tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26938879674052860152024-03-13T00:34:52.868+00:00Research Group on Quality and Organizational ExcellenceCatarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-76810382879695444022023-03-29T09:00:00.001+01:002023-03-29T09:00:00.168+01:00 MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE<div style="text-align: justify;">Simone Moraes, member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) and student of the <a href="http://www.dps.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabid=7&pageid=659&lang=pt-PT">Master Program in Quality Engineering and Management (MEGQ)</a> presented her <a href="http://cp.eng.uminho.pt/prova.aspx?id=7079" target="_blank">Master Dissertation</a> last February 27.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dissertation entitled “Uma nova Implementação de um Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade no âmbito da Norma ISO 9001:2015 – em uma Vidraria” was supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio. The examination was performed by Professor Pedro Domingues (Senior Researcher at the ALGORITMI Research Centre).</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-17943139379170549442023-03-22T09:00:00.001+00:002023-03-22T09:00:00.181+00:00 QOE @ Erasmus+ project STEAMigPOWER <p>Sofia Barbosa Pereira, PhD Student at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), attended the Kick-off Meeting of the Erasmus + project entitle STEAMigPOWER. This project is coordinated by the School of Engineering of the University of Minho and involves several research centers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTezVsAB7YMQgvDQfeRp2_rt5LA_cp6zcdC5cGzEDR9b8991BZm_F4_Euy0WAg1ZwujdJaDSinV3HgrLVSeOEDrSvbrxor3Qn4FEe1qCN0JSw_GqzdumcLME6CQXdjntXSW3IH589i9gfPehUGLc3tXhpVlYgdqnNjGYx3XkwpQdspXYBdODW-Ky-ttw/s1600/STEAMigPOWER01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTezVsAB7YMQgvDQfeRp2_rt5LA_cp6zcdC5cGzEDR9b8991BZm_F4_Euy0WAg1ZwujdJaDSinV3HgrLVSeOEDrSvbrxor3Qn4FEe1qCN0JSw_GqzdumcLME6CQXdjntXSW3IH589i9gfPehUGLc3tXhpVlYgdqnNjGYx3XkwpQdspXYBdODW-Ky-ttw/s320/STEAMigPOWER01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Photo retrieved from <a href="https://www.engium.uminho.pt/en/eeum-leads-the-international-project-steamigpower/" target="_blank">EEUMinho STEAMigPOWER news</a>.</span></div><p>“The project will focus on the development of the STEAM courses to be offered to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, namely women and pupils in upper secondary school (15 – 18 years old), who are particularly vulnerable to being marginalized in STEAM.” <br />More information at: <a href="https://www.engium.uminho.pt/en/eeum-leads-the-international-project-steamigpower/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/steamigpower/</a></p>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-1380444412759323112023-03-15T09:00:00.000+00:002023-03-15T09:00:00.187+00:00 Pedro Domingues @ Democritus University of Thrace, Greece <div style="text-align: justify;">Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), visited the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, between February 06 and 10, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AtbVPmrybVfW7UPrYNwg7LndqrxOQBkECcV2wkbBfTQbtNViO0vIT1-mZwECalZ0Mky2jmJ5hua4zgzBfJuUGYpZeNtvcDiTpP84GmhAsB21clIhkwyFWJ-OGK0lOBOUfq-HN8z79jdC2jwC6W33XHWI_G2naEADyPmw_qKmBA_xbwnqO6fjB3KIIw/s2016/Foto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AtbVPmrybVfW7UPrYNwg7LndqrxOQBkECcV2wkbBfTQbtNViO0vIT1-mZwECalZ0Mky2jmJ5hua4zgzBfJuUGYpZeNtvcDiTpP84GmhAsB21clIhkwyFWJ-OGK0lOBOUfq-HN8z79jdC2jwC6W33XHWI_G2naEADyPmw_qKmBA_xbwnqO6fjB3KIIw/s320/Foto.