Manufacturing Competency and Strategic Success in the Automobile Industry (PDF)

Chandan Deep Singh has been Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab (India) since 2011. He completed his Ph.D. in November 2016 from the same institution. His M.Tech. (Manufacturing Systems Engineering) is from Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab (India), completed in 2011. He completed B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 from Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda, Punjab (India). He has published around 25 books and guided 53 students for M.Tech. thesis. He has published around 93 papers in various international journals and conferences. Presently, 5 students are working under him for their Ph.D. and 2 for their M.Tech. His main research areas are CAD/CAM, Production and Industrial Engineering, and Die-Casting. He worked on software, namely CATIA, ProE, Solid Works (all during M.Tech. thesis), PSAW, MS-Excel (for AHP, TOPSIS, VIKOR), AMOS (in PSAW for SEM), MATLAB (all during Ph.D.).

Jaimal Singh Khamba holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, Masters in Industrial Engineering, and PhD in Technology Management from the Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India. He is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India. He has a number of publications in refereed international/national journals and conferences. His main research area is non-traditional manufacturing, TPM, and manufacturing competency.