Prof. Ir. Dr. Sha’ri Mohd Yusof
Professor,
UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced
Technology,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Prof. Ir. Dr. Sha’ri Mohd Yusof has a degree in Industrial Engineering from  University of Miami and both Master of Science in Integrated Quality Systems and Doctor of Philosophy with a focus on TQM for small manufacturing business from the University of Birmingham. He is now a Professor of Quality Engineering and Management in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). After graduating from his first degree in May 1983, he spent one year training in Body Assembling in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Japan. Upon completion of the training, he worked about six years for Proton (Malaysian National Car) in the Body Assembling Section, and the Quality Control Department. He joined UTM in 1990 and currently supervising numerous research projects both at PhD and master level in topics relating to Quality Management, Toyota Production System/Lean Manufacturing, Robust Quality Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. Dr. Sha’ri has published over 100 papers in journals and conferences. He is a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Society (APIEMS) since 2010. He has served as Chairman of TC SIRIM Committee on Brake System. He has trained a number of organizations including Proton, IWK, Hitachi Chemical, and Mitsubishi Electric in various topics of Quality Engineering, ISO 9001, Industrial Engineering, and Project Management. He currently supervises a number of research projects and doctoral candidates such as in developing a framework for lean sustainability for Malaysian companies.