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-19463013075128440642022-08-30T09:00:00.001+01:002022-08-30T09:00:00.179+01:00 Pedro Domingues awarded with Sustainability 2020 Best Paper Award <div style="text-align: justify;">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).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqhxHl0NU7vkeVsA_fLMlPshI1ODOEQQMIEIL_6RftPqoKXUylvweI6BaTcQMNtX4ys5BW70zXxzYA5TO2SmbcOYeZdJXsd6xVL3IUvgetvW-srX7JdJ4_53w9ppQLRhMQkiPha28BAsYOVv26-wtkTaOSR1Cc08yX7r-LLbl9sYghBmD51QaLMVMIg/s450/image_15_2020_4_award_62e7c13aa8734.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="450" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqhxHl0NU7vkeVsA_fLMlPshI1ODOEQQMIEIL_6RftPqoKXUylvweI6BaTcQMNtX4ys5BW70zXxzYA5TO2SmbcOYeZdJXsd6xVL3IUvgetvW-srX7JdJ4_53w9ppQLRhMQkiPha28BAsYOVv26-wtkTaOSR1Cc08yX7r-LLbl9sYghBmD51QaLMVMIg/s320/image_15_2020_4_award_62e7c13aa8734.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">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. <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/8/3359">doi: 10.3390/su12083359</a></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-82694987183490749472022-08-23T09:00:00.001+01:002022-08-23T09:00:00.187+01:00Sofia Barbosa Pereira @ Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)<br />Sofia Barbosa Pereira, PhD Student at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) was visiting <a href="https://www.unikl.edu.my/" target="_blank">Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)</a> last July.<br /><br />This visit was focused on the exploration of a possible joint research related to Sofia PhD project and to strengthen the cooperation between<a href="https://www.eng.uminho.pt/pt" target="_blank"> Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho (EEUM)</a> and UniKL. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHJPNLGvToZ9mKRRZAhd4UMpBgvcpLuypqfeqW65rKNeoBc03vvTV98Q1P-rTw4sAzTkqI9LAAw6VuT35zbwTw543XRwMfcZSrLhSclylCgFRgj-B85uqbOvmS3b2Z0SIcQ-JDTxLiJidlSHz6qRc2XL73NtrnMLs8KBbeRaA6Y-odqzb0WemXeJSpw/s1324/1659032302636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHJPNLGvToZ9mKRRZAhd4UMpBgvcpLuypqfeqW65rKNeoBc03vvTV98Q1P-rTw4sAzTkqI9LAAw6VuT35zbwTw543XRwMfcZSrLhSclylCgFRgj-B85uqbOvmS3b2Z0SIcQ-JDTxLiJidlSHz6qRc2XL73NtrnMLs8KBbeRaA6Y-odqzb0WemXeJSpw/s320/1659032302636.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br />Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-9272430155814916542022-08-16T11:20:00.000+01:002022-08-16T11:20:13.073+01:00RG-QOE organized the 5th International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management<div style="text-align: justify;">The fifth edition of the <a href="http://icqem.dps.uminho.pt/" target="_blank">International Conference on Quality Engineering and Management (ICQEM)</a> took place at the University of Minho on July 14 and 15.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAPqN8lnWjiYn6CHYd79d4-kez3WF2M-cvbMy-RiWNEWyXxZCQXIsfEhqYE73OOZ2PiCV2ApmRcVvzu4YgAiBF7jL8d-gytLCEHC2a4VYlgfymtajU0mlaaBrXT7e15UjDTKNczgguyDuGGlsKco7f_ashlWTFfU5JO44LEijhaoOmDiWSF0eSZH7XA/s1024/ICQEM_294-1024x684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAPqN8lnWjiYn6CHYd79d4-kez3WF2M-cvbMy-RiWNEWyXxZCQXIsfEhqYE73OOZ2PiCV2ApmRcVvzu4YgAiBF7jL8d-gytLCEHC2a4VYlgfymtajU0mlaaBrXT7e15UjDTKNczgguyDuGGlsKco7f_ashlWTFfU5JO44LEijhaoOmDiWSF0eSZH7XA/s320/ICQEM_294-1024x684.