Research Activities

· Modeling & Simulation for production systems and supply chain design and management.

· Design of Experiment (DOE), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Genetic Algorithms.

· Supply chain security. Modeling & Simulation for studying and analyzing security procedures in container terminals.

· Effective workstations design by means of work methods, times measurement, ergonomics analysis and 3D Modeling and Simulation.

· Supply chain inventory systems.

Domains of applicability

Industry

· Manufacturing Systems

· Decision making tools

· Production Planning and Shop Orders Scheduling

· Inventory systems management

· Plant lay-out design, analysis and optimization

· Work methods and time measurement analysis

· Workstations and workplaces effective design

· Material handling systems

· Processes and activities mapping

· Business plan

Transportation and Logistics

· Supply chain management

· Supply chain security

· Decision making tool

· Business Process Re-engineering in Logistics

· Transportation planning optimization

· Customer satisfaction and service level analysis along the supply chain

· Inventory control policies