Syed Rehan Ashraf joined the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore as an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering in August 2013, where he teaches Industrial and Mechanical Engineering courses. His research interests are optimization, operations management, and quality management. Further interests include cost minimization of transportation, reduction in energy input, and cost of quality. He has contributed to research on optimizing the usage of the fuel mix in cement plants and the cost of quality. His ongoing research is on transportation models of perishable goods. Before joining UMT, Mr Rehan worked as an Executive in the Production and Quality Department of HinoPak Motors Limited (HPML) for six years. His work focused on operations of Assembly and Bus Body Plants, planning of Trim Lines, and Quality Control