Advances in Industrial and Production Engineering

An explorative analysis of IoT applications in Cold Chain Logistics.- Improvements in Production Line using ProModel© Simulation Software: A Case Study of Beer Beverage Company in India.- Analyzing the critical success factors for industrial symbiosis - A Chinese perspective.- Implementation of Industry 4.0 Practices in Indian Organization: A Case Study.- Analytical and decision modelling approaches in Circular Economy: A Review.- Analyzing the production of the plastic manufacturing through fuzzy analytic hierarchy process.- Probabilistic and Fuzzy Models for Risk Analysis of Processing and Manufacturing System.- Analyzing the influence of Leagile manufacturing tools in Peru context.- Analyzing the Cause Effect Relationship among Deming's Quality Principles to Improve TQM using DEMATEL.- Security in Manufacturing Systems in the Age of Industry 4.0: Pitfalls and Possibilities. 

Rakesh Kumar Phanden completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the U.P. Technical University, Lucknow, India and post-graduation in Integrated Product Design and Manufacturing from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, G.J.U. of Science and Technology, Hisar, India. He completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India in 2013. He is post doctorate from Cranfield University UK. He is currently working in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has 18 years of teaching experience at private and government institutes and universities. He has contributed more than 45 papers at the national/international levels. He has published and edited a book on "Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling: Approaches and Algorithms" in CRC Press and worked as a Guest Editor of a "Special Issue on Advancements in Modern Machining Methods" in International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials). He is serving as an editorial board member for many international journals. He is an active reviewer in many international journals of repute. His current areas of interest include flexible manufacturing systems, production scheduling, integration of process planning and scheduling, product design and manufacturing, digital twin and threads, nature inspired algorithms, discrete simulation.
 Dr. K. Mathiyazhagan working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University, Noida, UP, India. He is an associate editor of Environment, Development and Sustainability - Springer with impact factor of 2.1 and editing special issues in International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management (Emerald, IF: 4.7, ABDC: A), International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM, IF: 3.3, ABDC: A) & Sustainability journals. His publications are in IJPE, IJPR, PPC, IEEE TEM, JCP, RCR, IJAMT etc.