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This edition was focused on “Quality in the digital transformation”. <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/nicole-radziwill_bio.pdf" target="_blank">Nicole Radziwill</a> (<a href="https://youtu.be/ez2VDzVExHQ" target="_blank">Digital Quality Leadership: The Long Game</a>), <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/carlos-ribas_bio.pdf" target="_blank">Carlos Ribas</a> (<a href="https://youtu.be/uE5xuF3vEmk" target="_blank">Quality4.0 @ Bosch</a>), <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/josef-oehmen_bio.pdf">Josef Oehmen</a> (<a href="https://youtu.be/85zGGQ7nmNc" target="_blank">Quality in the Age of Uncertainty: What we can learn from resilience thinking</a>) and <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mareike_bio.pdf">Mareike Möhlmann</a> (<a href="https://youtu.be/1CoC1jS_MFg" target="_blank">Algorithmic Management of Work on Online Labor Platforms: When Matching Meets Control</a>) were the keynote speakers of the conference.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJpbDPHGoCou39EHP4wIKmhIAN3s_AXzKMgAdDa-X_xr6TiE9zr8qp9w4lYwDHR3KVhNU6MOINtcW_Fn_h9BGgVxf63lNOaima0305SR9qxSxW0sw_5rf-SvHrl4SP8X-YUhYUKeOGcm-AHfaxU7_qVuhhZLNfUtttmtoWIbVae-YvYCNbbDDT5wkIQ/s1024/ICQEM_378-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJpbDPHGoCou39EHP4wIKmhIAN3s_AXzKMgAdDa-X_xr6TiE9zr8qp9w4lYwDHR3KVhNU6MOINtcW_Fn_h9BGgVxf63lNOaima0305SR9qxSxW0sw_5rf-SvHrl4SP8X-YUhYUKeOGcm-AHfaxU7_qVuhhZLNfUtttmtoWIbVae-YvYCNbbDDT5wkIQ/s320/ICQEM_378-1024x682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/josef-oehmen_bio.pdf" style="text-align: justify;">Josef Oehmen</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> (</span><a href="https://youtu.be/85zGGQ7nmNc" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Quality in the Age of Uncertainty: What we can learn from resilience thinking</a><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CXjCn0YqpZG1NyQyre5X1ZsEDE6o6F_9YbZlfO8HMNcOp8BxEGs9ghlu1oEKaxrdxFep7A8VN9PjkFDVzoYuh0-OBOrZP_T5mY15n6dMpdwvt9gb7o5ugEiGyvXd6c3tT-K3eeHrYd3sCJELQL1FFm4dN0Jtexo_bnM7Vvo-89S6PHVyt5mfwan5_A/s1024/ICQEM_394-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CXjCn0YqpZG1NyQyre5X1ZsEDE6o6F_9YbZlfO8HMNcOp8BxEGs9ghlu1oEKaxrdxFep7A8VN9PjkFDVzoYuh0-OBOrZP_T5mY15n6dMpdwvt9gb7o5ugEiGyvXd6c3tT-K3eeHrYd3sCJELQL1FFm4dN0Jtexo_bnM7Vvo-89S6PHVyt5mfwan5_A/s320/ICQEM_394-1024x682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mareike_bio.pdf" style="text-align: justify;">Mareike Möhlmann</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> (</span><a href="https://youtu.be/1CoC1jS_MFg" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Algorithmic Management of Work on Online Labor Platforms: When Matching Meets Control</a><span style="text-align: justify;">)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than 100 proposals were submitted and almost 90 were accepted for presentation, after revision by the Conference Scientific Committee.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The best paper award was "The Challenges of Remote Work to the Development of a TQM Culture" by Patrícia Moura e Sá.