Research Areas

PPGEP-UFPE develops five research areas divided in two main topics:

Production management | Information Management

Involves studies and methodological applications in organizations, covering the planning and management of Information.

Production management | Planning and Management of Competitiveness

Involves production system planning and management, the Toyota production system, quality and productivity, cost management, economic engineering, planning of projects, management and environmental policy, management of innovation, competitiveness of the production systems of goods and services, ergonomics and usability.

Operations Research | Reliability, Maintenance and Risks in Production Systems

Involves aspects of reliability, maintenance engineering, evaluation of the performance of systems; and planning and management of technological risks and of losses in production associated with fire engineering.

Operations Research | Optimization of Systems and Processes

Involves the methodological development and application of operational research, especially mathematical programming, probabilistic systems, statistical methods, decision analysis, game theory and multicriteria decision aid.

Operations Research | Information and Decision Systems

Develops studies and methodological applications in organizations, involving the planning and management of Information Systems, the conception and projects of decision support systems and multicriteria decision support models in systems for the production of goods and services. These are directed towards the competitiveness of these systems, addressing their strategy, management and quality.