Francesco Cardaropoli is Research Assistant in the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno. He received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Salerno in 2005. His graduation thesis concerned Manufacturing Systems and Technologies, and its title was “Supply Chain Distributed Simulation: Local Management Strategies”. He joined “CIRP ICME ‘08”, “IPROMS International Researchers Symposium 2009” and “AMST ‘11”. In 2009 he got his Ph.D. in Economics and Engineering of Innovation. His research interests in Manufacturing Systems, Laser welding, Laser Sintering and properties of sintered parts.