Marco Franchino

MSc

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Lead Engineer for Manufacturing Intelligence

Phot of Marco Franchino, Integrated Manufacturing Group (IMG)
Marco Franchino, Lead Engineer for Manufacturing Intelligence
Profile picture of Phot of Marco Franchino, Integrated Manufacturing Group (IMG)
m.franchino@sheffield.ac.uk

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Marco Franchino
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Factory 2050
Sheffield Business Park
Sheffield
S9 1ZA
Profile

Marco Franchino received a MSc Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Torino (Italy) in 2011.  He is the Lead Engineer for Manufacturing Intelligence at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), part of the University of Sheffield: Marco has wide R&D and industrial experience in Discrete Event Simulation, factory flow modelling, cost modelling, and cost prediction strategies focused on products, resources, and investments estimation. He is also an expert in trade studies to isolate the best/most balanced solution and decision-making techniques.

Research interests
  • Cost Modelling
  • Discrete Event Simulation
  • Optimisation in Manufacturing
  • Optimisation in Supply Chain
  • Structural Complexity
  • Manufacturing and Supply Chain Resilience
  • Investment evaluation
  • Decision-Making
  • Life-Cycle Costs
  • Sustainability & Profitability 
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Research group

Manufacturing Intelligence - Digital (Integrated Manufacturing Group)

Grants

NEXUS (Innovate UK: Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: Collaborative R&D) Tech Lead - £150,000
AI5130 - MASTER - Tech Lead
AI-22-253 - Project Butterfly - Tech Lead
AI5287 - Zero Carbon Humber - Tech Lead