The aim of this doctoral thesis was to verify if the environment could be considered in the Operations Strategy (OS) as a new competitive priority of the Operations, together with Cost, Delivery, Flexibility and Quality. ...

This study presents a pump scheduling problem for the capture, transfer and storage of water supply systems in urban networks, whose objective is to minimize the electricity cost associated to the pumping operations. To ...

The credit analysis for individuals has traditionally relied on three pillars: documentary proof of income and residence; refers to negative credit bureaus as SERASA and SCPC and the use of forecasting models based on the ...

The streets historic cities are designed to support only the traffic of animal-dragged vehicles and few pedestrians. However, the heavy flow of vehicles in these cities leads to negative impacts for city logistics and for ...

With society increasing concern regarding the environmental impacts generated by production processes and products, it has been growing the necessity for studies that analyze new technological alternatives of the manufacturing ...

The imperfect capital market is related to asymmetry of information. The investment decisions of companies are sensitive due to the availability of internal resources. In this sense, this paper aims to analyze the influence ...

Logistics has been a differentiator more and more important among automakers, since quality, price and technical characteristics have been moving towards a common ground. In order to seek for additional differentiation, ...

With the crisis that has been going the automotive industry last year, it is necessary that companies in the auto parts sector go forward several changes to remain competitive. In this context, organizational innovation, ...

Waste generation is a global challenge to be faced, especially in industrializing countries such as Brazil, where high waste generation in line with structural problems and inadequate waste management can result in ...