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpqRLa_adtSRFnD8Df_N0RsMGSJ29Ehxmj0ldfpE0hO9wuM1fDPNR8syHl8gcma6s6psxikoe38M5g2fKqj5hQAXFxi8OxENna23lzSIxfwdW9SNeksQWfUwdyprdPQS0wSDWf7aJt52V3L15Jeq4GnxCciAR0FzNen-EJJV6wSH4ZTOtKclScCYU4Q/s1024/ICQEM_401-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpqRLa_adtSRFnD8Df_N0RsMGSJ29Ehxmj0ldfpE0hO9wuM1fDPNR8syHl8gcma6s6psxikoe38M5g2fKqj5hQAXFxi8OxENna23lzSIxfwdW9SNeksQWfUwdyprdPQS0wSDWf7aJt52V3L15Jeq4GnxCciAR0FzNen-EJJV6wSH4ZTOtKclScCYU4Q/s320/ICQEM_401-1024x682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWh0jKkIETXIPVfY9b9VWXUuyMFNX0E_d6Jktmi5STMgVVHiP6XYA-_rSo-z4BbDdmeevk9baY_yKB2TGkYY5sRLTUudk0fD0rKnfnSJ2cbtK503OxSiRzKSvBWxssRKOs3cZqok0gIOPba0pnng7x82-7S9VKGkzblByjW02iBbavzXvAGMfcV9rKuQ/s1024/ICQEM_399-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWh0jKkIETXIPVfY9b9VWXUuyMFNX0E_d6Jktmi5STMgVVHiP6XYA-_rSo-z4BbDdmeevk9baY_yKB2TGkYY5sRLTUudk0fD0rKnfnSJ2cbtK503OxSiRzKSvBWxssRKOs3cZqok0gIOPba0pnng7x82-7S9VKGkzblByjW02iBbavzXvAGMfcV9rKuQ/s320/ICQEM_399-1024x682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further, the novelty of this edition were two masterclasses performed on July 13 by <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jorge-Roman.pdf" target="_blank">Jorge J. Roman</a> (<a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Building-a-Quality-Digital-Transformation-Strategy.pdf">Building a Quality & Digital Transformation Strategy</a>) and the Obeikan Investment Group (Experience the Future of Smart Manufacturing…Obeikan Digital Product for Industry 4.0) by <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/abdallah-obeikan.pdf" target="_blank">Abdallah Obeikan</a>, <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/saber-atiyeh.pdf" target="_blank">Saber Atiyeh</a>, and <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/khaled-hassan.pdf" target="_blank">Khaled Hassan</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO83MZWThXaVlAtntdK4zUTeHC3hP6A30nSQhN68VqCuho59TqxoWnZXUgrUOCsxbSBYCi1GbqCTT9ctzI2CieCvPsGf5HuaBawFT3VZ29-oPJUe-jDF0w3mXzhnD2PpB2pfwfGM4-PZgiUQC21PdTdFZeeqUTeP3Om2YyHZ85tr8NbdE-0zH3QeBAgA/s1024/ICQEM_009-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO83MZWThXaVlAtntdK4zUTeHC3hP6A30nSQhN68VqCuho59TqxoWnZXUgrUOCsxbSBYCi1GbqCTT9ctzI2CieCvPsGf5HuaBawFT3VZ29-oPJUe-jDF0w3mXzhnD2PpB2pfwfGM4-PZgiUQC21PdTdFZeeqUTeP3Om2YyHZ85tr8NbdE-0zH3QeBAgA/s320/ICQEM_009-1024x682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Jorge-Roman.pdf" target="_blank">Jorge J. Roman</a> (<a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Building-a-Quality-Digital-Transformation-Strategy.pdf">Building a Quality & Digital Transformation Strategy</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikbV5CE1MSsU7zQ3w3y_wUL5kMfUzx8cZYrm-zNnUkOewxcyPmaIF9ffvWLHatLWvTP8-PeTzRWCj9BFEto3H6Otrt0SE151QNUqUUJVcLipYcQmqXv4nz7bdqHudrLCao6aSIT4gkSFQQaE5ONJrTDE5XzkA79k7_mT7TuOPiOlhULz6ziA5SRH07A/s1024/ICQEM_052-1024x682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikbV5CE1MSsU7zQ3w3y_wUL5kMfUzx8cZYrm-zNnUkOewxcyPmaIF9ffvWLHatLWvTP8-PeTzRWCj9BFEto3H6Otrt0SE151QNUqUUJVcLipYcQmqXv4nz7bdqHudrLCao6aSIT4gkSFQQaE5ONJrTDE5XzkA79k7_mT7TuOPiOlhULz6ziA5SRH07A/s320/ICQEM_052-1024x682.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Experience the Future of Smart Manufacturing…Obeikan Digital Product for Industry 4.0 by <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/abdallah-obeikan.pdf" target="_blank">Abdallah Obeikan</a>, <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/saber-atiyeh.pdf" target="_blank">Saber Atiyeh</a>, and <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/icqem/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/khaled-hassan.pdf" target="_blank">Khaled Hassan</a></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This event was a great opportunity for learning, knowledge sharing, and networking!