Jabir Arif received the M.Sc., Engineering, Ph.D., HdR degrees in Industrial Engineering and Logistics from the National School of Applied Sciences Tangier, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies Fez, in 2008, 2010, 2016, and 2020 respectively. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco. He began his career as a Production Planner within a multinational company operating in the automotive wiring harness. Afterward, he was appointed as State Engineer at the Ministry of Public Services and Modernization of Administration where he was in charge of the national major projects. Jabir Arif's main research area is Supply Chain Management & Logistics, Outsourcing of Logistic Activities, Risk Assessment, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and Industrial engineering. Apart from teaching and research, he is acting as a reviewer in many ranked journals and conferences. He served as a Technical Committee member of several international conferences, tracks, and workshops. Jawab Fouad is a Full Professor at the Higher School of Technology of the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez, Morocco. He is responsible for the research team ""Industrial Management and Logistics"" (MILOG), vice-director of the ""Industrial Technologies and Services"" (IST) laboratory and former director of the laboratory ""International Management, Decision Techniques and Logistics"" (MIDLOG). He has directed the Department of Science and Management Techniques (STG) as well as the University Diploma of Technology (DUT) ""Logistics and Transport Management (GLT)"" and currently directs the Professional License ""LOGISTICS"". He is the Founder of the international conference on logistics and supply chain management (LOGISTIQUA).