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Maria Flavia Mogos is a researcher within logistics at the Norwegian institute, SINTEF Manufacturing. She received a PhD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2020, with the article thesis titled “An Efficient Production Transfer Process”. The purpose of the thesis was to investigate how production transfers to domestic or foreign suppliers can be conducted in order to mitigate the transfer risk. She holds an MSc within Risk Management, MEng within Product and Process Development and a BA in Law, and she has worked as an engineer in the offshore sector.

Anna Fredriksson is an associate professor at the Construction Logistics group within the Department of Science and Technology at Linköping University. She presented her PhD thesis with the title “Production Outsourcing and Materials Supply” at Chalmers University of Technology in 2011. She has published articles on various topics related to outsourcing, offshoring, production transfer, materials management and logistics within different industries, such as food, healthcare and construction. Her current research interests are how to manage production transfers, construction logistics and supply chain planning processes.

Erlend Alfnes is Associate Professor of Production Management at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. He completed his PhD with the title “Enterprise Reengineering: A Strategic Framework and Methodology” in 2005. In the period of 1998–2013, he was employed as a researcher and senior researcher at SINTEF Technology and Society, Department of Operations Management. Alfnes has 18 years of experience as a leader of national and international research projects. His research interests are factory strategy, manufacturing planning and control and lean manufacturing.

Jan Ola Strandhagen is a professor in Manufacturing Logistics at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. He holds a PhD in Manufacturing Logistics. His research activities focus on production planning and control and sustainable manufacturing and logistics.