I'm an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the School of Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). 

I´m in charge of a new Doctorate program, the Doctorate in Engineering and Science with the Industry, where PhD students work along the Industry to solve their most complex problems along with a faculty member and obtain a Phd degree.

Also I´m the Director of the GEPUC center for productivity improvement, where we carry out applied research and contribute to increasing productivity and competitiveness in organizations, connecting industry with academic activity.

I received my Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and my undergraduate degree is in Agronomy with an specialization in Agricultural Economics from the School of Agronomy and Forestry Science at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). 

My research interests focus on the application of OR techniques to natural resource-based systems and healthcare with a focus on supply chain coordination, production planning, lean production, industry 4.0, scheduling, decision support systems and reliability.

Journal Articles (WoS)

• Vargas, N., Klapp, M., & Mac Cawley, A. (2025). A mean-variance optimisation model for produce export distribution with postponed shipment and market allocation options. International Journal of Production Research, 1–26. link 

• Palma, O., Plà-Aragonès, L. M., Mac Cawley, A., & Albornoz, V. M. (2025). Economic Impact of Abortions in Dairy Cow Herds. Veterinary Sciences, 12(7), 645. link

• Palma, O., Plà-Aragonés, L. M., Mac Cawley, A., & Albornoz, V. M. (2025). AI and Data Analytics in the Dairy Farms: A Scoping Review. Animals, 15(9), 1291. link

• Palma, O., Plà-Aragonés, L. M., Mac Cawley, A., & Albornoz, V. M. (2025). Mathematical Methods Applied to the Problem of Dairy Cow Replacements: A Scoping Review. Animals, 15(7), 970. link

• Salazar-Santander, C., Mac Cawley, A. F., & Martinez-Troncoso, C. (2025). An optimal effectiveness-driven target segment selection modeling approach for marketing campaign management. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 110945. link

• Jose, A., Mac Cawley, A. F., Gaete, L. E., Tortorella, G. L., Vassolo, R., Kumar, M., ... & Kumar, M. (2025). Determinants of ICT adoption and performance in healthcare: The role of individual attributes and organizational contextual factors. IEEE Access. link

• Lagos, C. I., Herrera, R. F., Mac Cawley, A. F., & Alarcón, L. F. (2024). Predicting construction schedule performance with last planner system and machine learning. Automation in Construction, 167, 105716. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Powell, D., Hines, P., Mac Cawley Vergara, A., Tlapa-Mendoza, D., & Vassolo, R. (2024). How does artificial intelligence impact employees’ engagement in lean organisations?. International Journal of Production Research, 1-17. Link

• Tortorella, G., Prashar, A., Antony, J., Vassolo, R., Mac Cawley, A., Peimbert Garcia, R. and Nascimento, D.L.d.M. (2023), "Soft lean practices and organizational resilience in the service sector", Management Decision. Link

• Alarcón, F. E., Mac Cawley, A., & Sauma, E. (2023). Electric mobility toward sustainable cities and road-freight logistics: A systematic review and future research directions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 138959. link

• Tortorella, G., Prashar, A., Antony, J., Mac Cawley, A.F., Vassolo, R. and Sony, M. (2023), "Role of leadership in the digitalisation of manufacturing organisations", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 315-336. link

• Jose A, Tortorella GL, Vassolo R, Kumar M, Mac Cawley AF. Professional Competence and Its Effect on the Implementation of Healthcare 4.0 Technologies: Scoping Review and Future Research Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(1):478. link

• Canek Jackson, Rodrigo Pascual, Alejandro Mac Cawley, Sergio Godoy. (2023). Product–service system negotiation in aircraft lease contracts with option of disagreement, Journal of Air Transport Management, Volume 107. link 

• Tortorella, G.L., Fogliatto, F.S., Anzanello, M.J., Mac Cawley, A., Vassolo, R., Garza-Reyes, J.A. Modeling the impact of industry 4.0 base technologies on the development of organizational learning capabilities. Oper Manag Res (2022). link

• Guilherme Tortorella, Anupama Prashar, Roberto Vassolo, Alejandro Mac Cawley Vergara, Moacir Godinho Filho & Daniel Samson (2022) Boosting the impact of knowledge management on innovation performance through industry 4.0 adoption, Knowledge Management Research & Practice. link

• Tlapa, D.; Tortorella, G.; Fogliatto, F.; Kumar, M.; Mac Cawley, A.; Vassolo, R.; Enberg, L.; Baez-Lopez, Y. Effects of Lean Interventions Supported by Digital Technologies on Healthcare Services: A Systematic Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9018. link

• Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Tarcísio Abreu Saurin, Flavio Sanson Fogliatto, Diego Tlapa Mendoza, José Moyano-Fuentes, Paolo Gaiardelli, Zahra Seyedghorban, Roberto Vassolo, Alejandro F. Mac Cawley Vergara, Vijaya Sunder M, V. Raja Sreedharan, Santiago A. Sena, Friedrich Franz Forstner & Enrique Macias de Anda (2022) Digitalization of maintenance: exploratory study on the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies and total productive maintenance practices, Production Planning & Control. Link

