Margherita Pero

Core Faculty | Full Professor

Short Profile outline

Delegate for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

Margherita Pero is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano – Italy. She teaches Business processes reengineering, Industrial Management and Supply chain management at both undergraduate and post-graduate level at Politecnico di Milano. She is director of FlexEMBA program at Polimi Graduate School of Management. She is member of the Italian Association of Professors of Industrial Plants Design & Management (Associazione Italiana Docenti di Impianti Industriale - AIDI). She is the author of more than 100 papers at national and international level.

Education

PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Academic course held at SOM

Laboratorio di Analisi e Modellizzazione dei Processi + Prova Finale

Laboratorio di Analisi e Modellizzazione dei Processi + Prova Finale

Laboratorio di Analisi e Modellizzazione Dei Processi + Prova Finale

Laboratorio di Analisi e Modellizzazione dei Processi + Prova Finale

Analisi e progettazione dei processi aziendali

Management Tools and Analytics for the Food Industry

Management Tools and Analytics for the Food Industry

Analytics For Food Industry

Theories and Methods for Global Value Chain research

Research Challenges in Global Value Chain

Research challenges in global value chain

Teaching Areas: SUPPLY CHAIN & PURCHASING MANAGEMENT (SCPM)

MBA/EMBA

Specializing Masters

Executive Education

EMBA

Specializing masters

Research

Her main research interests are related to production planning, supply chain design and management, and supply chain management-new product development coordination.

Relevant Publications

Rossi T.| Pozzi R.| Pirovano G.| Cigolini R.| Pero M. (2021), "A new logistics model for increasing economic sustainability of perishable food supply chains through intermodal transportation", International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 24, 346-363

Xu J.| Pero M.E.P.| Ciccullo F.| Sianesi A. (2021), "On relating big data analytics to supply chain planning: towards a research agenda", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 51, 656-682

Pero M.| Rossi M.| Xu J.| Cigolini R. (2021), "Designing supplier networks in global product development", International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 13, 115-139

Patrucco A.| Ciccullo F.| Pero M. (2020), "Industry 4.0 and supply chain process re-engineering: A coproduction study of materials management in construction", Industry 4.0 and supply chain process re-engineering: A coproduction study of materials management in construction, 26, 1093-1119

Cannas V.G.| Gosling J.| Pero M.| Rossi T. (2020), "Determinants for order-fulfilment strategies in engineer-to-order companies: Insights from the machinery industry", International Journal of Production Economics, 228

Cannas V.G.| Ciccullo F.| Pero M.| Cigolini R. (2020), "Sustainable innovation in the dairy supply chain: enabling factors for intermodal transportation", International Journal of Production Research

Ciccullo F.| Pero M.| Gosling J.| Caridi M.| Purvis L. (2020), "When sustainability becomes an order winner: Linking supply uncertainty and sustainable supply chain strategies", Sustainability (Switzerland), 12

Pero M.| Arrigo E.| Fionda-Douglas A. (2020), "Sustainability in fashion brands", Sustainability (Switzerland), 12

Cannas V.G.| Gosling J.| Pero M.| Rossi T., "Engineering and production decoupling configurations: An empirical study in the machinery industry", International Journal of Production Economics, 2016, 173-189

Lamberti L.| Pero M., "Special issue editorial: Managing the supply chain management–marketing interface", Business Process Management Journal, 25, 246-249

Ciccullo F.| Xu J.| Karaosman H.| Pero M.| Brun A., "Moving towards circular economy in the fashion industry: A systematic review of new product development and supply chain management practices", Proceedings of the Summer School Francesco Turco, 1, 268-276

Masi A.| Pero M.| Cannas V.G.| Ciccullo F., "Forecasting cycle time in semiconductor manufacturing systems: A literature review", Proceedings of the Summer School Francesco Turco, 1, 329-335

Cannas V.G.| Pero M.| Pirovano G.| Pozzi R.| Rossi T., "Improving real-life plant performance through layout re-design", Proceedings of the Summer School Francesco Turco, 1, 486-492

