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Prof. Ing. Roberto Panizzolo, Ph.D.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address Work Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali, Università di Padova
Via Venezia, 1 - 35100 Padova, Italy
Telephone +39 049 8276727
Mobile +39 320 4347349
E-mail roberto.panizzolo@unipd.it
Date of Birth 03 September 1961
Nationality Italian
Marital Status Married (three children)
EDUCATION
1992 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Innovation and Management Science, University of Padova, Italy
1987 Master of Science in Electronic Engineering, University of Padova, Italy
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2001 - (current) Associate Professor of:
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Business Economics and Organization
Department of Management and Engineering
University of Padova, Italy
1998 - 2001 Associate Professor of:
- Industrial Marketing
- Business Economics and Organization
Department of Electrical, Management and Mechanical Engineering
University of Udine, Italy
1994 - 1998 Assistant Professor of:
- Operations Management
- Business Economics and Organization
Department of Management and Engineering
University of Padova, Italy
1992 - 1994 Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Management and Engineering
University of Padova, Italy
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS (go here for details)
Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems
Lean Manufacturing
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
Strategic Purchasing.
The research activity has led to the publication of more than one hundred works in national and international peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings and books (go here for the full list)
TEACHING (go here for details)
2001 – (current) Operations and Supply Chain Management (University of Padova)
1994 – (current) Business Economics and Organization (University of Padova)
1998 – 2003 Industrial Marketing (University of Udine)
1998 – 2001 Business Economics and Organization (University of Udine)
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
POMS – Production and Operations Management Society (USA)
EUROMA – European Operations Management Association (Europe)
AILOG – The Italian National Association of Logistics (Italy)
AiIG - Associazione Italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale (Italy)
EDITORSHIPS / COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS / REVIEWER BOARD
2011 - (curent) Member of the Scientific Commitee of “Approvvigionare”, the official review of ADACI (The Italian National
Purchasing Association) (go to the website)
2001 – (current) Member of the founder committee and of the Editorial Board of “Quaderni di Management”, an Italian Review
about Innovation and Management (go to the website)
1998 – (current) Member of the Editorial Board of Logistica Management, The Italian Review of Logistics and Supply Chain
Management (go to the website)
1998 – (current) Reviewer for the following international journals:
• Benchmarking: an International Journal
• International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology (IJEST)
• International Journal of Production and Operations Management
• International Journal of Production Economics;
• International Journal of Production Research
• International Journal of Technology Management;
• Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
• Small Business Economics
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
2008 - (current) Director of the post-graduate specialization course (Corso di Perfezionamento) in Lean Manufacturing
organized by the University of Padova (go here for details)
2010 – 2012 Director of the post-graduate specialization course (Corso di Perfezionamento) in Purchasing Strategy and
Management organized by University of Padova (go here for details)
2009 – (current) Member of the Expert List of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) for evaluation
of government projects
2009 Member of the Organizing Committee and of the Faculty of the XVII Doctoral Summer School of Ingegneria
Gestionale (Management Engineering)
2008 Member of the Commission for the admission test to the Italian National Association of Engineers,
University of Padova
2003 - 2004 Executive Director of the Master in Supply Chain Management, a one-year course after a 5-year degree,
organized by the University of Padova
2003 – (current) Member of the Scientific Committee and of the Faculty of the Doctoral School in Management Engineering
and Real Estate Appraisal, University of Padova
2001 - 2003 Director of the post-graduate specialization course (Corso di Perfezionamento) in Logistics Systems
Management organized by University of Padova
2001 – (current) Member of the Faculty of the Doctoral School in Management Engineering and Real Estate Appraisal,
University of Padova
2000 Member of the Organizing Committee and of the Faculty of the VIII Doctoral Summer School of Ingegneria
Gestionale (Management Engineering)
1999 – 2001 Member of the Commission for the admission test to the Italian National Association of Engineers
(University of Udine)
1992 – (current) Member of the research group and/or project leader of more than 30 national and international projects
1990 - (current) Supervisor of more than 600 Graduate and Doctoral Theses (go here for details)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2012 - (current) Scientific Advisor of CONSIDI (go to the website)
2012 - (current) Member of the Scientific Commitee of Leandustria (go to the website)
2011 - (current) Member of the Scientific Commitee of Lean Laboratory of ADACI (The Italian National Purchasing
Association) (go to the website).
2009 – 2012 Scientific Director of the Alta Formazione Area of Forema, the society for training and Business
Development of Confindustria Padova, Italy (the Federation of Employers of Padova ). This area provides
vocational training courses focused on high professionalization for about 1,800 associated firms with over
60,000 employees.
2009 – (current) Full panel member of Aberdeen Group's on-going state-of-the-market research. Based in Boston (USA),
Aberdeen Group Inc. is a provider of fact-based research helping organizations and individuals make
better business decisions.
2006 - (current) Member of Tesionline Thesis Award Jury. Born in 2000, Tesionline is the largest Italian website which
publishes theses and dissertations thus creating the greater web community made of students, teachers,
scholars and young graduated looking for their first job.
