Dr. Malick Ndiaye is a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He holds a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Bourgogne, France, from 1996. He has also worked for King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and the Management Mathematics Program at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Malick Ndiaye’s research areas center on operations research, supply chain management, and location theory and its applications to GIS. Additionally, he is a Certified Supply Chain Professional from the American Association for Operations Management (APICS) and a qualified APICS trainer.