Dr Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology

School: School of Technology

Subject Area: Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Lecturing, Research, Consultancy and PhD and BEng projects supervision. MSc Project Supervisor at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), The University of Warwick.

Teaching responsibilities

• BEng modules: Advanced Operations Management; Ethics, Environment and Innovation; Industrial Engineering; Operations Management; Quality, Reliability and Work Environment; Quality and Reliability; Mathematics for Study in Technology.
• Short courses: Engineering and Society (Engineering Ethics)

Professional interests

Operations Management, Process Improvement and Performance Measurement Systems, particularly in Lean Operations focusing on "the study of flows and processes", Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Control (QC), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Process Capability Analysis (PCA), Business Excellence Models (BEM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Discrete-event Simulation, Taguchi Methods for Design of Experiments, etc.

Research interests

Operations Management, Process Improvement and Performance Measurement Systems, particularly in Lean Operations focusing on "the study of flows and processes", Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Control (QC), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Process Capability Analysis (PCA), Business Excellence Models (BEM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Discrete-event Simulation, Taguchi Methods for Design of Experiments, etc.

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Certified as Process Improvement Six Sigma - Green Belt
• Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
• Fellow member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) 

Recent Conferences

• Flint, A., Garza-Reyes J.A., Soriano-Meier, H., Kumar, V. (2012), "Lead time and variability reduction in an aircraft engine assembly process: a case study", Proceedings of the 22^nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Helsinki, Finland, 10-13 June.

• Soriano-Meier, H., Sengupta, J., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Kumar, V. (2012), "The role of lean management principles in ERP implementation", Proceedings of the 22^nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Helsinki, Finland, 10-13 June.

• Soriano-Meier, H., Ammar Raza, S., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J.A. (2012), "TQM implementation issues in a chilled food manufacturing organisation: a case study", Proceedings of the 22^nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Helsinki, Finland, 10-13 June.

• Kumar, V.N.S.A., Kumar, V., Brady, M., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Soriano-Meier. H., Mishra, N. (2012), "AIS based approach to resolve forward-reverse logistics multi-period model with vehicle routing", Proceedings of the 22^nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Helsinki, Finland, 10-13 June.

• Alvarez-Reyes, S.E., Rocha-Lona, L., Soriano-Meier, H., Garza-Reyes, J.A. (2012), "Process improvement strategies based on Six Sigma to improve operational efficiency: the case of a pharmaceutical company", Proceedings of the 22^nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Helsinki, Finland, 10-13 June.

• Rocha-Lona, L., Ibarra-Santa Ana, M. T., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Soriano-Meier, H. (2012), "Business partnerships based on lean manufacturing strategies for increasing SME's competitiveness", Proceedings of the 22^nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Helsinki, Finland, 10-13 June.

• Jirasukprasert, P., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Soriano-Meier, H., Rocha-Lona, L. (2012), "A case study of defects reduction in a rubber gloves manufacturing process by applying Six Sigma principles and DMAIC problem solving methodology", Proceedings of the 3^rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Istanbul, Turkey, 3-6 July. Awarded the "Best Track Paper Award" under the Lean Six Sigma category

• Soriano-Meier, H., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Lal, J.S., Rocha-Lona, L. (2012), "An investigation exploring the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing the development of new products in the Indian pharmaceutical industry", Proceedings of the 3^rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Istanbul, Turkey, 3-6 July.

• Withers, S., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Soriano-Meier, H., Oraifige, I. (2012), "Applying lean management, industrial engineering and automation technology methods for the improvement of a testing process", Proceedings of the 26^th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR), Birmingham, UK, 11-13 September.

• Burtonshaw-Gunn, S., Oluwaseun-Apo, D., Soriano-Meier, H., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Kumar, V. (2012),  "Adoption of lean manufacturing processes in developing countries: a case study of Gasland Nigeria Limited",  Proceedings of the 26^th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR), Birmingham, UK, 11-13 September.