• Mac Cawley, A., Maturana, S., Pascual, R., & Tortorella, G. L. (2022). Scheduling wine bottling operations with multiple lines and sequence-dependent set-up times: Robust formulation and a decomposition solution approach. European Journal of Operational Research. In Press. Link

• Tortorella, G., Saurin, T.A., Fogliatto, F.S., Tlapa, D., Moyano-Fuentes, J., Gaiardelli, P., Seyedghorban, Z., Vassolo, R., Mac Cawley, A.F., Sunder M, V., Sreedharan, V.R., Sena, S.A. and Forstner, F.F. (2022), "The impact of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between TPM and maintenance performance", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. link

• Vassolo R, Mac Cawley A, Tortorella G, Fogliatto F, Tlapa D, Narayanamurthy G. Hospital Investment Decisions in Healthcare 4.0 Technologies: Scoping Review and Framework for Exploring Challenges, Trends, and Research Directions. J Med Internet Res 2021;23(8):e27571. link

• Alemsan, N, Tortorella, GL, Mac Cawley Vergara, AF, Rodriguez, CMT, Staudacher, AP. Implementing a material planning and control method for special nutrition in a Brazilian public hospital. Int J Health Plann Mgmt. 2021; 1- 12. link

• Villalobos, A. & Mac Cawley, A. (2021) Prediction of slaughterhouse workers’ RULA scores and knife-edge using low-cost inertial measurement sensor units and machine learning algorithms, Applied Ergonomics, 98, Aug. link

• Feller J, Mac Cawley AF, Ramos-Grez JA, La Fé-Perdomo I (2021) Determining optimal laser-beam cutting equipment investment through a robust optimization modeling approach. PLOS ONE 16(7): e0254893. link

• Avanzini, E.L., Mac Cawley, A.F., Vera, J.R. and Maturana, S. (2021), Comparing an expected value with a multistage stochastic optimization approach for the case of wine grape harvesting operations with quality degradation. Intl. Trans. in Op. Res. link

• Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Flavio Sanson Fogliatto, Vijaya Sunder M, Alejandro Mac Cawley Vergara & Roberto Vassolo (2021) Assessment and prioritisation of Healthcare 4.0 implementation in hospitals using Quality Function Deployment, International Journal of Production Research. link. 

• Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Flavio Sanson Fogliatto, Kleber Francisco Espôsto, Alejandro Francisco Mac Cawley, Roberto Vassolo, Diego Tlapa & Gopalakrishnan Narayanamurthy (2020) Healthcare costs’ reduction through the integration of Healthcare 4.0 technologies in developing economies, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence. link

• Tortorella, G., Narayanamurthy, G., Godinho Filho, M., Staudacher, A. P., & Mac Cawley, A. F. (2020). Pandemic's effect on the relationship between lean implementation and service performance. Journal of Service Theory and Practice. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Fogliatto, F. S., Mac Cawley Vergara, A., Vassolo, R., & Sawhney, R. (2020). Healthcare 4.0: trends, challenges and research directions. Production Planning & Control, 31(15), 1245-1260. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Fogliatto, F. S., Espôsto, K. F., Mac Cawley Vergara, A., Vassolo, R., Tlapa Mendoza, D., & Narayanamurthy, G. (2020). Measuring the effect of Healthcare 4.0 implementation on hospitals’ performance. Production Planning & Control, 1-16. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Fogliatto, F. S., Espôsto, K. F., Vergara, A. M. C., Vassolo, R., Mendoza, D. T., & Narayanamurthy, G. (2020). Effects of contingencies on healthcare 4.0 technologies adoption and barriers in emerging economies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 156, 120048. link

• Mac Cawley, A., Cubillos, M., & Pascual, R. (2020). A real options approach for joint overhaul and replacement strategies with mean reverting prices. Annals of Operations Research, 286(1), 303-324. link

• Katscher, A., Mac Cawley, A., & Reyes, T. (2020). Properly estimating risk in emerging markets: a comparison of beta adjustment techniques. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 56(3), 693-729. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Vergara, A. M. C., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Sawhney, R. (2020). Organizational learning paths based upon industry 4.0 adoption: An empirical study with Brazilian manufacturers. International Journal of Production Economics, 219, 284-294. link

• Mac Cawley, A. F., Sevil, Á., Vassolo, R. S., & Sepulveda Vargas, J. I. (2019). Entry‐Timing Advantages in Renewable Natural Resources Industries. Journal of Management Studies, 56(7), 1482-1512. link

• Varas, M., Basso, F., Lüer-Villagra, A., Mac Cawley, A., & Maturana, S. (2019). Managing premium wines using an (s-1, s)  inventory policy: a heuristic solution approach. Annals of Operations Research, 280(1-2), 351-376. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Fogliatto, F. S., Mac Cawley Vergara, A., Luis Gonçalves Quelhas, O., & Sawhney, R. (2019). Influence of team members’ characteristics on the sustainability of continuous improvement initiatives. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 1-17. link

