He teaches the course "Operations and supply chain management" at the bachelor degree and the course "Supply Chain Management" at the master of science degree.

He also teaches Supply Chain Management both in the MBA and Executive MBA at MIP. 

In the past he's been researcher and associate professor at the Politecnico di Milano and was appointed to teach at Brescia University and Bocconi University. 

He’s appointed as visiting professor at Tongji University in Shanghai and in Wuhan School of Economics & Management, Wuhan (PRC).

He's Associate Dean and member of the management board of MIP with the responsibility of the Business Area "Executive MBA". At MIP he's also in charge of the Faculty Development and Management and was the former Director of the International MBA (particularly he's been responsible of the launch and management of the 1st edition of the international program).  

He is a Member of the teachers council of the PhD programs in "Management engineering" where teaches " Supply Chain Strategy, Design and Management".

He has been Secretary of the board of professors of the bachelor and master courses in Mechanical Engineering till march 2006.

His research topics mainly are: Manufacturing strategies, Innovative models for industrial production management, information systems for Supply Chain Management, Industrial Logistics, Production Systems Design and Automation. In these areas he published 7 books and over 90 articles on international journals and conference proceedings and participated to a high number of international and national research projects.