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">What a success!</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-71116842716325296012022-07-27T09:00:00.000+01:002022-07-27T09:00:00.175+01:00Paulo Sampaio @ FMH Seminar<div style="text-align: justify;">Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, delivered a webinar entitled “Quality and the Digital Transformation” last June 30. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3dUXNA5arb7DV5a8O21ghcamKF_LIJRqp4eEY6uTR5durPc0behfiS7wHJugdBfEsy0PX7XnFn8LILdF6sUfc67Vq92OwIcwdWy8KbLP1Gg32dnWf_NsKdHy7zNxVpSnkDXQXRtl1zHLut7jmqvbEcTWm0PVxdWBR1M5HRQOkw75J1mb61Xbpz05rg/s533/qoe_202207_seminario%20fmh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="533" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3dUXNA5arb7DV5a8O21ghcamKF_LIJRqp4eEY6uTR5durPc0behfiS7wHJugdBfEsy0PX7XnFn8LILdF6sUfc67Vq92OwIcwdWy8KbLP1Gg32dnWf_NsKdHy7zNxVpSnkDXQXRtl1zHLut7jmqvbEcTWm0PVxdWBR1M5HRQOkw75J1mb61Xbpz05rg/s320/qoe_202207_seminario%20fmh.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This <a href="http://www.fmh.ulisboa.pt/pt/noticias/eventos/item/8717-seminario-de-encerramento-da-pos-graduacao-em-ergonomia-na-resiliencia-das-organizacoes-laborais-resiliencia-e-transformacoes-digitais" target="_blank">seminar</a> was organized by the <a href="http://www.fmh.ulisboa.pt/en/" target="_blank">Faculdade de Motricidade Humana – FMH</a>, from the University of Lisbon.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-75902511594335406782022-07-20T14:22:00.002+01:002022-07-20T14:22:50.110+01:00Pedro Domingues @ Universidad de Monterrey - UDEM, Mexico<div style="text-align: justify;">Pedro Domingues, PhD Senior Researcher at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), visited the <a href="https://www.udem.edu.mx/en" target="_blank">Universidad de Monterrey – UDEM</a>, Mexico, between June 06 and 10, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXb3cdjKeCsLZzbo56z7116Gzu7iloX0vFbwL8gOMq9_eq-6kVu7u-e0tL5iuC78HylxjCk0U485NYFYEjhTB3NQUnH7IR4kffX2SrMKJVYdAie1AhQ_sufnjCUj94gTWxEy6L2C3wbkhlsffo37mGQbZDVI1CIHpY7MQuKu3kOYOcGScIWnWniIUSQ/s1600/qoe%20202207%20pedro%20@%20mexico.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXb3cdjKeCsLZzbo56z7116Gzu7iloX0vFbwL8gOMq9_eq-6kVu7u-e0tL5iuC78HylxjCk0U485NYFYEjhTB3NQUnH7IR4kffX2SrMKJVYdAie1AhQ_sufnjCUj94gTWxEy6L2C3wbkhlsffo37mGQbZDVI1CIHpY7MQuKu3kOYOcGScIWnWniIUSQ/s320/qoe%20202207%20pedro%20@%20mexico.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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”.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-90368876322883819772022-06-30T09:00:00.000+01:002022-06-30T09:00:00.172+01:00Presentation of QOE PhD student in the 2022 DPISE workshop <div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://dpise2022.dps.uminho.pt/" target="_blank">Doctoral Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering (DPISE) Workshop</a> took place on May 31, in Guimarães, Campus of Azurém, University of Minho.