Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-03540, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Azab Ismail, Ahmed (University of Windsor), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Discovery Grants Program - Individual, program name french : Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles, program purpose english : My research program is focused on production and operations management. At the heart of this application and proposal, I am aiming at both higher- and lower-level production planning functions to support aggregate- and operational planning activities respectively as well as other support functions for facilities and process planning, supply chain management and transportation, and finally the cross-border traffic problem. In particular, I am tackling problems of production lot-sizing, production- and services-scheduling , layout, assembly line balancing, and facilities location and allocation. My research team and I are testing novel hypotheses, borrowing methods from other fields of research and applying them in mine, and proving conjectures. We are developing new mathematical models and solution methods for both the manufacturing- and healthcare-sectors taking into consideration economic and quality aspects. These research initiatives will have impact on both the local- and national-economies . My research lab is collaborating with the auto-, farming-, and medical-sectors ., program purpose french : My research program is focused on production and operations management. At the heart of this application and proposal, I am aiming at both higher- and lower-level production planning functions to support aggregate- and operational planning activities respectively as well as other support functions for facilities and process planning, supply chain management and transportation, and finally the cross-border traffic problem. In particular, I am tackling problems of production lot-sizing, production- and services-scheduling , layout, assembly line balancing, and facilities location and allocation. My research team and I are testing novel hypotheses, borrowing methods from other fields of research and applying them in mine, and proving conjectures. We are developing new mathematical models and solution methods for both the manufacturing- and healthcare-sectors taking into consideration economic and quality aspects. These research initiatives will have impact on both the local- and national-economies . My research lab is collaborating with the auto-, farming-, and medical-sectors ., agreement title english : Optimal Production & Operations Planning and Systems Design for Advanced Manufacturing and Healthcare Sectors, agreement title french : Optimal Production & Operations Planning and Systems Design for Advanced Manufacturing and Healthcare Sectors, agreement number : RGPIN, agreement value : 105000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2022-2023), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2022-2023), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada