Dr. Sachin S. Kamble is Professor of Strategy (Operations and Supply Chain Management) at EDHEC Business School, France. He holds a Ph.D. in Management, MBA in Operations, and bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. In academics, he has been associated with various institute of repute such as National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai, Hyderabad Central University and Karnatak Univeristy. Dr. Sachin’s teaching and research interests include Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Big Data Analytics, Industry 4.0, and Blockchain Technology. He has more than 50 authored/co-authored publications in referred international journals and include high impact journals such as Int. J. of Production Economics, Int. J. of Production Research, Computers in Industry, Computers and Operations Research, Int. J. of Information Mgmt., etc. Dr. Sachin has done 27 consultancy assignments for leading manufacturing organizations that include TNT Logistics Ltd., Parle Limited, ACC Ltd., Intas Pharma, Mundra Ports & SEZ Ltd., Indogulf Fertilisers Ltd., TTK- LIG Ltd., BPCL-Mumbai, Gujarat State Fertiliser Corporation, Kochi Refinery, Indian Rayon, RCF Ltd., AICTE and Glaxo Smithkline. He has also conducted various MDP's for the senior level executives from, ACC Ltd., HDFC Bank, BEL, HMT, L&T, Apollo Tyres Ltd, TMT Ltd., etc. in Operations and SCM. Dr. Sachin has also conceptualized special certificate program on SC & Logistics Management for Larsen and Toubro (one-year duration) and Mfg. Excellence Prog. for Apollo Tyres Limited.Dr. Sachin is presently guest editing special issues for International Journal of Production Research and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management on Industry 4.0 and for Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing on the applications of Blockchain technology in global operations. Dr. Sachin is also editing a book on ‘Agri-Food Supply Chain Management’ with Springer Nature.Dr. Rahul S Mor is a faculty and researcher of operations management, supply chain & logistics, industry 4.0, sustainability, and has over 4.5 years of postdoc work experience, primarily at NIFTEM Kundli. He holds a Ph.D. specializing in Supply Chain & Operations Management. He has been teaching and mentoring the students of UG & PG courses & has also taken the lead in various academic, outreach and administrative assignments. He has authored/co-authored over 50 publications in int. refereed SCI, ABDC, CABS ranked journals of high impact & many books, chapters, and conference papers. One of his MoFPI (Govt. of India) funded research projects supports the supply chain digitalization through disruptive technologies, among other R&C projects in the manufacturing and agri-food sector. He is supervising research at the doctoral and masters levels.Dr. Mor has published many books on Industry 4.0, OSCM, Sustainable Manufacturing, Agri-Food 4.0, & Circular Economywith Springer, Emerald, EAI-Springer, etc. He is the Area Editor and Managing Guest Editor: Opr. Mgmt. Res. (Springer), Int. J. Logi. Res. & Appl. (T&F); Guest Editor: IEEE Trans. on Engg. Mgmt. (IEEE), Int. J. Transp. Eco.; Associate Editor: Supply Chain Forum: An Int. J. (T&F); Editor: IJSOM; Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for numerous int. journals. He is a member of many professional societies.Dr. Amine Belhadi is Associate Professor at the Dept. of Supply chain and Information systems, Rabat Business School, Morocco. Amine is an Industrial Engineer. He has many years of experience as associate consultant in chemical sector. After getting his PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2018, he became member in the Industrial Engineering Research Team at Higher School of Technology (Safi), Cadi Ayyad University subsidiary. His expertise area is the Industrial Engineering including Industry 4.0, supply chain management, lean manufacturing and sustainability. His publications have appeared in international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Small Business Management, Production and Planning Control, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management, Computer and Industrial Engineering.Dr. Belhadi is also Guest Editor in Operations and management Research (Springer) and member of the Editoral Board of International Journal of Circular Economy and Waste Management (IJCEWM). In addition, he is reviewer of many international journals such as Production Planning and Control (PPC), International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM), International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), Total Quality Management and Business Excellence (TQM&BE).