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhW8A9dzH8EZR4zwaqWr1CVv2y6nLBy4hV-kHCovbE3JVvgK3R0QfKeLgUvGxUV0gzb-Kp-c4acFE55zYXBMoj8jTYw0ru86IbN2OURjORY7D_QSi36v1f3rbF9BWDsvuIirNgTIerjDDRfgK_XE3lx-a8GA6eFxEeKRilR30fbAqaakVYrKvyFApYg/s1000/dpise_2022_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="1000" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhW8A9dzH8EZR4zwaqWr1CVv2y6nLBy4hV-kHCovbE3JVvgK3R0QfKeLgUvGxUV0gzb-Kp-c4acFE55zYXBMoj8jTYw0ru86IbN2OURjORY7D_QSi36v1f3rbF9BWDsvuIirNgTIerjDDRfgK_XE3lx-a8GA6eFxEeKRilR30fbAqaakVYrKvyFApYg/s320/dpise_2022_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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 <a href="http://green.dps.uminho.pt/dpise2022/?page_id=67" target="_blank">DPISE best poster award</a>. The RG-QOE was represented by Catarina Cubo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Catarina Cubo presented “An integrated vision of quality measurements”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ze1VdhPUFGsze9h-wrEae05kB_G0vTdiTCDD8KmCFlCoelmWKQ6bZhFYYSnkbe-tW4bO7d9gk5KiBc9mYdAIVl2xSxwB_p1FO6wBde9nvFOFMasr6SF3Q2WJ9VlgVWrJ6tPU6Cg9WpKGsyyLjVRH3yMHRfbdbgIXyH6U2kHclslQRaKCw1dh9pL5GA/s4152/catarina%20cubo%20@dpise%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3107" data-original-width="4152" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ze1VdhPUFGsze9h-wrEae05kB_G0vTdiTCDD8KmCFlCoelmWKQ6bZhFYYSnkbe-tW4bO7d9gk5KiBc9mYdAIVl2xSxwB_p1FO6wBde9nvFOFMasr6SF3Q2WJ9VlgVWrJ6tPU6Cg9WpKGsyyLjVRH3yMHRfbdbgIXyH6U2kHclslQRaKCw1dh9pL5GA/s320/catarina%20cubo%20@dpise%202022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-8942069419916658192022-06-27T09:00:00.001+01:002022-06-27T09:00:00.178+01:00Pedro Domingues @ University of Gabes, Tunisie <div style="text-align: justify;">Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), was visiting the <a href="http://www.univgb.rnu.tn/En/home_46_3" target="_blank">University of Gabes</a>, Tunisie, between May 23 and 27, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVsfaBTfKBKh8TGDndqXSLKebuTlUHvsaEQ6QG2XgMl-IrCjBaktAuey4UIpIV8zXKM5B58iTxkC9FZog5fRtGKPmU7qXGvcUma3TPr66ALRDDWuOgFBtiNlmXC9NVEnW90t7j2Vlen6AoZienFkUkJLkVkAaooahwwJ1VNL7tDvY82qRQjcYKnzpTQ/s1919/pedro%20domingues%20@%20gabes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1919" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVsfaBTfKBKh8TGDndqXSLKebuTlUHvsaEQ6QG2XgMl-IrCjBaktAuey4UIpIV8zXKM5B58iTxkC9FZog5fRtGKPmU7qXGvcUma3TPr66ALRDDWuOgFBtiNlmXC9NVEnW90t7j2Vlen6AoZienFkUkJLkVkAaooahwwJ1VNL7tDvY82qRQjcYKnzpTQ/s320/pedro%20domingues%20@%20gabes.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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”.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-15820164150028022622022-06-23T09:00:00.001+01:002022-06-23T09:00:00.187+01:00Paulo Sampaio @ EOQ-ASQ-ASQE Webinar <div style="text-align: justify;">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 “<a href="https://www.eoq.org/event/webinar-presenting-an-overview-of-the-latest-insights-on-excellence-ioe/" target="_blank">Insight on Excellence, IoE</a>”, promoted by the American Society for Quality Excellence and European Organization for Quality, EOQ, last May 25.