RMIT University Melbourne – School of Business Information Technology
PhD (full scholarship) Research in Reverse Logistics/Supply Chain Management/System Dynamics (Currently at the final stage, from July 2006)
Contribution to the profession:
• Reviewer for System Dynamics Society.
• Reviewer for Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.
• Submission Coordinator (Chair) for SBIT Research Conference 2009, developing and managing the Conference Management System.
• Member of Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia.
Publication:
1. Poles, R & Cheong, F 2009, ‘A system dynamics model for inventory control in Closed Loop Supply Chain’, International Journal of Logistics Research and Application, paper under review.
2. Poles, R & Cheong, F 2009, ‘Inventory Control in Closed Loop Supply Chain using System Dynamics’, The 27th International System Dynamics Conference 2009, 27-31 July 2009 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
3. Poles, R & Cheong, F 2009, ‘A System Dynamics model for reducing uncertainty in remanufacturing systems’, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2009, 10-12 July 2009 Hyderabad (India).
4. Poles, R & Cheong, F 2008, 'Modeling remanufacturing systems with uncertainty of returns using System Dynamics', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) 2008, 2-5 December 2008 Auckland (New Zealand).
5. Poles, R, Dapiran, GP, Wilson, D & Rahman, S 2007, 'Closed Loop Supply Chain modeling', The 5th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems, 9-12 December 2007 Melbourne (Australia).
6. Poles, R 2009, Italian Chapter (SYDIC) Annual Meeting, System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
April 2004 Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic Institute of Milan)
Master in Logistics/Transports and Supply Chain Management
July 2003 Universita Federico II di Napoli (University of Naples Federico II)
Laurea (Master’s Degree) in Ingegneria Gestionale (Industrial Engineering)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
December 2006 – Current, Tutor/Lecturer/Coordinator, Melbourne University and RMIT University, Melbourne
• Tutor/Lecturer for Masters and undergraduate courses of Environmental and Civil Engineering (Supply Chain Management, Engineering System Management, Project Management, Logistics Systems Analysis, Production Operations Management, Warehouse and Distribution Management).
•January 2005 – March 2006, Project Management, OCRIM Spa, Cremona
• Management of projects abroad (industrial plants)
• Analysis of the different company functions to plan the activities and obtain optimum conditions for the costs
• Use of information systems as AS400
May 2004 – December 2004, Import Management (Supply Chain Management) for the Italian market, Pirelli Tyres Spa, Milan
• Supply of Italian warehouses from European producers (Spain, UK, Turkey, Germany)
• Use of information systems as SAP/APO/BusinessObjects
• Transport organization aimed at obtaining optimum conditions for the costs
• Dealing with the commercial office for Italy in order to increase service level for the customers
IT Skills
• Information systems – SAP/APO/BusinessObjects , AS 400
• Operation systems – Windows 2000/NT/XP
• Software – Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Front Page), Vensim PLE for System Dynamics, AutoCAD, Matlab, Simulink, Spice, Lindo