Tumino Angela
Associate Professor
Angela Tumino, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and lecturer in the courses of "Gestione dei sistemi logistici e produttivi" (Logistics and Production Systems Management) and "Production Systems".
She is co-founder of Geckomile, spinoff of Politecnico di Milano
She is co-founder of the B2c Logistics Center
She is the Director of the Internet of Things Observatory and scientific officer of the Smart City Observatory
She is a member of the Italian Association of Professors of Industrial Plants Design & Management (Associazione Italiana Docenti di Impianti Industriale - AIDI).
Career
PHD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2010
Master of Science in Management Engineering (110/110 cum Laude), Politecnico di Milano, 2005
Research
Angela’s main research interests are related to ICT-driven innovation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
More specifically, she investigates the new challenges opened by B2c eCommerce, with specific attention being paid to last mile delivery, omnichannel and sustainability, with a triple bottom line approach.
Moreover, she investigates the opportunities related to IoT (Internet of Things) technologies in different fields, especially industrial-loT, smart homes, smart cities and mobility.
Finally, Visibility along complex supply chains and Supply Chain Finance were largely investigated in the previous years.
Selected Publications
Baldisseri, A., Siragusa, C., Seghezzi, A., Mangiaracina, R., & Tumino, A. (2022), "Truck-based drone delivery system: An economic and environmental assessment", Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 107, 1-22.
Seghezzi A.| Mangiaracina R.| Tumino A.| Perego A. (2021), "‘Pony express’ crowdsourcing logistics for last-mile delivery in B2C e-commerce: an economic analysis", International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 24, 456-472
Siragusa, C., Tumino, A., Mangiaracina, R., Perego, A., (2022), "Electric vehicles performing last-mile delivery in B2C e-commerce: an economic and environmental assessment", International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 16, 22-33.
Siragusa, C., Tumino, A. (2022), "E-grocery: comparing the environmental impacts of the online and offline purchasing processes", International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, 25, 1164-1190.
Mangiaracina, R., Perego, A., Seghezzi, A., Tumino, A. (2019), "Innovative solutions to increase last-mile delivery efficiency in B2C e-commerce: a literature review", International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 49, 901-920.
Grants, awards and Honours
“Best Paper Award” at the XXX Summer School Francesco Turco, held in Lecce, September 10–12, 2025, for the paper: Montuori, G., Seghezzi, A., Tumino, A., “Performance of last-mile delivery: a comparison between different e-grocery players.”
“Certificate of Merit” at the XXVII Summer School Francesco Turco, held in Sanremo, September 7–9, 2022, for the paper: Seghezzi, A., Siragusa, C., Mangiaracina, R., Tumino, A., “Combining crowdsourcing and mapping customer behaviour in last-mile deliveries.”
“Best Paper Award” at the XXIII Summer School Francesco Turco, held in Palermo, September 12–14, 2018, for the paper: Loro, C., Mangiaracina, R., Perego, A., Tumino, A., “The Italian Fashion Supply Chain: a model to identify the suitable technology between Fashion Houses and Third Parties Laboratories.”
“Best Presentation Award” at the XXIV Summer School Francesco Turco, held in Brescia, September 11–13, 2019, for the presentation of the paper: Loro, C., Mangiaracina, R., Perego, A., Tumino, A., “A quantitative assessment of the collaborative production planning benefits in the automotive supply chain.”
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