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CHAPTER 8
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND PRODUCTION EDITORS
Lew Roberts
is President and founder of L.Roberts &
Associates Inc., a USA based firm that provides professional
consulting and management development services, aimed
at improving business performance, with an emphasis on
the field of supply chain management. His consulting and
management development career has included working
numerous major firms worldwide. Lew has taught at the
Georgia Institute of Technology on the Executive Masters in
International Logistics (EMIL) Program and at The National
University of Singapore on ‘Developing aWorld Class Supply
Chain Management Strategy’. He has written numerous
articles and is co-author of a book with Robert Trent.
Robert Trent
is the chair of the management department
at Lehigh University. He also serves as the co-director of
the Center for Value Chain Research and as the supply
chain management program director. Prior to his return to
academia, Dr Trent worked for the Chrysler Corporation.
He has worked on numerous special industry projects
and has consulted with or provided training services to
over 40 government agencies and corporations and has
worked extensively with companies during research visits
and projects. He has authored or co-authored dozens of
articles and numerous books and textbooks.
Sanjeev Bisnath
holds Diplomas in Electrical Engineering
(Durban University of Technology), Engineering Business
Management (University of Warwick) and Project
Management (School of Project Management). He has
been responsible for the development of all 13 books in
the Power Series and is currently managing several other
volumes in the series. He is employed as a Senior Advisor
by Innovative Circuit, a section within Eskom R&D. He is
a registered Professional Technician with ECSA and a
member of the SAIEE.
Pierre Esterhuyzen
holds a BComm(Hons)(Business
Management) and an LLB from the University of South
Africa. His career at Eskom started in the Generation
Division at Lethabo Power station where he held various
positions in the Maintenance Department before pursuing
a career in procurement. He is currently appointed as a
Senior Manager in Group Commercial and Technology,
Project Sourcing, where he is responsible for overseeing
the procurement function of Medupi, Kusile and a number
of Return-to-Service/Refurbishment projects of existing
Fossil Fuel Power Stations.