| Ana Paula Póvoa |
Design and Planning
Sustainable Supply
Chains |
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Ana
Paula Barbosa-Póvoa
is a Full Professor in Operations and
Logistics, at the Engineering and Management Department of Instituto
Superior Técnico (IST), University
of Lisbon. She
holds a PhD from the Imperial College of Science Technology and
Medicine, and
her research focus is on developing a comprehensive understanding of
complex problems
in supply chains and operations management, supported by novel and
sound
engineering systems models and techniques. Sustainability, resilience,
uncertainty, and risk in the design and planning of supply chains are
among her
main research addressed domains. Ana has created and coordinates the
research
group in Operations Management and Logistics (OpLog) at the Centre for
Management Studies of IST. Her research has led to several national and
international awards. She is an editor of the Computers and Chemical
Engineering Journal and a member of several editorial boards namely the
European Journal of Operational Research, the International Journal of
Production Economics, TOP, and Operations Research Perspectives. She is
a founder
member of the Euro Working Group in Sustainable Supply Chains of the
European
Association of Operational Research. She is also a founding member of
the EURO forum
Women in Society doing Operational Research
- WISDOM Forum. |
| Workshop Details | |
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The
growing understanding and recognition of the importance of
sustainability is driving
supply chains towards sustainability aiming at building sustainable
supply
chains. However, supply chain are complex systems and the enclosure of
environmental and social goals simultaneously with the traditional
supply chain
goal – profit - is
a challenge. |
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