• Houten, M.P., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Oraifige, I., Soriano-Meier, H., Rocha-Lona, L. (2012), "Implementing value stream mapping (VSM) in a world-class organisation", Proceedings of the International Conference in Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development (IETSD), Tamil Nadu, India, 3-5 September.

• Garza-Reyes, J.A., Al-Jasser, A., Oraifige, I., Soriano-Meier, H., Forrester, P.L. (2011), "A general evaluation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the Kuwait Oil industry", Proceedings of the 21^st International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Taichung, Taiwan, 26-29 June.

• Soriano-Meier, H., Sharma, A., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Forrester, P.L., Burtonshaw-Gunn, S. (2011), "Doing things right first time": Promoting a "6S" quality cultural change", Proceedings of the 21^st International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Taichung, Taiwan, 26-29 June.

• Garza-Reyes, J.A., Oraifige, I., Soriano-Meier, H., Harmanto, D., Rocha-Lona, L. (2010), "An empirical application of Six Sigma and DMAIC methodology for business process improvement", Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), San Francisco, CA, US, 12-14 July.

• Rocha-Lona, L., Torres, A.D., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Soriano-Meier, H., Salinas-Navarro, D. (2010), "The use and impact of business excellence models on organisations: the case of the Mexican quality award", Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), San Francisco, CA, US, 12-14 July.

• Soriano-Meier, H., Peacock, T., Forrester, P., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Rocha-Lona, L.  (2009), "Soft investment: lean versus traditional plants", Proceeding of the 19^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Middlesbrough, UK, 6-9 July.

• Rocha, L., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Soriano-Meier, H., Peacock, T., Forrester, P. (2009), "Developing a business improvement strategy based on self-assessments using the EFQM model", Proceeding of the 19^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Middlesbrough, UK, 6-9 July.

• Rocha-Lona, L., Ibarra-Santa Ana, M. T., Salinas-Navarro, D., Garza-Reyes, J.A. (2009), "Developing a business-government-higher education's partnership to improve operational efficiency and competitiveness in SME's in Mexico", Proceedings of the 3^rd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research (ICM), Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, October 15-16.

• Garza-Reyes, J.A., Eldridge, S., Barber, K.D., Archer, E., Peacock, T. (2008), "Overall Resource Effectiveness (ORE) - an improved approach for the measure of manufacturing effectiveness and support for decision-making", Proceedings of the 18^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Skövde, Sweden, 30 June-July 2.  

• Rocha, L., Eldridge, S., Barber, K.D., Garza-Reyes, J.A., (2008), "Using business excellence models for supporting decision making in strategic planning and business improvements", Proceedings of the 18^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Skövde, Sweden, June 30-2 July.  

• Garza-Reyes, J.A., Eldridge, S., Barber, K.D., (2006), "Using discrete-event simulation and Taguchi methods to analyse the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of an automated bottling process", Proceedings of the 16^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Limerick, Republic of Ireland, June 26-28.     

• Eldridge, S., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Barber, K.D., (2005), "An analysis of OEE performance measurement for an automated manufacturing system", Proceedings of the 15^th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), Bilbao, Spain, July 18-20.      

• Garza-Reyes, J.A., (2005), "Recognizing the potential use of simulation to determine the most effective strategy for calculating and defining the optimum value of OEE", Proceedings of the Colloquium of Mexican Students in the United Kingdom, Manchester, UK.  

Undergraduate qualifications

• BSc in Mechanical Management Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Faculty, Autonoma de Nuevo Leon University (Mexico)

Postgraduate qualifications

• MBA Master of Business Administration, Northampton Business School, The University of Northampton (UK)
• MSc in Management Sciences with major in Production and Quality, Mechanical and Electrical Faculty, Autonoma de Nuevo Leon University (Mexico)
• PGPLT Post Graduate Programme in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Faculty of Education, Health and Sciences, The University of Derby (UK)

Research qualifications

• PhD in Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management, Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester (UK)

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