PHD: Management Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

Master of Science: Management Engineering , Politecnico di Milano

His research interests are in the field of Operations and Supply Chain Management, with particular attention to Demand management, Global value chains, Sustainable supply chain management, and Digitalization in operations.

Recently his attention has been devoted to the impact of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence on Decision Making processes.

He is an active member of the European Operations Management Association and co-chair of the 2025 annual conference of the Association.

Colombo, B. Boffelli, A., Madonna, A., Gaiardelli, P., Kalchschmidt, M.,"The Fabric of Circular Economy: how can supply chain collaboration foster circular economy in the textile industry?", 2025, Supply Chain Management, 30 (7), pp. 60 - 76

Madonna A. Boffelli A. Kalchschmidt M., "Panarchy theory: myth or reality? Empirical evidence of the socio-ecological nature of supply chains", 2024, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 44, 1493-1521

Colombo J. Boffelli A. Kalchschmidt M. Legenvre H., "Navigating the socio-technical impacts of purchasing digitalisation: A multiple-case study", 2023, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 29

Henkel M. Boffelli A. Olhager J. Kalchschmidt M., "A case survey of offshoring–backshoring cases: The influence of contingency factors", 2022, International Journal of Production Economics, 253

Barbieri P. Boffelli A. Elia S. Fratocchi L. Kalchschmidt M., "How does Industry 4.0 affect international exposure? The interplay between firm innovation and home-country policies in post-offshoring relocation decisions", 2022, International Business Review, 31

2022 Outstanding Paper in the 2022 Emerald Literati Award for the paper “How do Industry 4.0 technologies influence organisational change? An empirical analysis on Italian SMEs”, in the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management.

2021 Best Paper Award for papers published in 2020 on the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management for the paper “The geography of suppliers and retailers”, by Matteo Kalchschmidt, Sebastian Birolini, Mattia Cattaneo, Paolo Malighetti, and Stefano Paleari, Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 26 (2020): 100626

2019 Best Paper Award of the 10th European Decision Science Institute Conference for the paper “A meta-analysis of reshoring case studies: towards a knowledge accumulation process”