2005 – 2012 Member of the Expert Committee for Project Funding of Trento Province.
2004 – 2008 Member of several Scientific Committees of Regional Projects (Veneto Region, Italy)
2004 – 2008 Member of the Expert Committee for Project Funding of SIAV (Federation of Employers of Veneto Region)
2000 – (current) Senior consultant for medium-large industrial organizations. Areas of competencies: Production Planning
and Control, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Purchasing
1995 - (current) Qualified teacher and instructor in many postgraduate courses as well as MBAs and Executive Masters at
several Learning and Teaching Centres: FUT (Formazione Unindustria Treviso), CIRFORM (Associazione
Industriali di Verona), FORMINDUSTRIA (Federazione Industriali Friuli Venezia Giulia), SIVE (Associazione
Industriali Venezia), RISORSE IN CRESCITA (Associazione Industriali di Vicenza), TREVISO TECNOLOGIE,
VENETO INNOVAZIONE, SCIENCE PARK - Area di Ricerca (Ts).
1990 – (current) Member of the Faculty of Fondazione CUOA, among the five top Business Schools in Italy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (go here for the full list)
Dieste M., Panizzolo R., Garza-Reyes & J.A. (2019), Evaluating the impact of lean practices on environmental performance: evidences from five manufacturing companies, Production Planning & Control, DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2019.1681535
Dieste M., Panizzolo R., Garza-Reyes J. A., Anosike A. (2019), The relationship between lean and environmental performance: Practices and measures, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 224, pp. 120-131.
De Toni A., Panizzolo R., Villa A. (2018), Sistemi di Gestione della Produzione, Isedi, Milano.
Biazzo S., Panizzolo R. (2017), Lean Product Development Implementation Approach: Empirical Evidence from Indian Lean Manufacturers, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, Volume 8, Issue 3, pp. 189-201.
Panizzolo R. (2016) Theory of Constraints (TOC) Production and Manufacturing Performance, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (IJIEM), Vol. 7 No 1, pp. 15-23.
Panizzolo R. (2016), “Practices and Performance in Constraints Management Production Planning and Control Systems”, in Brennan L., Vecchi A. (Editors), International Manufacturing Strategy in a Time of Great Flux, Series Title: Measuring Operations Performance, Springer, London.
Biazzo S., Panizzolo R., de Crescenzo A.M. (2016), "Lean management and product innovation: a critical review", in Chiarini A. Found P., Rich N. (Editors), Understanding the Lean Enterprise - Strategies, Methodologies, and Principles for a More Responsive Organization, Series Title: Measuring Operations Performance, Springer, London
Panizzolo R., Bernardel F., Biazzo S. (2014), “Lean Transformation in Small and Medium Enterprises: Practices, Enabling Factors, and Constraints”, in Modrák V. and Semančo P., Design and Management of Lean Production Systems, IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania (USA).
De Toni A., Panizzolo R., Villa A. (2013), Gestione della Produzione, Isedi, Milano.
Garengo P., Panizzolo R. (2013) Supplier Involvement in Integrated Product Development: evidence from a group of Italian SMEs, Production Planning & Control, Vol. 24, no. 2-3, pp. 158-171.
Panizzolo R., Garengo P., Sharma M. K., Gore A., (2012), Lean Manufacturing in Developing Countries: evidence from Indian SMEs, Production Planning & Control, Vol. 23, n. 10-11, pp. 769-788.
GORE A., PANIZZOLO R. (2012), Operations Management, Cengage Learning, New Delhi, India.
ALBINO RUSSO F., PANIZZOLO R. (2010), Teoria e pratica delle operazioni di acquisto. Strategia e tecniche operative (in Italian, Translated title: “Theory and Practice of Purchasing Operations”), Ipsoa-Wolters Kluwer Italia, Milano, ISBN: 978-88-217-3412-0.
PANIZZOLO R., STEFANO BIAZZO AND PATRIZIA GARENGO (2010), New product development assessment: towards a normative-contingent audit. Benchmarking, An International Journal, vol. Vol. 17, n. 2; p. 173-194.
CAPPELLOZZA F, BRUNI I, PANIZZOLO R. (2009). Aumentare la competitività aziendale attraverso la Lean Transformation. Casi di studio e applicazioni pratiche di Produzione Snella nel Nord-Est d’Italia (in Italian, Translated title “Enhancing the Firm’s competitivity through the Lean Transformation. Case studies of Lean Production from the North-East of Italy”), ESTE, Milano, ISBN: 978-88-90424-0
MARITAN D, PANIZZOLO R. (2009). Identifying Business Priorities through Quality Function Deployment. Insights from a Case Study. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, vol. 7; p. 33-49.
PANIZZOLO R. (2008). A methodology to measure the value of services provided to customers in manufacturing firms. Measuring Business Excellence, vol. 12; p. 3-15, ISSN: 1368-3047.
NONINO F, PANIZZOLO R. (2007). Integrated production/distribution planning in the supply chain: the Febal case study. Supply Chain Management, vol. 12, n. 2; p. 150-163, ISSN: 1359-8546