João Carlos Gonçalves dos Reis is an Assistant Professor of Services Management, Operations Management, and Logistics at Lusófona University in Lisbon, Portugal. His research focus lies in the domains of Service Science, Industrial Engineering, and Operations Management.

Francisco Gaudêncio Mendonça Freires is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) Polytechnic School. He also works in the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering at UFBA, currently researching renewable energy alternatives from the supply chain management perspective.

Milton Vieira Junior is an Assistant Professor at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, in São Paulo, Brazil, and an Associate Researcher at ITEGAM - Galileo Technological Institute of Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil. His research focus lies on Production Management, Competitiveness, and Industry 4.0.

Rafael Garcia Barbastefano holds a PhD in Engineering (Research Operations and Production Management) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2002). He is a Full Professor at the Celso Suckow da Fonseca Federal Center for Technological Education.

Ângelo Márcio Oliveira Sant'Anna is an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also works as a Collaborating Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (Graduate Program in Production and Systems Engineering).