लेखक: Tushar Kanta Mahapatra

Suchismita Satapathy is an associate professor in the School of Mechanical Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. She has published more than 130 articles in national and international journals, and conferences. She has published many books and e-books for academic and research purposes. Her areas of interest include production operation management, operational research, acoustics, sustainability, and supply chain management. She has filled three Indian patents, two of which have been published. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has guided many Ph.D. (three completed and three ongoing), M.Tech (20), and B.Tech (49) students. Suchismita has published books such as Production Operation Management (Stadium Press) and MCDM methods for waste management with CRC Press; Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management with Springer; Soft Computing and Optimization Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture by DEGRUYTER; the PDCA cycle for industrial improvement; applied case studies by Springer; and many of her projects are ongoing. ORCID: 0000-0002-4805-1793 Scopus Author ID: 55085975400   Tushar Kanta Mahapatra is a lecturer at the KIIT Polytechnic in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the School of Mechanical Engineering at KIIT, Deemed to be a University in Bhubaneswar, India. Mahapatra has published over 11 articles in national and international journals, conferences, and book chapters. His research interests include acoustic applications, production operation management, and ergonomics. ORCID: 0000-0002-7933-3400 Scopus Author ID: 57220024588   Noé G. Alba-Baena, Professor (level “C”) for the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (UACJ), Juarez, Mexico, Jan 2003 – Present. Relevant accomplishments: During my 17 years professorship I guided me in graduating. More than 100 students (40 graduate students) focused on product design, automation, and process improvement, balancing this with industrial consulting, journal review, and international research laboratory experience   Meghana Mishra is a research scholar in the School of Commerce in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. She has published more than 6 articles in national and international journals, conferences, and book chapters.  Her areas of interest include production operation management, economic study of the Agri sector, sustainability, business process reengineering, and ergonomics. ORCID: 0000-0002-6419-5420