Production and Operations Management : Poms Lima, Peru, December 2-4, 2021

In this work, readers will find a colorful collection of real-world case studies, accompanied by operations research-based managerial models. They touch on myriad topics, ranging from Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics in Operations, Defense, Tourism, and other emerging issues in Operations Management to Healthcare Operations Management and Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management.

The POMS Lima 2021 International Conference has been organized by the Latin America & Caribbean Chapter of the Production and Operations Management Society, the most renowned professional and academic organization representing the interests of production and operations management professionals and academicians around the world. Since 2018, POMS International Conferences have been organized by POMS-LA, the first venue being in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Venue 2021 event was hosted by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and Pacific University, two Peruvian Latin-American leading academic institutions from Peru.

Dr. Irineu de Brito Junior is a professor of Risk Management at Sao Paulo State University (Unesp), São José dos Campos, Brazil, an invited Professor of Humanitarian Logistics at São Paulo University (USP), and a Humanitarian Logistics Instructor at Civil Defense and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering; M.Sc. in Logistics Engineering, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of São Paulo, USP. Actually, is POMS Latin America & Caribbean VP of Communications. His humanitarian research interests are in facility location, food security, donations management, and social impacts of Covid 19.

Sandro Alberto Paz Collado is a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of South Florida. Former Director of Evaluation and Accreditation of Universities at SINEACE (Peruvian accreditation body).  Industrial Engineering Program Director at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – PUCP. General Coordinator of Continuous Improvement and Accreditation at School of Science and Engineering - PUCP, for the accreditation of its programs with CEAB (Canada), ABET (USA) and ICACIT (Perú). Researcher, consultant and instructor on topics such as quality management, statistical process control, data mining, simulation, and optimization.
Miguel Domingo Gonzalez Alvarez is a Professor of the Engineering Department of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP).  Industrial Engineer from PUCP, Master and Doctor in Industrial Engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.  He was the Director of the Center for Development and Innovation of PUCP.  He was president and founder of Peruvian Association of Incubators (PERUINCUBA). He was former Head of Engineering Department of PUCP and president of the Latin American Association for Technology Management (ALTEC).  His current research interests are innovation and operations management, interorganizational planning, innovation and entrepreneurial systems.  He is Vice President for Administration of PUCP.
Diana Ramirez-Rios is an incoming assistant professor at University of Buffalo with a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S.-M.S. in Industrial Engineering. Her work focuses on freight transportation, supply chain and logistics, and humanitarian/disaster response logistics. Her research includes freight demand modeling, tour flow models, parking vehicle simulation, facility location, post disaster distribution modeling, and cooperative game-theoretic models. Diana is an active member of several professional organizations including the Transportation Research Board, POMS, and INFORMS. She is the recipient of the Karen and Lester Gerhardt Prize in Science and Engineering (1982), the Thomas Archibald Bedford Prize (1964), the WTS Helene M. Overly/ Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship, ENO Future Leaders in Transportation, and the CEE-MIT Rising Stars.