**About the Editors**

**Jo ˜ao Carlos de Oliveira Matias** holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (1994), a PhD in Production Engineering (2003), and Habilitation for Full Professor (2014) in Industrial Engineering and Management. He is a Full Professor of the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Tourism (DEGEIT), University of Aveiro—Portugal, and member of the Industrial Engineering and Management Research Group and the GOVCOPP Research Unit. He is the Coordinator of the Scientific Area of Industrial Engineering and Management, and the coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Management as well. His areas of research focus on industrial management in general, and in sustainable energy systems and management systems in particular. He has been involved in several research projects. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 articles published in several international journals and congress proceedings.

**Susana Garrido Azevedo** is Associate Professor at University of Coimbra and member of the CEBER (Centre for Business and Economics Research) research unit. She holds a PhD and Habilitation in Management. Her research interests lie in the circular economy, sustainability, supply chain, lean, green, and logistics management. She has published more than 300 scientific works, including books, chapters, articles, and conference proceedings. She is a reviewer for many journals and international conferences, editor-in-chief, associate editor, and editorial board member of several international top journals, and is part of the Scientific Evaluation Board of ERA-MIN European Funding Program on "Raw Materials for Sustainable Development and the Circular Economy".

**Carina Pimentel** holds a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering, and works as an Industrial Engineering and Management Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism of the University of Aveiro. She is also the director of the Integrated Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management at the same university. She is a researcher at the Decision Support Systems group of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) and of the Research and Development Unit for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (UNIDEMI). In recent years, she has been involved in several funded research projects and published several scientific works. Her main research interests are related to the Operations Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Operational Research areas, including lean production, production planning and scheduling, urban logistics, smart supply chain, and supply chain performance measurement. Recently, she has also been researching the links between Industry 4.0 and the above-mentioned areas.
