This week I will be attending the #VREFConference. It started with a #bang! Ann-Sofie Karlsson and Hannes Lindkvis told about their experience within #TheGothenburgFreightNetwork. While Jorge Gil inspires us with an inspiring talk about the "land-use fright paradox".

I attend the first #VREFconference afternoon session #Digitalization & #Automation: a real application of #autonomousgroundvehicles, an experiment about #automateddriving, an application of #Markovchains to UFT and a #survey on home deliveries in NY! Very interesting insights!

I attended #VREFConference session about #LastMileinitiatives.It really reminds me of my #PhDresearch!It dealt with the #integration between #parcellockers and a #cargobikesharing, #collaborativerouting based on #dynamicprices and drivers parking behaviours. Ready for tomorrow!

#VREFConference Day 2. I attended #UrbanLogistics session. We talked about #integratedinternallogistics facilities, #onlinegrocery efficiency, e-commerce in Poland and Brazil after #covid19, #sharingeconomylogistics and #integrated #intermodal transportation in Bangladesh!

Busy afternoon at #VREFConference with the #ondemand economy and #urbanfreight session with 5 different presentations on: #egrocery #shoppingchoices, #neighbourhoods in #deliveries studies,#ecommerce available data, Amazon's #distribution #networks and #homedeliveryalternatives.

Finally, I followed the #VREFConference #SustainableUrbanFreight session covered: #cargobikes infrastructures, #integrated land-use planning, #urbancongestion due to last-mile delivery, the #reliability of time-sensitive #dronesdelivery and the ideal #microhubs features!

Today is Thursday, and that means a new article on #YoungSCholars! In today's article, we present the second part of our research on the 4.0 #technologies #impacts on #structure, #jobprofiles and the #skills required by companies. Stay tuned! young-scholars.com/2021/03/25/4-0…

#VREFConference day 3. This morning I attended #lastmileinitiatives session about #lightgoodsvehicles in #urbanfoodsupply, #agentbased methodologies simulating UFT scenarios, the planning of #smartloadingzones and #costmodels to compare different last-mile distribution services.

Commozione e speranza! #PatrickZaki

Supply chains seem still far from full recovery... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Special Issue “Human-technology integration in smart manufacturing and logistics” of Computers & Industrial Engineering has been fully published on the journal’s website (sciencedirect.com/journal/comput… ). Many thanks to the other co-editors and to all the authors!

Lady Gaga VS Industry 4.0 popularity in the plenary talk on Industrial Innovation Post Digitalisation by Prof. Alois Ferscha at the International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing #ISM2022

A pleasure providing one of the opening #keynotes of the Intl. Conference on #Industry40 & #SmartManufacturing (#ISM2022) on "The Resilient #Operator50: Human Operators' Resilience & Human-Machine Systems' Resilience in #Industry50". Thank you for the invitation Prof. A. Padovano

New #APMS23 paper: "A Reflective Framework for Understanding #Workforce Evolutionary Pathways in #Industry50" by Alexandra Lagorio, Chiara Cimini & David Romero - Which competencies & skills will be needed in the Industry 5.0 workforce? #Operator50 researchgate.net/publication/37…