Engineering Management in Production and Services

Editor-in-Chief
Joanna Ejdys, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland (j.ejdys@pb.edu.pl)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Chien-Ho Ko, The University of Kansas, USA (chko@ku.edu)
Katarzyna Halicka, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland (k.halicka@pb.edu.pl)
Łukasz Nazarko, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland (l.nazarko@pb.edu.pl)
Rafael Popper, Futures Diamond Ltd., UK (rafael.popper@futuresdiamond.com)

International Editorial Advisory Board
Head: Joanicjusz Nazarko, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland
Salman Azhar, Auburn University Alabama, USA
Zhen-Song Chen, Wuhan University, China
Filippo Di Pietro, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Marek Drużdżel, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland
Józef Gawlik, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Romualdas Ginevičius, VilniusTech, Lithuania
Qinghua (Daniel) He, Tongji University, China
Tsai-Ching Lu, HRL Laboratories, USA
Bojan Lalić University of Novi Sad, Serbia
George Lăzăroiu, Curtin University, Australia; Toronto Metropolitan University/ICCL, Canada
Juan Jose Garcia Machado, University of Huelva, Spain
Judith Ann Molka-Danielsen, Molde University College, Norway
Elvira Nica, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Miroslav Novotny, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Lanndon A. Ocampo, Cebu Technological University, Philippines
Magdalena Pichlak, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Mladen Radisic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Mirosław Skibniewski, University of Maryland, USA
Leonas Ustinovičius, Vilnius Tech, Lithuania
Samuel Yen-Liang Yin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Beijing University, China
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Vilnius Tech, Lithuania
Hongyan Zhang, University of Toledo, USA

Editors
Industrial Marketing: Dariusz Siemieniako (Bialystok University of Technology, Poland), Gregor Pfajfar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Logistics Management: Katarzyna Kuźmicz (Bialystok University of Technology), Erwin Pesch (Universität Siegen, Germany)
Technology Management: Andrzej Magruk (Bialystok University of Technology), Zdzisław Klim (Bombardier Aerospace, Canada)
Technology Assessment: Łukasz Nazarko (Bialystok University of Technology), Jelena Stankevičienė (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Management Engineering: Alicja Gudanowska (Bialystok University of Technology), Jurgita Antuchevičienė (VilniusTech, Lihuania)
Service Engineering: Wiesław Urban (Bialystok University of Technology), Hao Wang (NingboTech University, China)
Service Marketing: Ewa Glińska (Bialystok University of Technology, Poland), Vilmantė Kumpikaitė-Valiūnienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)
Strategic Foresight: Anna Kononiuk (Bialystok University of Technology), Elina Hiltunen (What´s Next Consulting Oy, Finland)
Production Engineering: Katarzyna Halicka (Bialystok University of Technology), Kriengsak Panuwatwanich (Thammasat University, Thailand)

Editorial Office Secretary
Danuta Szpilko, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland

Technical Editors
Krzysztof Stepaniuk, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland
Tomasz Trochimczuk, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland

Statistical Editor
Justyna Kozłowska (Bialystok University of Technology, Poland)

Linguistic Editor
Jūratė Griškėnaitė

Contact
empas@pb.edu.pl

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