Labs & Centers

The Industry4.0Lab is made by a fully automated assembly and manufacturing line. The high flexibility of the system and the modularity of the configuration allows to test and replicate virtually any variety of manufacturing and assembly system for discrete manufacturing. Moreover, the configuration of the system can be reshaped very quickly and with ad hoc modelling and simulation tools.

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The IoT Lab is dedicated to applied and basic research on topics related to the Internet of Things (IoT). It focuses on the research and design of “open” and “flexible” hardware and software platforms for the implementation of IoT complex systems in support of different vertical application scenarios. The most important of these is Energy Management in Smart Homes/Buildings, with strong connections to the Smart Grid and Smart City themes.

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The objective of the Urbanscope Lab is to help renewing the link between know-how and action in the decision-making processes, public and private, which concern and produce the cities and the urban, as complex spatial, social, economic and institutional processes.

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The Dunning Centre Europe for International Business addresses two key aspects relating to contemporary business. First, it focuses on the international business strategies implemented by different types of firms (including small and medium-size enterprises) within a wide range of industries and competitive contexts. Second, it evaluates the impact of international business on socio-economic and managerial issues, including firm performance, sustainable development, CSR, and the management of human resources within Multinational Firms.

A considerable amount of research relates to technology strategy, including its manifestation in firms’ approach to R&D and innovation, and to interaction with policy makers, think-tanks and international agencies.

IDeaLs is a research platform pioneering new ways to engage people to make innovation happen.
In our search for meaningful innovation, we will develop new insights and tools that leverage the power of design and digital technologies.
IDeaLs brings science into action. It joins leading organizations, thought leaders and researchers to create tools that spark change and deliver impact.

Born in 2017, the Food Sustainability Lab is an initiative of the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, which takes origin from a solid research activity of several years on the topics of food recovery and redistribution and sustainability-oriented innovation.

The Lab is led by a group of professors from the Department of Management Engineering (DIG) and the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta (CMIC), who bring together and systematise their competences and experiences in supply chain management, logistics and operations, industrial economics, innovation and organizational models, materials and packaging, in order to advance knowledge and demonstrate the feasibility of innovative models of circularity and sustainability in the agri-food system.

The Lab promotes various applied research projects, involving companies and trade associations, the Third Sector and public institutions. Those initiatives include the Food Sustainability Observatory, which proposes a program of research and dissemination activities, updated annually, on innovation topics for sustainability together with a Community of companies and other key players of the agri-food sector, and the Neighborhood Hub Project Against Food waste, aimed at developing a system of redistribution of surplus food for people in need in urban areas, in collaboration with public and private, profit and no-profit organizations.

The main research areas of the Lab concern:

• innovative solutions and business models developed by agri-food startups and supply chain and cross-sectoral collaborations for food circularity and sustainability;
• best practices for the prevention and management of surplus food to reduce food waste along the supply chain;
• new materials and more sustainable food packaging;
• models of "short" supply chain, which shorten the distances upstream and downstream, leveraging on geographical, relational and information proximity.

The Research Group:

Scientific Directors: DIG - Alessandro Perego, Raffaella Cagliano, Paola Garrone, Federico Caniato, Marco Melacini; CMIC - Barbara Del Curto
Research Director: Giulia Bartezzaghi - DIG
Research Team (Professors and Researchers): DIG - Federica Ciccullo, Veronica Leon, Claudia Colicchia, Mattia Iannantuoni, Annalaura Silvestro, Ernst Johannes Prosmann, Andrea Rizzuni; CMIC - Romina Santi

For any further information please contact: giulia.bartezzaghi@osservatori.net

Leadin’ Lab is the laboratory for Leadership, Design and Innovation at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. It helps leaders to create meaningful innovations and transform organizations.

When you enter Leadin’ Lab you join a circle of researchers and pioneering managers who address the novel challenges of value creation in a world overcrowded by information and ideas. We combine action with research: we scan the context, conduct our own experiments, and develop new tools.
So that your decisions are informed by science. Ultimately, our purpose is to enable you to master the landscape and the frontier of leadership, design and innovation, and become a thought leader who inspire others.

The Lean Excellence Centre is a research group engaged in both studying and spreading the Lean approach in companies and organizations in general.
It targets all those willing to deepen their knowledge in the most significant managerial innovation of the last years, with the final aim of overcoming its deceptive simplicity by supporting companies in implementing the innovative and differentiating aspects of Lean.

The ReMAPS research group carries on studies and applied researches aimed at supporting institutions and organizations that operate in the strategic fields of Arts and Public Services to rethink and innovate how policies and management are designed and implemented.
All ReMAPS researchers share the common belief for a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to such kind of innovation to conciliate and integrate different goals, perspectives, methodologies and experiences.
Collaborating with the ReMAPS group guarantees state-of-art results due to the diversified portfolio of its researchers’ competencies and their established network with leading institutions and organizations in both Italy and Europe.

The R2MaCS research group develops basic and action research projects to foster the adoption of risk and resilience models and metrics in making informed decisions on complex socio-technical systems and related phenomena. We are mainly active in the fields of Critical Infrastructure Resilience, Operations and Supply Chain Risk Management, Healthcare Risk Management, covering the full spectrum of stakeholders’ needs. The interplay between technical, organizational and social aspects is particularly investigated, making use of different modelling techniques and proprietary methods.

TIRESIA is the International Research Center promoted by the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano pursuing scientific excellence in the field of Social and Impact Innovation

Tiresia empowers people and institutions to most disruptive changes and challenges in social innovation ecosystems. Through research, education, advisory and experiential learning, we enhence the capacity of individuals and organizations to embrace global and innovative solutions to complex societal problems.

Tiresia consider social business and inclusive economy the powering engine working across sectors, institutions, and disciplines to build new social infrastructure and to foster economic growth.