Pedro Domingues awarded with Sustainability 2020 Best Paper Award

Pedro Domingues, PhD Senior Researcher at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), has been awarded with Sustainability 2020 Best Paper Award (First Place).

Pedro Domingues is co-author of the awarded paper, entitled “Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships”, which was published at the Sustainability journal in 2020.

The full reference of the paper is: Fonseca, L. M., Domingues, J. P., & Dima, A. M. (2020). Mapping the sustainable development goals relationships. Sustainability, 12(8), 3359. doi: 10.3390/su12083359

Sofia Barbosa Pereira @ Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)

Sofia Barbosa Pereira, PhD Student at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) was visiting Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) last July.

This visit was focused on the exploration of a possible joint research related to Sofia PhD project and to strengthen the cooperation between Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho (EEUM) and UniKL.

RG-QOE organized the 5th International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management

The fifth edition of the International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management (ICQEM) took place at the University of Minho on July 14 and 15.

This conference is an international forum to present and discuss the progress and recent evolutions in the fields of Quality Management, Quality Engineering and Organizational Excellence.

This edition was focused on “Quality in the digital transformation”. Nicole Radziwill (Digital Quality Leadership: The Long Game), Carlos Ribas (Quality4.0 @ Bosch), Josef Oehmen (Quality in the Age of Uncertainty: What we can learn from resilience thinking) and Mareike Möhlmann (Algorithmic Management of Work on Online Labor Platforms: When Matching Meets Control) were the keynote speakers of the conference.

Nicole Radziwill (Digital Quality Leadership: The Long Game)

Carlos Ribas (Quality4.0 @ Bosch)

Josef Oehmen (Quality in the Age of Uncertainty: What we can learn from resilience thinking)

Mareike Möhlmann (Algorithmic Management of Work on Online Labor Platforms: When Matching Meets Control)

More than 100 proposals were submitted and almost 90 were accepted for presentation, after revision by the Conference Scientific Committee.

The best paper award was "The Challenges of Remote Work to the Development of a TQM Culture" by Patrícia Moura e Sá.

The best student paper award was "Product complexity and quality in assembly processes: state of the art and challenges for industrial HRC" by Matteo Capponi (PhD student), Luca Mastrogiacomo, Dario Antonelli and Fiorenzo Franceschini.

Further, the novelty of this edition were two masterclasses performed on July 13 by Jorge J. Roman (Building a Quality & Digital Transformation Strategy) and the Obeikan Investment Group (Experience the Future of Smart Manufacturing…Obeikan Digital Product for Industry 4.0) by Abdallah Obeikan, Saber Atiyeh, and Khaled Hassan.

Jorge J. Roman (Building a Quality & Digital Transformation Strategy)

Experience the Future of Smart Manufacturing…Obeikan Digital Product for Industry 4.0 by Abdallah Obeikan, Saber Atiyeh, and Khaled Hassan

This event was a great opportunity for learning, knowledge sharing, and networking!

What a success!

Paulo Sampaio @ FMH Seminar

Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, delivered a webinar entitled “Quality and the Digital Transformation” last June 30. 

This seminar was organized by the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana – FMH, from the University of Lisbon.

Pedro Domingues @ Universidad de Monterrey - UDEM, Mexico

Pedro Domingues, PhD Senior Researcher at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), visited the Universidad de Monterrey – UDEM, Mexico, between June 06 and 10, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.

Pedro Domingues had the opportunity to network and deliver lectures to the UDEM academic community. Furthermore, he delivered two workshops, entitled “Shortcomings of traditional Quality approach and the Emergence of Quality 4.0” and “Skills and competencies of the Quality Leader of the 21st century”.

Presentation of QOE PhD student in the 2022 DPISE workshop

The Doctoral Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering (DPISE) Workshop took place on May 31, in Guimarães, Campus of Azurém, University of Minho.

This annual event intends to share the work that is currently being developed by the PhD students of this doctoral program. For the second time, participants were also invited to submit a virtual poster to the DPISE best poster award. The RG-QOE was represented by Catarina Cubo.

Catarina Cubo presented “An integrated vision of quality measurements”.

Pedro Domingues @ University of Gabes, Tunisie

Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), was visiting the University of Gabes, Tunisie, between May 23 and 27, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.

Pedro Domingues had the opportunity to share some insights and to attend some meetings. Further, he delivered two workshops, entitled “Shortcomings of traditional Quality approach and the Emergence of Quality 4.0” and “Skills and competencies of the Quality Leader of the 21st century”.

Paulo Sampaio @ EOQ-ASQ-ASQE Webinar

Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, presented an overview of the latest "Insights on Excellence” (IoE)” in the online event “Insight on Excellence, IoE”, promoted by the American Society for Quality Excellence and European Organization for Quality, EOQ, last May 25.

Pedro Domingues @ Cracow University of Economics, Poland

Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), was visiting the Cracow University of Economics, Poland, between May 06 and 13, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.

Pedro Domingues had the opportunity to share some insights and to attend some meetings. Further, he delivered two workshops, entitled “Shortcomings of traditional Quality approach and the Emergence of Quality 4.0” and “Skills and competencies of the Quality Leader of the 21st century”.

MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE

Arthur Costa, member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) and student of the Master Program on Quality Engineering and Management (MEGQ) presented his Master Dissertation last April 07.

The dissertation entitled “Eficiência Organizacional e Operacional: um caso de aplicação” was supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio. The examination was performed by Professor Pedro Domingues (examiner from Department of Production and Systems).

Arthur Costa was approved with a grade of 18 out of 20.

Congrats, Arthur!

Raíssa Heringer awarded with the ASQ Student Branch UMinho Best Student Award 2021

Raíssa Heringer, Research Afiliate member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, has been awarded with the ASQ Student Branch UMinho Best Student Award 2021 on Dia do DPS 2022.

(Photo retrieved from Dia do DPS 2022)

This award is promoted by the ASQ Student Branch UMinho and recognizes the best student of the Master on Quality Engineering and Management that finished this course during 2021 calendar year.

Raíssa Heringer concluded her master degree last September 8, 2021, with a final grade of 17.208 out of 20.

Congratulations, Raíssa!

Yasmin Martins at RG-QOE as Visiting PhD Student

Yasmin Martins was a Visiting PhD Student at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, from October 2021 to March 2022. Yasmin is PhD candidate in Production Engineering at the Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil. Her research is focused on risk management in medical devices on Small and Micro Enterprises.

During this period, Yasmin had the opportunity to develop some case studies with Portuguese companies. Further, she delivered a lecture entitled “Risk Management in the context of the standard ISO 9001” for the Industrial Engineering and Management students from Polytechnique Institute of Cávado and Ave’s masters program.

MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE

Ana Margarida Dias, member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) and student of the Master Program on Quality Engineering and Management (MEGQ) presented her Master Dissertation last February 23.

The dissertation entitled “A Capability Roadmap towards Quality 4.0” was supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio. The examination was performed by Professor Francisco Duarte (examiner from Department of Information Systems).

Ana Margarida Dias was approved with a grade of 19 out of 20.

Congrats, Margarida!