Shafiq Ahmad received his PhD from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is currently working as an associate professor at the Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has more than two decades of working experience in both industry and academia in Australia, Europe, and Asia. He has published a research book and several research articles in international journals and refereed conferences. His research interests are related to smart manufacturing, IoT and data analytics, multivariate statistical quality control, process monitoring, and performance analysis, operations research models, and bibliometric network analysis. He is also a certified practitioner in the Six Sigma business-improvement model.