Development of core competences on Future Sustainable Digital Factories and Services, developing knowledge in the following scientific domains:
Lean, Green and Sustainability
Supply chain Management
Digital Platforms & Blockchain
Digital Twins & IoT
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Quality Engineering
Service Design
Axiomatic Design Theory
User-Centred Design
Design Thinking
Portfolio, Program Management
Organizational Risk Management
Human-Systems Interfaces
Some current Research Challenges SDF&S researchers are addressing:
How to use digital platforms and artificial intelligence in the Circular Economy?
How can artificial intelligence improve Quality of Service in Digital Platforms?
How to design human-centered configurable technological systems, based on Big Data, and optimized by the profile of the human agents and operators?
How to develop lean,green & low-risk manufacturing and service processes, grounded on digital, robots, artificial intelligence and emergent technologies?
What are the human and societal impacts of digital and emerging technologies ?
What are the physical and unknown risks emerging from new composite materials, new chemicals, work-alone trends, ageing workers?
