gate. She has also analyzed different aspects such as port competitiveness, port efficiency, and gender equity, as well as the identification of port disturbances during the COVID-19 pandemic. She teaches the courses of Operations Management and Logistics for undergraduate students.

Mario Gustavo Chong Chong is the professor and member of the Research Center (CUIP), at Universidad del Pacífico. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Management from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, a Master’s in Industrial Engineering, and a Master’s in Systems Engineering, both from Universidad de Lima. He is an industrial engineer from Universidad de Lima. He has completed a certification in Supply Chain Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has experience in developing research projects related to business strategy, supply chain, operations, global business, agribusiness, and rural associativity. He is the director of the Peruvian Association of Professionals in Logistics (APPROLOG). He is an international member of theSystem Dynamics Society (SD). He has been an associate dean of business engineering, coordinator of special projects, corporate and international program development director, academic director of the master’s programs in Business Administration (MBA), Global Business, Agribusiness, and Food and Supply Chain Management at Universidad del Pacífico.

Irineu de Brito Junior is a professor of Risk Management at Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), São José dos Campos, Brazil, invited professor of Humanitarian Logistics at University of São Paulo (USP), and humanitarian logistics instructor at Civil Defense and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering; M.Sc. in Logistics Engineering, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of São Paulo, USP. Currently, he is a POMS Latin America & Caribbean Treasurer. His humanitarian research interests are in facility location, food security, donations management, and social impacts ofCOVID-19.