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aVOabPHL3u4ajZhF1y5TDe7Uv54rTIj5fGWzy0FfbpoWEKtZ7oOlx2Ij3BqHHcHIUuf2U58k798wzkjOT67jHGMRS3VQ-d7MPlfZuI6wD72Y8CBUHpRlTFmOUMiEYhzlJoUIkIP4PzBewL92YRIXpO-PuaVZmYoa3lsWxJdqBh3XlKEwmerkkR60AA/s694/Insights-with-Paolo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="694" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aVOabPHL3u4ajZhF1y5TDe7Uv54rTIj5fGWzy0FfbpoWEKtZ7oOlx2Ij3BqHHcHIUuf2U58k798wzkjOT67jHGMRS3VQ-d7MPlfZuI6wD72Y8CBUHpRlTFmOUMiEYhzlJoUIkIP4PzBewL92YRIXpO-PuaVZmYoa3lsWxJdqBh3XlKEwmerkkR60AA/s320/Insights-with-Paolo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-70198023926950239912022-06-20T17:43:00.002+01:002022-06-20T17:43:30.394+01:00Pedro Domingues @ Cracow University of Economics, Poland <div style="text-align: justify;">Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher at the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), was visiting the <a href="https://study.gov.pl/university/cracow-university-economics" target="_blank">Cracow University of Economics</a>, Poland, between May 06 and 13, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1dijyxH4j8gIL2V70vhG5NodVU70vOT_aSF4rFCU5gusfNQoU6upvOU_u5MMe_SE7NgUTk-gpsiLT1hoM4rKLoYq-fN1NyMGvmJoNI-hWd6X-rAV803MFa5wZMFbpdEuAeq2mnvgzECr3xZ_p5ShJpHi_h5WI6ikLWBb8P_cLRLL7RdODtbz7NfSOA/s1436/pedro%20domingues%20@%20cracow.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1436" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1dijyxH4j8gIL2V70vhG5NodVU70vOT_aSF4rFCU5gusfNQoU6upvOU_u5MMe_SE7NgUTk-gpsiLT1hoM4rKLoYq-fN1NyMGvmJoNI-hWd6X-rAV803MFa5wZMFbpdEuAeq2mnvgzECr3xZ_p5ShJpHi_h5WI6ikLWBb8P_cLRLL7RdODtbz7NfSOA/s320/pedro%20domingues%20@%20cracow.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">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”.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-87790125122623172642022-04-26T09:00:00.002+01:002022-04-26T09:38:05.373+01:00MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE<div style="text-align: justify;">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 <a href="http://cp.eng.uminho.pt/prova.aspx?id=6166" target="_blank">April 07</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ZRoM52TDUKwUzGuu6hf7LD6-eN3aVDADtM_O1b2ExqaLIMxFgwR6rf1-Ul-hnywXGLw073k2pP4GxghyQgwKGe1pNk-dOsBUaHqWzv3gWYBsbOU1KoIVa28Ab1rKmNtOxKlw0Jnvhi94md_y5crrlMnvLXtdFaYUZOip2JsP13A-bv7HFl88IsZPw/s3315/arthur%20costa%20megq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1865" data-original-width="3315" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_ZRoM52TDUKwUzGuu6hf7LD6-eN3aVDADtM_O1b2ExqaLIMxFgwR6rf1-Ul-hnywXGLw073k2pP4GxghyQgwKGe1pNk-dOsBUaHqWzv3gWYBsbOU1KoIVa28Ab1rKmNtOxKlw0Jnvhi94md_y5crrlMnvLXtdFaYUZOip2JsP13A-bv7HFl88IsZPw/s320/arthur%20costa%20megq.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Arthur Costa was approved with a grade of 18 out of 20.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Congrats, Arthur!</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-40022357950710993592022-04-19T09:00:00.001+01:002022-04-19T09:00:00.184+01:00 Raíssa Heringer awarded with the ASQ Student Branch UMinho Best Student Award 2021<div style="text-align: justify;">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 <a href="http://www.dps.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabid=17&pageid=824&lang=pt-PT" target="_blank">Dia do DPS 2022</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5VwqvPH5srTBxXK1hkeqqUFE4t4zhtAgs7z4YgbHhSdJ-alOrVSXRFOGZh7OWOchqlrkjk4D_0uF56gpHe0hdPTDaHTXMENthqaERGcQD_BbNieO73d0j9rEq7HkYTRTrz5dYx8X33X3LB21AMSuTzQgJy2fP1iynlq6aoPPm7kg-RcEbNs71pe97A/s768/pr%C3%A9mio%20dps%20-%20ra%C3%ADssa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="768" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5VwqvPH5srTBxXK1hkeqqUFE4t4zhtAgs7z4YgbHhSdJ-alOrVSXRFOGZh7OWOchqlrkjk4D_0uF56gpHe0hdPTDaHTXMENthqaERGcQD_BbNieO73d0j9rEq7HkYTRTrz5dYx8X33X3LB21AMSuTzQgJy2fP1iynlq6aoPPm7kg-RcEbNs71pe97A/s320/pr%C3%A9mio%20dps%20-%20ra%C3%ADssa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Photo retrieved from <a href="http://www.dps.