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Riccardo Manzini

Full Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

Academic discipline: IIND-05/A Industrial Mechanical Plants

Research

Keywords: logistics logistic network optimization predictive maintenace correlated storage assignment routing and transportation planning plant layout vehicle loading cyber-physical digital twin for packaging food supply chain life cycle assessment - LCA flexible assembly system - FMS warehousing system accelerated life testing autonomouse mobile robot (AMR) order picking system OPS traceability material handling optimisation Perishable products logistics AI and machine learning digital twin

The classification of research issues corresponds to the definition of research activity for the SSD ING-IND/17, as proposed by the MURST - Decreto Settori Scientifico Disciplinari:
  1. Analysis, planning, design and optimization of industrial plants and production systems (both manufacturing and service sectors)
  2. Analysis, planning, design and optimization of technical service plants for industrial activities
  3. Analysis, planning, design and optimization of production processes and technologies
  4. Ergonomics and safety in production systems
  5. Management of production systems
  6. Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  7. Automation in production systems
A special research international project is on food supply chain - FSC. Sustainability and life cycle assessment in logistics and FSC.


A brief description of main publications and studies conducted by Riccardo Manzini in accordance with the classifications of research issues:

1. Analysis, planning, design and optimization of industrial plants and production systems (both manufacturing and service sectors)
  •  warehousing systems
  • order picking systems OPS
  • correlated storage assignment
  • plant layout
  • assembly line
  • assembly line balancing
  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • visual interactive simulation - VIS
2. Analysis, planning, design and optimization of technical service plants for industrial activities
  • reliability, maintainability, safety and quality
  • maintenance planning
  • multi-phase transportation
3. Analysis, planning, design and optimization of production processes and technologies
  • Innovative technologies for tiles production
  • Innovative technologies for pizza-cheese production
4. Ergonomics and safety in production systems
  • safety engineering in manufacturing and service sectors
5. Management of production systems
  • production planning
  • just in time JIT, lean production, Six Sigma, etc.
  • Maintenance, quality and safety planning
  • logistics outsourcing 
  • energy management
6. Logistics
  • Design, management, control and optimization of logistic networks
  • Facility location, location allocation problem, inventory distribution problem, etc.
  • Advanced planning systems - APS
  • Fulfillment polices
  • Material requirement planning
  • Assembly to Order ATO systems
  • Manufacturing to Order MTO systems
  • Spare parts management
  • Storage allocation policies
  • Vehicle routing and transportation
  • Transportation modes
  • Treaceability
  • Reverse logistics
7. Automation in production systems
  • Flexibility in manufacturing systems
  • Flexible production systems - FMS
  • Flexible assembly systems - FAS
  • Automated storage & retrieval systems - AS/RS
  • Material handling automation and planning