Europe Region (Region 23)
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Assistant Vice President - Professor Fabio Sgarbossa
Fabio Sgarbossa is Full Professor of Industrial Logistics at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MTP) at NTNU (Norway) from October 2018.
He was Associate Professor at University of Padova (Italy) where he also received his PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2010.
He is currently leader of the Production Management Group at MTP and he is responsible of the Logistics 4.0 Lab at NTNU.
The main activities of his research are: design and management of industrial logistics and production systems, supply chain management and logistics networks,
technological innovation and digitalization in logistics, materials handling and warehousing, material management and inventory control, maintenance and reliability,
human factors in logistics and industrial systems, health care logistics and humanitarian logistics.
He has been and he is involved in several European and National Projects. He is author and co-author of about 200 publications in relevant international journals,
about industrial logistics, material handling, materials management, and supply chain.
He is Associate Editor for International Journal of Production Research, Area Editor in Flexible Service and Manufacturing Journal (section Transportation and Logistics), and member of editorial boards in relevant International Journals.
He has been the general chair of IFAC MIM2025 conference in Trondheim and member of Organizing and Scientific Committees of several other International Conferences.
Among the others, he is currently chair of the IFAC TC5.2 Management and Control in Manufacturing and Logistics; he is serving as international member
of CICMHE (College Industry Council of Material Handling Education) in MHI where he is also chair of the project committee; he is Fellow of European Academy
of Industrial Management (AIM).
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