PhD: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Master of Science: Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

The research interests of Federico Caniato are in the fields of Supply Chain and Procurement Management, in the last years he focused on Supply Chain Finance, Supply Chain Sustainability and Supply Chain Resilience. He focused in particular on the Food and Fashion industries.

He is the director of the Supply Chain Finance Observatory, the leading research initiative in Italy on the topic, in close collaboration with the international Supply Chain Finance Community. He is also one of the directors of the Food Sustainability Observatory.

1. Caniato, F., Caridi, M., Crippa, L., Moretto, A. (2012) “Environmental sustainability in fashion supply chains: An exploratory case based research”, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 135, No. 2, pp. 659-670.
2. Maestrini, V., Luzzini, D., Maccarrone, P., Caniato, F. (2017) “Supply chain performance measurement systems: A systematic review and research agenda”, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 183, pp. 299-315.
3. Cagliano, R., Caniato, F., Spina G. (2006) “The linkage between supply chain integration and manufacturing improvement programmes”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 282-299.
4. Caniato, F., Gelsomino, L., Perego, A., Ronchi, S. (2016) “Does finance solve the supply chain financing problem?”, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 534-549.
5. Brun, A., Caniato, F., Caridi, M., Castelli, C., Miragliotta, G., Ronchi, S., Sianesi, A., Spina, G. (2008), “Logistics and supply chain management in luxury fashion retail: empirical investigation of Italian firms”, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 554-570.

1. 2023 Runner-up award for The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science McGregor Award for the best paper published in 2023 for the paper titled “Guiding Digital Transformation and Collaborative Knowledge Creation in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Through Action Research” with Filomena Canterino and Marco Farinelli
2. 2023 IPSERA Best Risk & Resilience Paper Award for the paper “Supply Chain Resilience and Green Supply Chain Sustainability: an empirical analysis on purchasing strategies” with Gabriella Imbrenda, Gaia Vitrano, Elisa Medina and Guido Micheli
3. 2019 JPSM Best Associate Editor Award
4. 2019 IJOPM Best Reviewer Award
5. 2018 IPSERA IFPSM Best Paper Award for the paper “Supply Chain Resilience: an earthquake investigation in the Italian Biomedical industry from a multi-tier perspective” with Mattia Donadoni and Raffaella Cagliano
6. 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence – Highly Commended paper in Supply Chain Management: an International Journal for the paper “Does finance solve the supply chain financing problem?” with Luca Gelsomino, Stefano Ronchi and Alessandro Perego
7. 2016 IPSERA IFPSM Best Paper Award for the paper “Sustainability assessment in the food supply chain: the case of Grana Padano cheese in Italy” with Veronica Leon Bravo and Maria Caridi.
8. 2014 EurOMA Chris Voss Highly Commended Award for the paper “Supply chain risk management and operational performance: the impact of country-level disruption risks”
9. 2013 IPSERA Best Paper Award for the paper “Designing Vendor Evaluation Systems: an Empirical Analysis”
10. 2009 EurOMA Chris Voss Highly Commended Award for the paper “The impact of country culture on the adoption of new forms of work organization”.
11. 2006 AILOG (Italian Association of Logistics Professionals) prize for the Doctoral Thesis

Member of the Board of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since 2023.

Member of the Faculty of the PhD in Management Engineering, served in the board for 9 years.

Member of EurOMA, IPSERA and AiIG. Served in the board of Euroma for 6 years.

Member of the board of the Supply Chain Finance Community, served as President for 2 years.