Aly Owida is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), which is an ABET and IET accredited program of study since 2010.
Dr. Owida has received his PhD in Operations and Supply Chain Management from University of Limerick, Ireland. His research work aim was to review and analyze the current existing contracting activities for outsourcing after-sales field repair services with a specific focus on the Middle Eastern emerging markets, and to assess the potential for improving after-sales field repair services contracting through developing continuous improvement approach to support service contracting in both established and emerging markets.
He has previously been appointed as a Teaching Assistant and an Assistant Lecturer at IME and has been working in the academic field of teaching and research since graduation in 2007. He has a considerable experience in teaching Operations Research and Management Science, Project Management, Engineering Economy, and Supply Chain Management.
He has supported administrative and academic advising services at IME such as quality coordination, status report development, academic advising, website improving, and timetabling and scheduling. Also, he has been involved in the accreditation process of industrial engineering required by ISO, ABET, IET, National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Egypt, and the Supreme Council of Universities in Egypt.
Dr. Owida research interests lies in the modelling, analysis, and performance improvement of industrial systems and business processes within the area of operations and supply chain management, including manufacturing and service supply chains. He is interested in the use of discrete-event simulation, business process modelling and business process simulation, and optimization techniques. Other areas of interest include field service management, supplier selection and contracting in service supply chains, scheduling of projects and industrial systems, supply chain risk management and disruption management, supply chain resilience, supply chain sustainability, and agri-food supply chains transportation and logistics.
I am working at the School of Management in a project addressing the implications of Brexit on Irish trade and supply chain including freight, transportation, and logistics.
My research aim was to review and analyze the current existing contracting activities for outsourcing after-sales field repair services with a specific focus on the Middle Eastern emerging markets.
I am teaching undergraduate courses including Operations Research, Engineering Economy, Industrial Relations, Engineering Cost Analysis, Supply Chain Management, and International Operations Management.
I was teaching undergraduate courses including Material Removal Processes, Operations Research, Management Science, Engineering Statistics, Supply Chain Management, and Design of Experiments.
I was teaching undergraduate courses including Manufacturing Technology, Engineering Economy, Operations Research, Management Science, Project Management, and Supply Chain Management.
Research work aim was to review and analyze the current existing contracting activities for outsourcing after-sales field repair services with a specific focus on the Middle Eastern emerging markets, and to assess the potential for improving after-sales field repair services contracting through developing continuous improvement approach to support service contracting in both established and emerging markets.
Ph.D. Thesis work included the development of a contracting methodology for the outsourcing of after-sales field repair services. A framework was proposed to allow for a buyer-supplier collaborative negotiations including an execution approach for the implementation of continuous improvement over the contract lifecycle with agreement on benefits sharing. Framework testing using real data has shown to provide significant improvements in terms of ongoing cost reductions and improved service quality, which represents a developed trial-ready approach.
Studied 8 postgradutae courses including Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Management and Analysis, Systems Engineering, Advanced Operations Management, Industrial Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Discrete Systems Simulation, and Advanced Management of International Business.
M.Sc. Thesis work included investigation of the operational and economical feasibility of implementing radio frequency identification technology for tracking and identification of items on the shop floor in a job shop manufacturing environment. Simulation has been used to assess the impact of introducing the RFID technology on a number of performance measures.
Studied 8 postgraduate courses including Contemporary Management, Managerial Economics, Accounting and Financial Reporting, Applied Statistics, Marketing Management, Organization Theory and Behavior, Managerial Finance, and Operations Management.
Studied 180 credit hours of undergradutae courses such as Introduction to Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science, Operations Management, Production Planning and Control, Factory Physics, Industrial Facilities Planning, Engineering Project Management, Supply Chain Management, and Discrete Event Systems Simulation.
Final Year Project work included the development of a simulation model for the operations of a plant that specializes in the production of powder desserts mixes and instant powder drinks. The model has been used to assess different production schedules and their impact on several performance measures such as mixers utilization and changeover time.
College of Engineering and Technology Recognition Award for earning PhD and for Assistant Professor Promotion
College of Engineering and Technology Scientific Research Award for publishing a research article in a high-ranked journal
College of Engineering and Technology Incentive Award for being awarded a research grant from "Imagine That Inc." to use the full package of ExtendSim OR in my M.Sc. research
Earned the research grant awarded by "Imagine That Inc." to use the full package of ExtendSim OR to model and analyze the implementation of RFID technology in the furniture manufacturing industry in pursuing my master's degree research