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Néstor Fabián Ayala

Prof. Néstor Fabián Ayala, associate professor in the Service Engineering course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. Co-director of the Organizational Engineering Center (NEO) of the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering at UFRGS.

Néstor Fabián Ayala

Prof. Néstor Fabián Ayala, associate professor in the Service Engineering course at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. Co-director of the Organizational Engineering Center (NEO) of the Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering at UFRGS.

Prof. Ayala has co-created the course agenda and he will ensure that you fully understand everything after the course ends. He will talk about smart products & servitization of industrial companies.

Participant of the graduate program at the Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France as a visiting professor. He has a degree in Industrial Engineering with a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from UFRGS and a post-doctorate from the Grenoble INP. He develops research and applied projects in the areas of digital Product-Service Systems and Industry 4.0. He participates in the Local Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing (ALMA 4.0), which brings together companies from the south of Brazil to deliver complete solutions in Industry 4.0. He is the coordinator of the ‘Rede RS 4.0’, a network that brings together the main entities, universities, and associations in the region to develop the Industry 4.0 Ecosystem. He participates as an advisor on the Innovation and Technology Council (CITEC) of the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FIERGS), in the area of Industry 4.0. He participates as an Expert in the Chamber of Industry 4.0 of the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations (MCTI). He has research on Industry 4.0 and Servitization published in renowned Operations Management journals, such as Int. J. of Operations & Production Management, Int. J. of Production Economics, J. of Strategic Information Systems, Energy Policy, Supply Chain Management: an Int. J. and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.