He focuses on information administration in SMMEs, service and product quality and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Artificial Intelligence and Big Data) for SMEs. Mr. Zeferino’s pursuits are in choice analysis, data science, machine learning, clever, knowledge and sustainable manufacturing, programs modelling and simulation for optimisation, undertaking management in addition to policy development. Mr. Zeferino is a candidate affiliate member of Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), the Southern Africa Institute for Industrial Engineering (SAIIE), the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) society the place he served as the communication director for the TUT pupil chapter, as effectively as the International Network for Appropriate Technology (INAT). IEOM Society International addresses the issues of world Supply Chain and Logistics. As a Consultant, Sikombe has participated in a consultancy of the government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) by the PEMFA Programme for Zambia Institute of Purchase and Supply and the University of Lusaka. He visited Botswana and Zambia via the Africa-by-Bus challenge, which is an initiative by the University of Johannesburg. She obtained a Masters in Quality from the Durban University of Technology and a PhD in Engineering Management from the University of Johannesburg. Prof Nita Inderlal Sukdeo is presently an Associate Professor and Head of Department within the Department of Quality and Operations Management inside the varsity of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering on the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
He additionally worked because the Cluster Head in control of Operations for MTN Western North distributor, Sametrolinks Company Limited. Before joining UJ, he served because the HOD of Logistics division, and Head of Centre for Enterprise Development & Public Management in the Faculty of Management Sciences at Vaal University of Technology the place he additionally taught for a few years. Mr. Zeferino has acquired 10 awards with the newest ones being amongst master’s category high publisher at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE) at Tshwane University of Technology 2020/2021 and amongst three greatest ICT technologies by the Gauteng Accelerator Program (Gap) 2020, of which he won representing REDEMA Engineering Pty Ltd. He has served within the organizing committee of 2 international conferences, Language University In Bangkok particularly the thirtieth College International pour la Recherche en Productique (CIRP) Design Conference 2020 and the ninth International Conference on Appropriate Technology (ICAT) 2020. He is at present facilitating the discussions for a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between Universidade Católica de Angola (UCAN) in Angola and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in South Africa. On numerous accounts, he served as a Session Chair at international conferences; he evaluations conference papers to make sure the quality of work printed by worldwide conferences and he served as a Track Chair.
His Master’s in Operations Management was on Quality Management on Furniture Manufacturing SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises). He was a referee for the perfect Student Paper Competition throughout the 2022 Production and Operations Management (POMS) International Conference in China. He additionally served as a reviewer for Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research’s Grant, 2022 (Washington DC, USA). He has served as a reviewer for many high journals and tasks. Afterward, he was appointed Senior Engineer at the Ministry of Public Services and Modernization of Administration the place he was in command of the nationwide major projects. He holds a National Diploma, Baccalaureus Technologiae (B-Tech) and a Masters of Engineering (MEng) which he obtained Cumlaud, all in Industrial Engineering. He has a Masters diploma in Marketing from Pan-Atlantic University, a Diploma in Professional Marketing from CIM, and he’s at present working a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing at Chartered Institute of promoting, United Kingdom. Sikombe can also be a member of the Senate Committee on Research and Publication, the Zambia Institute of Purchasing and Supply Strategy and Risk Committee and a number of other committees.
He obtained his PhD in Supply Chain Management from the University of Kwazulu-Natal and is a Fellow of each CIPS and ZIPS. Dr Shem Sikombe has over ten (10) years of educating, administrative and research expertise on the University degree. In his today´s analysis work, he focuses on two fields: Circular production strategies (closed-loop supply chains, finish-of-life concepts, remanufacturing) and the usage of IT in schooling (e.g., distant learning, studying through the pandemic, digital divide, effectivity of on-line studying functions). She is a researcher and has articles on Cocoa production and export change in Ghana and Green provide chain marketing. Featured speakers will probably be from various part of the world to deal with enterprise management education challenges and opportunities. All speakers must register and pay the registration price for the 4th African IEOM Zambia Conference. He contributed a chapter, “Sustainable Performance of African Firms in Global Value Chain” to the e-book “African and Sustainable Global Value Chain” printed by Springer Nature. She wishes to pursue extra tutorial opportunities and additional her education. Through academic work, he travelled a number of nations abroad, reminiscent of Detroit and Washington within the United States of America, and Rotherham, Bristol and Oxford in the United Kingdom.