Ciccullo F.| Pero M.| Caridi M.| Gosling J.| Purvis L., "Integrating the environmental and social sustainability pillars into the lean and agile supply chain management paradigms: A literature review and future research directions", Journal of Cleaner Production, 172, 2336-2350

Cannas V.G.| Pero M.| Pozzi R.| Rossi T., "Complexity reduction and kaizen events to balance manual assembly lines: an application in the field", International Journal of Production Research, 56, 3914-3931

Pero M.| Rossi M.| Terzi S., "Evolution of Global Product Development Networks: An Exploratory Study", IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65, 34-45

Abdelkafi N.| Pero M., "Supply chain innovation-driven business models: Exploratory analysis and implications for management", Business Process Management Journal, 24, 589-608

Cannas V.G.| Pero M.| Pozzi R.| Rossi T., "An empirical application of lean management techniques to support ETO design and production planning", IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51, 134-139

Rossi Tommaso;Pozzi Rossella;Pero Margherita;Cigolini Roberto, "Improving production planning through finite-capacity MRP", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, 55, 377-391

Pero Margherita;Moretto Antonella;Bottani Eleonora;Bigliardi Barbara, "Environmental Collaboration for Sustainability in the Construction Industry: An Exploratory Study in Italy", SUSTAINABILITY, 9, 125-149

Ciccullo Federica;Pero Margherita;Caridi Maria, "Exploring the hidden potential of product design to mitigate supply chain risk", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT, 11, 66-93

Caridi Maria;Pero Margherita;Sianesi Andrea, "Design chain visibility: How much information should you share with your partners during new product development projects?", BENCHMARKING, 24, 1337-1363

Gosling Jonathan;Pero Margherita;Schoenwitz M.;Towill Denis;Cigolini Roberto, "Defining and Categorizing Modules in Building Projects: An International Perspective", JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 142, 1-11

Cigolini Roberto;Pero Margherita;Sianesi Andrea, "Reinforcing supply chain security through organizational and cultural tools within the intermodal rail and road industry", THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, 27, 816-836

Cigolini Roberto;Pero Margherita;Rossi Tommaso;Sianesi Andrea, "Using simulation to manage project supply chain in the off-shore oil and gas industry", PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, 26, 167-177

Caniato Federico F. A.;Crippa Luca;Pero Margherita;Sianesi Andrea;Spina Gianluca, "Internationalisation and outsourcing of operations and product development in the fashion industry", PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, 26, 706-722

Pero Margherita;Stößlein Martin;Cigolini Roberto, "Linking product modularity to supply chain integration in the construction and shipbuilding industries", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, 170, 602-615

Cigolini Roberto;Pero Margherita;Rossi Tommaso;Sianesi Andrea, "Linking supply chain configuration to supply chain performance: A discrete event simulation model", SIMULATION MODELING PRACTICE AND THEORY, 40, 1-11

Cigolini Roberto;Pero Margherita;Sianesi Andrea, "When ETO companies design the supply chain during new product development process", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 6, 30-41

Pero Margherita;Sudy I., "Increasing Security And Efficiency In Supply Chains: A Five-Step Approach", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT LOGISTICS, 6, 257-278

Cigolini Roberto;Pero Margherita;Rossi Tommaso, "Sizing off-shore transshipment systems: a case study in maritime dry-bulk transportation", PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, 24, 15-27

Cigolini Roberto;Pero Margherita;Rossi Tommaso;Sianesi Andrea, "Using simulation to optimize transhipment systems: Applications in field", MARITIME ECONOMICS & LOGISTICS, 15, 332-348

Grants, Awards and Honours

  • Certificate of Merit for the paper "Aligning new product development and supply chains: development of a theoretical framework and analysis of case studies", 2009

Service to the community

  • Programme Director of FlexEMBA
  • Reviewer for: Business Process Management Journal; International Journal of Production Economics; International Journal of Engineering Business Management; International Journal of Production Research; Annual Reviews in Control; Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

Accreditations, Rankings & Memberships

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