Maria Carmen Carnero Editor

Vicente Gonzalez-Prida received a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Seville, and an Executive MBA from the Chamber of Commerce. He currently works as Program Manager in the company General Dynamics ÔÇô European Land Systems. He shares his professional performance with the development of research projects in the Department of Industrial Organization and Management at the University of Seville. He has written a multitude of articles for conferences and publications. His main interest is related to industrial asset management, specifically the reliability (design specification, data analysis), maintenance (outsourcing, e-maintenance), and sales management (cost analysis, logistics, organization). Recently, he has published the book After-Sales Service of Engineering Industrial Assets from Springer-Verlag.

Maria Carmen Carnero has a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (2001) and is a lecturer at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. She has edited one book, published two books, 14 chapters in science books, and has published research articles in Omega, Energy, Decision Support System, European Journal of Operational Research, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Sustainability, European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Production Planning and Control, etc. She has 70 contributions to conferences. She was the lead researcher in three projects financed by the regional government, and has been a part of 16 other European, national, regional and local projects, and of 10 contracts.