Fernando Bernardi de Souza is an Associate Professor at the Production Engineering Department in the UNESP Engineering School at Bauru, São Paulo State University. Fernando has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of São Paulo (USP). His research focuses on the themes of Production Planning and Control and Supply Chain Management. He is an expert in Theory of Constraints (TOC), with a Certification for Practitioners in the TOC Fundamentals Exam and the TOC Supply Chain Logistics by the TOC International Certification Organization (TOCICO). Fernando uses TOC and Lean Manufacturing intensively in his undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has published in journals including International Journal of Production Research, Management Research Review, International Journal of Services and Operations Management, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, and Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering.