TY - JOUR
T1 - A Lean transportation approach for improving emergency medical operations
AU - Villarreal, Bernardo
AU - Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo
AU - Granda-Gutiérrez, Edgar
AU - Kumar, Vikas
AU - Lankenau-Delgado, Samantha
N1 - Funding Information:
Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes is a Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the University of Derby, U.K. He is actively involved in industrial projects, where he com-bines his knowledge, expertise, and industrial experi-ence in operations management to help organisations achieve excellence in their internal functions and sup-ply chains. As a leading academic, he has led and managed international research projects funded by the European Commission, British Academy, British Council, and Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). He has published extensively in leading scientific journals and four books in the areas of operations management and innovation, manufacturing performance measurement, and quality management systems. He is a Co-founder and current Editor of the International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience (Inderscience), Associate Editor of the International Journal of Production and Operations Management, Associate Editor of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Professor Garza-Reyes has also led and guest edited special issues for Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, International Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, and International Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation. Areas of expertise and interest for Professor Garza-Reyes include general aspects of operations and manufacturing management, business excellence, quality improvement, and performance measurement. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a certified Six Sigma-Green Belt, and has over eight years of industrial experience working as Production Manager, Production Engineer, and Operations Manager for several international and local companies in both the U.K and Mexico. He is also a fellow member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a member of the Institution of Engineering Technology (MIET).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/8/18
Y1 - 2018/8/18
KW - Emergency medical service
KW - Lean transportation
KW - transportation waste
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U2 - 10.1080/09537287.2018.1494343
DO - 10.1080/09537287.2018.1494343
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051956085
SN - 0953-7287
VL - 29
SP - 928
EP - 942
JO - Production Planning and Control
JF - Production Planning and Control
IS - 11
ER -