Riccardo Manzini is:
Full Professor of Logistics and Industrial &
Manufacturing Systems at the Department of Industrial Engineering,
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Bologna University (www.eng.unibo.it) founded in
1088.
SCIENTIFIC JOBS
· Director of the "Food Supply
Chain Center & LAB" at Bologna University -
http://foodsupplychain.din.unibo.it
· Director of the "Warehousing
Center" at Bologna University http://warehousing.diem.unibo.it.
· Director of the "LogiTransport
Center" at Bologna University.
· Scientific Director of the
Center of Research on Logistics and Transportation, Bologna
University and Arcese Trasporti Group.
· Member of the international team
work on Innovation within the European consortium "FoodBEST"
(http://www.foodbest.eu/) and the kic food "food4future"
("sustainable food supply chain, from farm to fork") selected for
the European Institute of Technology (EIT) 2014-2020.
· Member of the inter-department
Center of Industrial Research in Advanced Mechanics and Materials –
Unit on “Advanced materials for the photonic design and
application” https://webauth.unibo.it/sites/mam/it
, Network Tecnopoli High Tech Regione Emilia Romagna.
· Member of the Scientific
Committee of the Doctorate School in Mechatronics and Product
Innovation – Padova University.
· Partner of the "Wine Supply
Chain Council", Georgia Tech Institute (Atlanta, USA) - Professor
John Bartholdi III director, http://wscc.scl.gatech.edu/
· Founder, organizer and Chair of
the International Workshop on Food Supply Chain “The Food
Journey” (first event in Bertinoro-Orvieto June/July 2011,
second event in Chile 2013) - WFSC, http://foodsupplychain.diem.unibo.it
· Scientific Committee of the
following International Conferences:
__ Second International Workshop on Food Supply Chain (WFSC
2013), Chile 2013
_The International Conference on Industrial Logistics (ICIL) 2012,
Zadar Croatia – June 2012
_The First International Workshop on Food Supply Chain 2011,
Bertinoro
_Member of Program Committee of the Business and Industry Symposium
(BIS) nell'anno 2004, Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference
(SCS - The International Society for Modeling Simulation).
· Reviewer for many International
ISI and non ISI Journals
Scientific activities as editor (or member of the board) of
BOOKS and JOURNALs
· Special Issue Guest Editor for
the International Journal of Production Economics (ISI Journal,
Impact Factor, 5-year Impact Factor: 2.411), Elsevier: “Sustainable
Food Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Operations and Technology”
(published 2013)
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-production-economics/call-for-papers/sustainable-food-supply-chain-management/
· Editor and first author of the
Book for Springer London Ltd.:
MANZINI R. (Ed.) (2012) Warehousing in the Global Supply Chain.
Advanced Models, Tools and Applications for Storage Systems. 1st
Edition., 2011, XII, 436 p. 166 illus., 25 in color. ISBN:
978-1-4471-2273-9
http://www.springer.com/engineering/production+eng/book/978-1-4471-2273-9
· Editor of proceedings of the
first International Workshop on Food Supply Chain (WFSC) "The Food
Journey. Sustainable transport: quality of food products at the
consumer's location" (254 pagine),
http://foodsupplychain.diem.unibo.it/node/73/
· First author of the book:
Manzini R., Regattieri A., Pham H., Ferrari E. (2010) Maintenance
for Industrial Systems. London: Springer London Ltd.,
978-1-84882-574-1.
· Member of the Editorial Board of
the following Journals:
_ Polish journal of Chemical technology (ISSN: 1509-8117,
SCOPUS-ISI journal Impact Factor: 0.337 ),
http://versita.com/pjct/
_ ISRN Economics (ISSN: 2090-8938), doi:10.5402/ECONOMICS,
http://www.isrn.com/journals/economics/
_LOGISTICA, Tecniche Nuove Ed.
_LOGISTICA & MANAGEMENT, Temi Ed.;
AWARDS FOR SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
· Author of the most cited paper
for the Journal of Food Engineering (Elsevier, Impact Factor
2.616), "Award One of the Top 5 cited articles 2006-2010":
Traceability of food products: General framework and esperimental
evidence Journal of Food Engineering, 81(2), 2007 (Regattieri,
Gamberi e Manzini)
· Top Researcher “Class A”(best
scientific production in last 5 years) Panel OR RFO – “Osservatorio
della Ricerca (Università di Bologna)” since 2008, in agreement
with a Pareto ABC classification within all researchers in CUN
Class 9.
· Medal and Award from Giorgio
Napolitano, President of Italian Republic for the Food Supply Chain
initiatives and the First International Workshop on Food Supply
Chain 2011 (chairman Manzini Riccardo).
· Most visited (Top Hottest
Articles) article "Strategic design and operational management
optimization of a multi stage physical distribution system"
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation
Review, Manzini, R.; Bindi, F.
