Springer Operations Management and Systems Engineering: Select Proceedings of CPIE 2019 (Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering)

This book comprises select peer-reviewed contributions from the 6th International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE – 2019). The volume focuses on latest research in the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and its allied areas. Articles on variety of topics such as Human Factors Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Quality Engineering, Measurement and Control, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Green Supply Chain Management, Modelling and Simulation, Sustainability, Technology Management, Agile and Flexible Manufacturing, Technology Management and Computer Aided Manufacturing are discussed in this book. Given the range of topics covered, the book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals interested in different areas of Industrial and Systems Engineering. From the Back Cover This book comprises select peer-reviewed contributions from the 6th International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE – 2019). The volume focuses on latest research in the field of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and its allied areas. Articles on variety of topics such as Human Factors Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Quality Engineering, Measurement and Control, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, Green Supply Chain Management, Modelling and Simulation, Sustainability, Technology Management, Agile and Flexible Manufacturing, Technology Management and Computer Aided Manufacturing are discussed in this book. Given the range of topics covered, the book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals interested in different areas of Industrial and Systems Engineering. About the Author Dr. Anish Sachdeva is a Professor in Industrial and Production Engineering Department at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, India. He obtained his B.Tech from Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (erstwhile REC Jalandhar), M.Tech from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Ludhiana and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India). He has over 23 years of industry and teaching experience. He has guided 60 M Tech and 12 PhD students, presently supervising 02 M.Tech and 06 PhD scholars. He has over 135 publications in international and national journals and proceedings of international conferences to his credit. He has organized five international conferences at NIT Jalandhar as organizing secretary and many short-term courses in his area of expertise. He has organized several workshops and training programs for academic institutes and companies. He has published three special issues of International journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (Emerald Publications) as guest editors.  His areas of interest are reliability and maintenance engineering, supply chain management, optimization and simulation of production systems, quality management. Dr. Pradeep Kumar is working as a full Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. He obtained his B.E. (Industrial Engineering) in 1982; M.E. (Production Engineering) in 1989; and Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Production Engineering in 1994- all these degrees from University of Roorkee (Now, IIT Roorkee). He has been a visiting faculty at West Virginia University USA, Wayne State University USA, AIT Bangkok, and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He served the Delhi Technological University as Vice-Chancellor during 2014-15. He has published / presented 580 research papers in International and National Journals (286); and proceedings of International and National Conferences (294). He has completed 43 consultancy projects of various organizations and 18 sponsored research projects (16 complete