Background
Before joining Sussex, Maria worked as a Research Associate in the Centre for Industrial Sustainability in the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge and obtained a PhD in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.
Her work concerns innovations in operations and supply chains for more sustainable, resilient, and better performing processes, products and services. She investigates how technologies, such as internet of things (IoT), sensors and smart devices, 3D printing, big data, and cyber-physical systems (CPS) can enable higher value opportunities for the creation and delivery of industrial and consumer products and services, and how to integrate environmental and social aspects in technology opportunity evaluations.
Research interests
- Digital servitisation
- Advanced manufacturing technologies
- Sustainability in early-stage technology assessment
- Circular economy and sustainable business models
- Participatory and Action Research
Selected Research Articles
Holgado, M., Macchi, M. (2021). A value-driven method for the design of performance-based services for manufacturing equipment, Production Planning and Control, DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2021.2008129
Farrukh, C., Holgado, M. (2020) Integrating sustainable value thinking into technology forecasting: a configurable toolset for early stage technology assessment. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 158 (120171) (15 pages). DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120171
Evans, S., Vladimirova, D., Holgado, M., Van Fossen, K., Yang, M., Silva, E., & Barlow, C. (2017). Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Towards a Unified Perspective for Creation of Sustainable Business Models. Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol 26, pp. 597-608. DOI: 10.1002/bse.1939
Macchi, M., Farruku, K., Holgado, M., Negri, E., Panarese, D. (2016). Economic and environmental impact assessment through system dynamics of technology-enhanced maintenance services, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol.23, No.1, pp. 36-56. DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2016.075806
Macchi, M., Crespo Márquez, A., Holgado, M., Fumagalli, L., Barberá Martínez, L. (2014). Value-driven engineering of E-maintenance platforms. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 25(4), 568-598. DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-04-2013-0039
Project Reports
Holgado, M., Ball, P., Oyekan, J. and Tiwari, A. (2021) Digitally Enhanced advanced services for domestic AppLiances (DEAL) – DEAL project executive summary. Available at: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/101862
Selected Book chapters
Lezak, E., Ferrera, E., Rossini, R., Masluszczak, Z., Fialkowska-Filipek, M., Große Hovest, G., Schneider, A., Lourenço, E. J., Baptista, A. J., Cardeal, G., Estrela, M., Rato, R., Holgado, M., Evans, S. (2019). Towards Industry 4.0: Efficient and Sustainable Manufacturing Leveraging MTEF-MAESTRI Total Efficiency Framework. In Ferreira, L., Lopes, N., Silva, J., Putnik, G.D., Cruz-Cunha, M.M., Silva Avila, P. (eds) Handbook of Research on Emerging Developments in Industry 4.0 (pp. 199-223). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4936-9.ch009
Rana, P., Short, S.W., Evans, S., Holgado, M., Valkokari, K. (2017). Toolset for Sustainable Business Modelling. In Liyanage J., Uusitalo T. (eds) Value Networks in Manufacturing (pp. 123-153). Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer International Publishing.