COORDINATOR AND PARTICIPANT OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL
PROJECTS
· Coordinator and partner of many
recent European, national and regional founded projects for a
global budget of about euro 900000,00.
· Recent national and
international projects on public calls:
o FP4 EC Programe FAIR-Cooperative Research
No. FAIR-98-9557 "ARTUPIC": A Ready To Use Pizza Cheese. Process
optimisation, advanced technology and development of
environmentally friendly procedure for the production of
ready-to-use pizza-cheese (EU project Italy-Spain-Germany).
o "Facility management in regime di global
service per un distretto industriale", prot. 2001095983_002
Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca.
o "Generator" - Progetto Industria 2015
(Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico nell'ambito del Bando
"Efficienza energetica" - D.M. 5 marzo 2008) – Domanda n.
EE01_00054. Azienda Capofila Prastel (Bologna).
o "Agritech LAB Laboratorio di tecnologie
avanzate dedicate alle macchine agricole innovative" - Gallignani
by Regione Emilia Romagna DGR n. 1631/2009.
o Progetto Regionale (Emilia Romagna)
"Realizzazione di un sistema di assemblaggio completamente
automatizzato ad elevata efficienza dedicato all'assemblaggio di
valigie tecniche ad alte prestazioni, con processo ad estrema
flessibilita" Programma Regionale per la Ricerca Industriale,
l'Innovazione e il Trasferimento Tecnologico ANNO 2004.
o "Affidabilità e manutenzione dei sistemi
complessi nell'industria e nel terziario (Reliability systems for
industrial and service applications)" - Progetto Finanziato da
CARISBO - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna ANNO 2009.
o Coordinatore dell'unità di Bologna (UniBO)
nel dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale per il progetto Cluster
AGRIFOOD (progetto 4 Sostenibilità della filiera agroalimentare –
SO.FI.A). "Recupero e riutilizzo di sottoprodotti e scarti delle
trasformazioni agroalimentari (prodotti freschi IV gamma, industria
vinicola, lattiero-casearia e della carne) per la produzione di
molecole ad alto valore aggiunto, nuovi alimenti ed energia",
nell'ambito dei progetti MIUR "Sviluppo e potenziamento di cluster
tecnologici nazionali" - Decreto Direttoriale 30 maggio 2012 n.
257. Progetto approvato a dic. 2012.
· A not exhaustive list of private
companies and enterprises recently involved in researches/contracts
by the coordination/pa rticipation of Riccardo Manzini.
RESEARCHES ON FOOD: Giorgio Gori s.r.l (international logistic
provider distributor of wine and oil for food all over the world),
CAMST Ristorazione Italiana (food & catering), Olitalia s.rl
(food sector), Consorzio Casalasco del Pomododoro (tomato
production), Alplast (packaging for food), Sacmi Beverage &
Packaging, Conor s.r.l(fruits & vegetables), Donelli Vini (wine
producer), Arcese Trasporti (intern. logistic provider), Magazzini
Generali delle Tagliate SpA CREDEM (food: Parmigiano Reggiano),
several producers and distributors of Italian wine and oil.
IN OTHER SECTORS (NO FOOD): Ferrari Auto (automotive), GD S.p.A,
CNH - Fiat (automotive), Lamborghini Auto (automotive), CAT –
Caterpillar (manufacturing), Saeco International Group SpA (coffee
machines) Corghi SpA (automotive & manufacturing), Panaria
Ceramica (tile industry), Poltrona Frau (furniture), Meloni Beauty
& Trade (beauty home & person), Intertaba (Philip Morris
International), IRST (Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio
e la Cura dei Tumori) Acciaierie Beltrame (steel production), Samo
(shower boxes), Sauer Danfoss (manufacturing), etc.
RESEARCH TOPICS OF INTEREST
His academic research deals with planning, design, optimization
and control of production systems (both industrial and service
systems) with particular reference to logistics systems,
storage systems, supply chain and distribution networks,
reliability modelling and maintenance system management, safety
assessment and sustainability/life cycle assessment., packaging,
food industry.
PUBLICATIONS
Authors/co-authors of more than 150 publications
for a complete list of papers see:
http://www.unibo.it/faculty/riccardo.manzini
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
· Professor of Logistics at the
Engineering Faculty, Bologna University (since 2004)
· Professor of Industrial Plants
& Facility Planning, Bologna University (since 2003)
· Professor of Safety in
Production Systems, Bologna University (2002/2003)
· Professor of Reliability,
Maintenance, Safety and Quality at University of Modena and Reggio
Emilia, Italy (since 2002).
· Professor of Management
Engineering, UniBO (from 2002 to 2006)
· Professor in University Master
Courses (e.g. Alma Graduate School UniBO, Cofimp Bologna, Efeso
Bologna) on Logistics, Safety & Reliability and Operations, for
many Italian universities and institutions.
Member of the AIDI - Italian Association Professors of Industrial
Mechanical Plants and Operations.
