Michele Bonfiglioli, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Engineering from the University of Bologna and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, began his career as a researcher in the Department of Operations Management at the University of Nottingham (UK).
After gaining professional experience abroad at multinational companies, he has served as CEO of Bonfiglioli Consulting since 2009. Thanks to his vision of becoming the first Italian consulting firm with an international focus, Bonfiglioli Consulting is now a group with 13 offices across three continents, employing over 100 direct staff members and delivering more than 300 successful projects annually in Italy and around the world.
His knowledge and expertise in Operational Excellence and Lean Thinking led to the development of a proprietary methodology, Lean World Class®, and to the creation in 2012 of the Lean Factory School® under the patronage of Confindustria Emilia Area Centro.
From 2014 to 2022, he served as president of the Professional Services Sector of Confindustria Emilia Area Centro. He is a member of the board of directors for several Italian companies.
His commitment to promoting a corporate culture of excellence in Italy and abroad is the common thread guiding Michele Bonfiglioli in his collaborations with Italian and international universities and management training schools, such as the University of Berkeley, the Free University of Bolzano, and the Bologna Business School—where he is a member of the faculty and Executive Director of an Open Program—as well as the Challenge School at Ca’ Foscari, where he oversees an advanced training program. He also participates as a speaker at events and conferences.
As an expert in Lean Thinking and Operational Excellence, he oversees thematic publications and international benchmarking studies on Operational Excellence through the "What’s Next in Operations" Permanent Observatory.
Practical advice, success stories, solutions, case studies, and concrete answers can be found in the numerous publications he has authored with prestigious publishers. Among the most recent are: *Lean Digital – The Italian Path to the 5G Factory*, *Infinite Innovation*, and *Lean World Class® – A Concrete and Effective Response to Becoming More Competitive*.
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