Dr. Omar G. Alsawafy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management, College of Business, Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from An-Najah National University.
His research focuses on production planning and inventory control, maintenance planning and optimization, supply chain management and logistics, and renewable energy optimization. He combines mathematical modeling, discrete-event simulation, and simulation-based optimization to support operational decisions under uncertainty. His work addresses imperfect production systems, maintenance of dependent multi-component systems, spare parts provisioning, service logistics, and sustainable supply chains.
Before joining Effat University, Dr. Alsawafy served as an Assistant Professor at KFUPM and a Research Scholar in research centers specializing in smart mobility and logistics, and intelligent manufacturing and robotics. He has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on funded research projects and published in peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings.
