**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Erwin Rauch** holds an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Munich (TUM), an M.Sc. in Business Administration from the TUM Business School and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart with summa cum laude. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor for Manufacturing Technology and Systems at the Free University of Bolzano, where he is the Head of the Smart Mini Factory laboratory for Industry 4.0. His current research is on Industry 4.0, social sustainability in production, smart and sustainable production systems, smart shop floor management and engineering/make-to-order systems. He has 10 years of experience as Consultant and later as an Associate Partner in an industrial consultancy firm operating in production and logistics. He is project manager of the EU-funded H2020 research project "SME 4.0 –Industry 4.0 for SMEs" in an international partner consortium. Furthermore, he is author and co-author of more than 150 scientific and non-scientific books, chapters of books, articles and other contributions and has received several awards for his scientific contributions.

**Manuel Woschank** is a Postdoc Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Chair of Industrial Logistics at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Latvia. Dr. Woschank holds a Diploma degree in Industrial Management and a Master's Degree in International Supply Management from the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM, Austria, and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences with summa cum laude from the University of Latvia, Latvia. He has published a multitude of international, peer-reviewed papers and has conducted research projects with voestalpine AG, Stahl Judenburg—GMH Gruppe, Knapp AG, SSI Schaefer, MAGNA International Europe GmbH, Hoerbiger Kompressortechnik Holding GmbH, voestalpine Boehler Aerospace GmbH & Co. KG, etc. His research interests include the areas of logistics system engineering, production planning and control systems, logistics 4.0 concepts and technologies, behavioral decision making and industrial logistics engineering education.
