The Planning Networks (PLA.NET) center promotes research, training and dissemination of innovative content in the field of value/supply chain planning (planning networks) in the light of digital transformation and the transition to a circular and sustainable economy.

The main research areas are:

• Supply chain planning;
• Value/supply chain transformation through the adoption and improvement of data-driven decision-making processes and the use of digital tools;
• Supply chain transformation to more sustainable models;
• Studying the alignment between the new product development process and supply chain design processes and related business models.

Pla.Net’s activities have always aimed at the fusion of academic research and practical design in a continuous and fruitful collaboration with companies and institutions.

Pla.Net researchers contribute to the development of the activities of several Politecnico di Milano assets, such as the Supply Chain Planning Observatory, the Smart and Connected Mobility Observatory, the Iot Lab Laboratory and the AIRIC Competence Center.