Biography
Dr Roberto Perez-Franco is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), at Deakin University, where he leads the Urban Logistics Laboratory, a research initiative dedicated to exploring pressing issues related to the movement of freight in cities.
Roberto has served as Principal Researcher of two scenario planning projects conducted by CSCL for the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development and Cities, the first in 2017 to inform Australia’s Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities, and the second in 2018 to inform the first National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy. He was also the Lead Researcher of a 2019 consultation for the Victorian Rail Track Corporation to inform the first Vintage Rolling Stock Strategy for Victoria.
Before joining Deakin, Roberto spent almost twelve years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), first as a masters and doctoral student, and then as Research Associate at the Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). There he was a member of the core team that conducted the Future Freight Flows scenario planning project for the United States government, and served as Director of the MIT Supply Chain 2020 Initiative, the MIT Supply Chain Strategy Laboratory, the MIT GCLOG Program, as well as Director of Digital Learning at MIT CTL.
Read more on Roberto's profileProjects
Envisioning the Post-COVID Future of Urban Logistics (2020-21)
Consortium of sponsors including Woolworths, Coca-Cola Amatil and Qube Logistics
Understanding the causes of female under-representation in supply chain and logistics positions (2020)
Food Innovation Australia Limited / Wayfinder
Digitalisation of the Wayfinder Career Map (2020)
Food Innovation Australia Limited / Wayfinder consortium of sponsors
Developments in electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles and their potential in urban air mobility (UAM) in Australia (2020)
VicTrack
Consultation to Inform the Vintage Rolling Stock Strategy (2019)
VicTrack
Scenario Planning to inform the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy (2018-19)
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and Cities
Inquiry into National Freight and Supply Chain Priorities (2017)
Australian Government Department of Infrastructure Regional Development and Cities
Publications
In-transit interventions using real-time data in Australian berry supply chains
R Rendon-Benavides, R Perez-Franco, R Elphick-Darling, L Plà-Aragonés, F Gonzalez Aleu, T Verduzco-Garza, A Rodriguez-Parral
(2022), pp. 1-19, TQM Journal, Bingley, Eng., C1
J Muriel, L Zhang, J Fransoo, R Perez-Franco
(2022), Vol. 144, pp. 1-30, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, C1
Demand management to optimize the supply chain of an agribusiness company
A Pérez-Pérez, J Villamonte-Cornejo, C López-Rosas, Roberto Pérez-Franco, M Chong Chong
(2018), pp. 137-157, Best Practices in Manufacturing Processes: Experiences from Latin America, Berlin, Germany, B1
A proposed set of criteria for supply chain strategy evaluation
R Perez-Franco
(2018), pp. 9-18, Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Latin America: A Multi-Country Perspective, Bingley, Eng., B1
Eliciting and representing the supply chain strategy of a business unit
R Perez-Franco, Shardul Phadnis
(2018), Vol. 29, pp. 1401-1423, The international journal of logistics management, Bingley, England, C1
Improved planning of imported corn seeds demand of Hortus s.c (Peru) using a supply chain strategy assessment methodology
L Arribasplata, R Pérez-Franco, J González-Feliu, M Chong
(2018), pp. 367-374, ILS 2018 : Proceedings of the Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain, Lyon, France, E1-1
Rethinking supply chain strategy as a conceptual system
R Perez-Franco, S Phadnis, C Caplice, Y Sheffi
(2016), Vol. 182, pp. 384-396, International Journal of Production Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Understanding potential AAM and cargo drone markets for an Australian manufactured drone - market
Dr Hermione Parsons, Dr Roberto Perez-Franco, Prof Douglas Creighton, Dr Don Gunasekera, A/Prof Michael Johnstone, Mr Bruce Gunn, A/Prof Zoran Najdovski
Quickstep Technologies Pty Ltd
- 2021: $71,842
Other Funding Sources
Evaluating urban freight trade-offs by optimising Loading / Unloading bays configuration.
Dr Roberto Perez-Franco, Mr Juan Esteban Muriel
iMove Australia Limited
- 2022: $1,900
- 2021: $5,700
- 2020: $5,700
In-Transit Decisions Using Real-Time Data in Perishable Food Supply Chains.
Dr Roberto Perez-Franco, Mr Ruben Rendon Benavides
iMove Australia Limited
- 2022: $2,000
- 2021: $8,000
- 2020: $8,000
Evaluating urban freight distribution impacts of combined sustainable transport alternatives using a simulation - optimisation framework.
Dr Roberto Perez-Franco, Prof Douglas Creighton, Ms Karla Alvarez Uribe
iMove Australia Limited
- 2022: $6,000
- 2021: $2,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report