Professor Dr. Md. Sharif Uddin was awarded Ph.D. from Tokushima University, Japan and accomplished Post-Doctoral research at Ruse University, Bulgaria. Currently, Dr. Sharif is working as a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Riyadh 16273, Saudi Arabia. More than twenty years of experience in teaching and research in the fields of Optimization, Industrial Operation Management, Inventory Management and Mathematical Operations. In addition to that, Dr. Sharif is supervising academic research leading to M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees and examiner of M.Sc., M.Phil, and Ph.D. theses. Published hundreds of scientific research articles in different reputed journals and conducted numerous studies involving Mathematical Operations, Industrial Operation Management, etc.