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Juliano Endrigo Sordan is an Associate Professor in Operations Management and Quality Control at College of Technology - Fatec (Brazil). He received his PhD from the Federal University of São Carlos. He has more than 15 years of experience as a consultant, researcher and lecturer in the field of operational excellence. His research interests cover Lean Six Sigma, Industry 4.0 and Analytics.

Pedro Carlos Oprime is Msc. in Production Engineering at São Carlos Federal University and Phd in Droit, Econ. et Sciences at Universite d'Aix-Marseille III. He did a Post-Doctoral stage at Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama, USA, and at University of Nantes, France. Currently, he is associate professor at São Carlos Federal University. He writes about quality control guarantee, continuum improvement, competitive intelligence, clusters, local productive systems, and small and medium enterprises.

Marcio Lopes Pimenta (PhD) is Professor at Management and Business College, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil. He got his Phd in Production Engineering at Federal University of São Carlos and his Msc in Business Administration at Federal University of Uberlândia. Dr. Pimenta has published articles in The International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, European Business Review, Journal of Technology Management & Innovation and International Journal of Logistics Management. His main research topics are: cross-functional integration between Marketing, Logistics and other internal functions, integration in product development processes.

Franco Lombardi is full professor in Industrial Production Engineering in the Department of Management and Production Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). His research interests include manufacturing engineering, production planning and control, and simulation.

Paolo Chiabert is associate professor in Technology and Manufacturing Systems in the Department of Management and Production Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). His research interests include design and methods of industrial engineering, manufacturing technologies, Lean Manufacturing, and Product Lifecycle Management - PLM.