• Varas, M., Maturana, S., Cholette, S., Mac Cawley, A., & Basso, F. (2018). Assessing the benefits of labelling postponement in an export-focused winery. International Journal of Production Research, 56(12), 4132-4151. link

• Ulloa, R. S., Mac Cawley, A. F., Santelices, G. A., & Pascual, R. (2018). Technology investment effects in performance-based maintenance contracts. International Journal of Production Research, 56(7), 2628-2645. link

• Pascual, R., Santelices, G., Lüer-Villagra, A., Vera, J., & Mac Cawley, A. (2017). Optimal repairable spare-parts procurement policy under total business volume discount environment. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 159, 276-282. link

• Santelices, G., Pascual, R., Lüer-Villagra, A., Mac Cawley, A., & Galar, D. (2017). Integrating mining loading and hauling equipment selection and replacement decisions using stochastic linear programming. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 31(1), 52-65. link

• Ferrer, J. C., Mac Cawley, A., Maturana, S., Toloza, S., & Vera, J. (2008). An optimization approach for scheduling wine grape harvest operations. International Journal of Production Economics, 112(2), 985-999. link

Books

• Albornoz, V. M., Mac  Cawley, A., & Plà-Aragonés, L. M. (2024). Optimization Under Uncertainty in Sustainable Agriculture and Agrifood Industry. Springer. link

Book Chapters

• Garafulic, M., & Mac Cawley, A. F. (2024). Wine Journey: A Methodology for Analysing Wine Shipping Route Based on Temperature and Risk. In Optimization Under Uncertainty in Sustainable Agriculture and Agrifood Industry (pp. 1-27). Cham: Springer International Publishing. link

• Tortorella, G. L., Mac Cawley Vergara, A., Miorando, R., & Sawhney, R. (2020). The role of Industry 4.0 on the association between customers’ and suppliers’ involvement and performance improvement. Industry 4.0: Challenges, Trends, and Solutions in Management and Engineering, 133. link

• Melo, O. Mac Cawley A. Las TIC’s en el sector agroalimentario. Chile 2.0: El Desarrollo de Tres Sectores Claves del País y el Aporte de las TIC's para Lograrlo. Ed. Fundación Chile. 2008. ISBN 978-956-8200-16-9

Conference Papers

• Palma, O., Plà-Aragonés, L. M., Mac Cawley, A., & Albornoz, V. M. (2024, December). Smart Management of Dairy Farms Based on Simulation. In 2024 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 2499-2510). IEEE. link

• Lagos, C. I. , Herrera, R. F. , Mac Cawley, A., Maluk, P. & Alarcón, L. F. 2023. Methodology to Quantitatively Assess Collaboration in the Make-Ready Process, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) . Link

Courses

• Gestión de Operaciones (ICS3213) School of Engineering

• Taller de Investigación Operativa (ICS2122) Capstone Project. School of Engineering.

• Gestión de Operaciones (AGE304). School of Agronomy and Forestry Science.

• Gestión de Operaciones (IND3400). Master in Industrial Engineering.

• Logística y Administración de la Cadena de Abastecimiento. (IND3700). Master in Industrial Engineering.

• Optimization. School of Agronomy and Forestry Science.

• Regression Analysis. School of Agronomy and Forestry Science.

Working Papers

• Milani, A., & Mac Cawley, A. (2024). Analyzing the impact of forecast errors in the planning of wine grape harvesting operations using a multi-stage stochastic model approach. arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.19997. link

• Salazar-Santander, C., Mac Cawley, A., & Martinez-Troncoso, C. An Optimal Effectiveness-Driven Target Segment Selection Modeling Approach for Marketing Campaign Management. Available at SSRN 4429470. Link

Research Projects

• Principal Investigator. “Multi-stage stochastic optimization production planning models in agriculture: integrating operational and resource flexibility” Proyecto FONDECYT Iniciación. 2019-2021

• Co-Investigator. "Developing proactive performance assessment tools through the integration of Lean & BIM Management and Data Science". Proyecto Fondecyt REGULAR 1210769. Investigador Principal: Luis Fernando Alarcón. 2020-2023.

• Co-Investigator. "Lot-sizing in export-focused wineries: formulations and solution approaches to handle uncertainty using postponement". Proyecto Fondecyt REGULAR 1150882. Investigador Principal: Sergio Maturana. 2015-2018

PhD Students

• Elbio Avanzini (Jointly supervised with Jorge Vera). Graduated March 2022. Working at Johnson & johnson. linkedin

• Carlos Monardes (Jointly supervised with Jorge Vera) Graduated March 2023

• Abey Jose. Graduated March 2024. Looking for his first position.  linkedin

• Alexandra Ovalle

• Ricardo Askenasy

• Diego Rojas

• Julia Acosta (Jointly supervised with Luis Fernando Alarcón)

Group and Association Member