Applied Research Areas

< Research

Design of industrial plants and production systems:

· Cost accounting;

· Business Plans and investment analysis;

· Production systems design;

· Plant lay-out analysis and design;

· Ergonomic effective design of industrial workstations (based on the integration of work measurement, ergonomics and simulation);

Analysis and design of industrial plants facilities:

· Plant facilities design and integration;

· Plant facilities parameters modeling and optimization;

· Plant facilities reliability and availability analysis;

· Plant facilities maintenance;

· Global service maintenance;

· Plant facilities safety and security.

Workplace Ergonomic design and security within Industrial Plants

· Work measurement;

· Effective Ergonomic design of industrial workstations;

· Risk assessment and security within industrial plants;

Logistics & Supply Chain Management

· Supply Chain management based on Modeling & Simulation

· Supply chain security (including supply chain node security, i.e. container terminals security);

· Demand forecasting;

· Single stage and multi-echelon inventory systems;

· Design and management of distribution networks;

· Transportation strategies optimization;

· Reverse logistics;

Analysis and design of processes and production technologies:

· Assessment, analysis and rationalization of production processes;

· Process Modeling and optimization;

· Process innovation.

Quality, Environment and Corporate Security:

· Total Quality Management;

· Quality control services Organization;

· Analysis of process capability;

· Quality improvement;

· The Six Sigma;

· Regulatory frameworks for Security;

· Risk assessment and mapping;

· Security plans;

· Internal Audits management;

· Environmental management system;

· Initial environmental review, technical and operational methods;

· Improvement of the environmental performances.

Industrial Engineering Section

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