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Ruiz-Torres, Alex

Faculty Member

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overview

  • Alex Ruiz-Torres is a full-time faculty member of the College of Business at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. He teaches in the area of operations and supply chain management, offering undergraduate and graduate courses in production planning, lean and Six Sigma systems, logistics, and simulation. He has been awarded two NASA faculty fellowships at the Kennedy Space Center and a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer grant. He has been a visiting lecturer at universities in Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas and has received two Fulbright awards. He has consulted for manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare organizations in the U.S., Ecuador, Mexico, and China. He has over seventy journal publications, including articles in the European Journal of Operations Research, Computers & Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Omega, and the International Journal of Production Research.

selected publications

research overview

  • Operations and supply chain management

     

full name

  • Alex Ruiz-Torres

primary email

  • alex.ruiztorres@upr.edu

phone

  • (787)764-0000 x 87224, 87113
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  • Contact Info
  • (787)764-0000 x 87224, 87113