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Professor Lorenzo B. Ros McDonnell

January 2009

lorenzo.ros@upct.es

 

Brief CV

 

Personal

            Date of Birth: December 25, 1960, in Murcia, Spain. Spanish citizen.

            Marital Status: Married to Guadalupe Sanchez Ramirez.

 

Education and degrees

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Murcia, 1980.

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Murcia, 1986.

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1987.

Master of Science in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1990.

Doctor of Industial Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1991.

 

University Positions etc.

Assistant, Part time, Department of Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain, 1989.

Assistant, Full time, Department of Organización de empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain, 1990-1991.

Lecturer, Department of Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1991-1994.

Master Program Director, Systems engineering applied to Healthcare, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1993 – 1998.

Senior Lecturer, Depatment of Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 1994-1999.

Department sub director, Department of Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1994- 1997.

Planning University Manager, Mediterranean University of Science and Technology (MUST), 1996 – 1997.

Department Director. Department of Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1997 – 1998.

Vice Rector for Innovation. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 1998 – 1999.

Professor, Department of Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 1999 -.

Visiting Professor, of the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, 2005 -.

Member of Senate, Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies, Sempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia, 2007-.

 

Scientific Editorial Assignments

Refereeing assignments for various scientific journals, among others International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Production Economics, Computers in Industry, etc.

 

Subject Area Responsibility for Graduated Doctoral Students

Francisco Campuzano, "Demand variability management models for Supply Chain. Analysis of the Bullwhip effect" 2006

This doctorate work was awarded the annual research First Prize 2007, of the Spanish Logistics Association.

Gonzalo Grau, "Prposal of an integrated information system model for managing basic nursing units within the frame of the IE-GIP Architecture. Application to the Spainsh Health care system", 2005.

Maria Victoria de la Fuente, "Poposal of a model integrating forward and reverse supply chain for the metal mechanic sector", 2003.

Carmen de Nieves Nieto, "HH.RR. model development based on business processes. Applications to logistic systems", 2003.

Jorge Nińo Vera, "Development of a model to management control, application to the industrial sector of sugar manufacturing in Colombia", 2000.

Angel Ortiz Bas, "Proposal for the development of integration programs for industrial companies. Application to the ceramic sector", 1999.

Ricardo Chalmeta Rosaleń, "Reference architecture for the integrated organization of an enterprise", 1996.

 

In addition membership has been held in Doctoral Examination Committees, apart from Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, for Cardiff University, Linköping University, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Universidad de Gerona, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Universidad de Burgos and others.

 

International Teaching Responsibilities

Several Socrates Courses held, latest in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Doctorate on Industrial Engineering in Colombia, as memberof the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia team

Course Responsibility Enterprise integration, 1998 – 1999

Course for several Colombian companies, as part of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 1998 – 1999.

Responsible coordinator between Columbia University and Valencia University, 1998.

 

Current Educational Development Interests

Supply chain management. Development of new methods to integrate different processes in the enterprise, through the use of different architectures as CIMOSA, IE-GIP, GRAI, GIO, etc. The interaction with modelling through dynamics, prices evolution, bullwhip effect, etc.

Health care information systems management, Design systems that support health care, health care management, short cuts, etc.

 

Consulting Activities

Miscellaneous consulting assignments in a number of major Spanish companies.

 

Articles and Research Reports etc.

Author or co-author of some 100 articles, essays, research reports and working papers, of which several have been published in scientific journals, including International Journal of Production Economics, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Production Research, Computers in Industry and others. Please refer to SCOPUS.

 

Latest articles published:

 

Integrating forward and reverse supply chains: application to a metal-mechanic company”, International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), 2008, 782-792.

 

“An exact calculation of the cycle service level in a generalized periodic review system”, Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS), Vol.57, 2006, 1252-1255.

 

“Bullwhip effects consequences according to different supply chain management strategies. Modelling and simulation”, Jounal of quantitative methods for economics and business administration, 2008,

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