Area: Engineering
Field of Knowledge: Production Engineering
Areas of Concentration: Management of Operating Systems Sustainability in Production Systems
Lines of Research:
Area of Concentration Management of Operating Systems
Line 1 - Business Networks and Production Planning
This line focuses on the numerous challenges posed by the changes that have been taking place in production with the insertion of new technologies, management processes, communication and control systems in production networks.
Research Project 1: Production Management and Innovation in Agriculture, Industry and Services
Description: The integrated project brings together areas of multidisciplinary knowledge. Management permeates several of these areas with aspects peculiar to each one, maintaining the original foundation in (1) logistics, which deals with the movement of people and cargo; (2) agricultural production, which incorporates information, means and techniques of production, including family farming and food insecurity; (3) quality, as an interface between knowledge and management; as well as (4) the production process of information systems and artifacts, in addition to the issues of (5) digital businesses and services operated by companies of different sizes, public and private educational institutions or individuals; (6) innovation management, which establishes means and methods for generating value and realizing entrepreneurial ideas and projects in the area of production; and (7) Industry 4. 0 and its derivations, the digital transformation of production and its impacts on society.
Members: Ana Lucia Figueiredo Facin; Irenilza de Alencar Nääs; Giancarlo Medeiros Pereira, João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis; Marcelo Tsuguio Okano (responsible); Oduvaldo Vendrametto; Rodrigo Franco Gonçalves and Anderson Ribeiro Correia.
Research Project 2: Management and Innovation of Technologies and Mechanisms for Reducing Food Insecurity
Description: Food insecurity in Brazil has reached proportions where all of society's efforts must be put into reducing it. The contribution of academic research must be associated with this challenging and multidisciplinary effort. Reducing costs in the production chain by applying artifacts to logistics, purchasing, transportation, storage, distribution and consumption. Control technologies to balance the preparation of food in quantity with demand, as well as prescriptions for variety and quality based on nutrients, the adoption of rational systems for using and disposing of leftovers and environmentally correct waste disposal. Development of technologies and techniques to support family producers in facilitating their registration, participating in public calls for PNAE, PAA and food banks, improving their incomes and diversifying their food production.
Members: Irenilza de Alencar Nääs; João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis; Marcelo Tsuguio Okano; Oduvaldo Vendrametto (responsible).
Research Project 3: Digital Transformation and Innovation Management in the Production of Goods and Services
Description: The project involves the development of research and applications related to digital transformation and its developments: Industry 4.0 or advanced manufacturing; the application of digital technologies in services and agriculture; innovation in business models; the study of emerging technologies, as well as their relationship with society, the economy and the environment.
Members: Ana Lucia Figueiredo Facin; Marcelo Tsuguio Okano; Rodrigo Franco Gonçalves (responsible).
Research Project 4: Logistics and Mobility in Smart and Sustainable Supply Chains
Description: The research project studies the problems of logistics and mobility in supply chains as part of the challenge of promoting smart and sustainable cities and conscious production and consumption. The main topics under discussion in the project involve: sustainability and changes in the energy matrix in transport, last-mile operations and e-commerce, crowdsourced, mobility as a service (MaaS), mobility cycle and logistics cycle, distribution, storage and handling, automation in transport, public policies and organization of transport systems, quality of logistics and mobility service, mobility in urban areas and intercities and logistics networks.
Members: João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis (head).
Line 2 - Quantitative Methods in Production Engineering
The line addresses a set of computational techniques and mathematical tools needed in the search for solutions to engineering problems, seeking to mathematically translate the reasoning and analysis to properly formulate their solutions.
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Research Project 5: Application of non-classical logic, mathematical modeling, decision theory and simulation in production chains
Description: The project uses non-classical logic, mathematical modeling, decision theory and simulation in production chains for various industrial-scale processes, subject to special conditions that must be controlled, especially considering international export standards.
Members: Irenilza de Alencar Nääs (responsible); Jair Minoro Abe; João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis.
Research Project 6: Quantitative, Computational and Technological Methods
Description: The project deals with the organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of numerical data, focusing on the following topics (1) Smart manufacturing technology; (2) Essential technological insights for the smart factory; (3) Automation and Robotics; and (4) Innovation and the relationship between computational methods and production engineering, including the study of Artificial Neural Networks; Genetic Algorithms; Evolutionary Computation; Fuzzy Logic, Paraconsistent Logic, Deep Learning and optimization techniques for complex systems.
Members: Irenilza de Alencar Nääs; Jair Minoro Abe (responsible); João Gilberto Mendes dos Reis; Rodrigo Franco Gonçalves.
Area of Concentration Sustainability in Production Systems
Line 3 - Advances in Cleaner Production and Circular Economy
This line of research deals with the interface between the environment and the production sector, focusing on the relationships that affect the competitiveness of different production systems at different scales. Quantitative concepts and tools are discussed, used and/or developed from the perspective of Cleaner Production and Circular Economy.
Research Project 7: Circular Economy and Sustainability for Competitiveness: Management Based on Systemic Valuation
Description: The research project aims to identify and/or propose production management tools based on systemic and objective valuation, using the most important scientific concepts and tools focused on sustainability such as ecological footprint, environmental accounting based on eEnergy, life cycle analysis, among others. The ultimate goal is the desirable and necessary transition to a circular economy, replacing the linear economy of extraction, production and disposal. Although the concepts of sustainability and circular economy have different origins and foundations, they are interrelated and are considered fundamental to the viability of management models based on systemic valuation, making production systems more competitive for an increasingly conscious and demanding market. The carbon market, smart and sustainable cities, ecology and industrial symbiosis are themes discussed in this project in the face of the social, economic and environmental demands of a modern circular economy.
Members: Biagio Fernando Giannetti; Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida; Feni Dalano Roosevelt Agostinho.
Research Project 8: Planning and Management in Search of More Sustainable Production Chains: Process, Product, Consumption and Disposal
Description: The project emphasizes the importance of integration between production chains, the environment and society, systemically evaluating the life cycle of products and processes in search of sustainability. This includes agricultural and industrial systems, which are assessed from a broad approach that includes product design, the origin of raw materials, transformation processes, the delivery of the final product to the consumer, and waste management alternatives. Planning, management and quality tools are considered, as well as others that result in quantitative indicators to aid diagnoses and decision-making in the search for more sustainable production systems.
Members: Biagio Fernando Giannetti; Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida; Feni Dalano Roosevelt Agostinho.