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabid=17&pageid=824&lang=pt-PT" target="_blank">Dia do DPS 2022</a>)</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">This award is promoted by the ASQ Student Branch UMinho and recognizes the best student of the <a href="http://www.dps.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?tabid=7&pageid=659&lang=pt-PT" target="_blank">Master on Quality Engineering and Management</a> that finished this course during 2021 calendar year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Raíssa Heringer concluded her master degree last <a href="http://cp.eng.uminho.pt/prova.aspx?id=5410" target="_blank">September 8</a>, 2021, with a final grade of 17.208 out of 20.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Congratulations, Raíssa!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-39861696163074732542022-04-12T18:37:00.000+01:002022-04-12T18:37:12.943+01:00 Yasmin Martins at RG-QOE as Visiting PhD Student <div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO4l4vzcyXiG0Sk-yxB6OVJaAffQ0kwRp9p1KaH0qgk8zRbNKftcCLgcNfmRVOhYlYxHwzYBp8WrF3xnSMfDbvM1DO701EWGrTUcruzUDlyKJludVxgaUEO1XXHINdPRIWb9CzXPPr-qbyHZDoGGj0e9hzmq41HblanzrbKnl6GmmrEUq12XLjs_qXg/s1599/202204_01_yasmin%20visiting%20phd%20student.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="1599" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO4l4vzcyXiG0Sk-yxB6OVJaAffQ0kwRp9p1KaH0qgk8zRbNKftcCLgcNfmRVOhYlYxHwzYBp8WrF3xnSMfDbvM1DO701EWGrTUcruzUDlyKJludVxgaUEO1XXHINdPRIWb9CzXPPr-qbyHZDoGGj0e9hzmq41HblanzrbKnl6GmmrEUq12XLjs_qXg/s320/202204_01_yasmin%20visiting%20phd%20student.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-33065605159254388762022-03-25T18:07:00.004+00:002022-03-25T18:08:44.148+00:00 MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE <div style="text-align: justify;">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 <a href="http://cp.eng.uminho.pt/prova.aspx?id=6052" target="_blank">February 23</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58DVP4BDW3_PHMwtfUpMT8yLyhmNJK38QoJFafyxnAYKyYnsdzlj1zX2gIX1Hljx2Z2vh4Bh3QUeSRjYOcd8Lyk-75PWhf4Ayx39mndBAnjxK5avs4hIosCGkk7Etib6sz7iq3y0Mv3BFozRquCVW3EBLLKtD3ALwzKtNPSybGgEgr8mq08ClM4jEaQ/s2048/202203_Margarida%20MSc.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58DVP4BDW3_PHMwtfUpMT8yLyhmNJK38QoJFafyxnAYKyYnsdzlj1zX2gIX1Hljx2Z2vh4Bh3QUeSRjYOcd8Lyk-75PWhf4Ayx39mndBAnjxK5avs4hIosCGkk7Etib6sz7iq3y0Mv3BFozRquCVW3EBLLKtD3ALwzKtNPSybGgEgr8mq08ClM4jEaQ/s320/202203_Margarida%20MSc.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">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).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Ana Margarida Dias was approved with a grade of 19 out of 20.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Congrats, Margarida!</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-11049206723420038122021-12-31T09:16:00.000+00:002021-12-31T09:16:28.645+00:00QOE @ IEEM2021<div style="text-align: justify;">The Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) was represented by Catarina Cubo and Mónica Cabecinhas at the <a href="https://ieem.org/public.asp?page=index.asp" target="_blank">IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering ane Engineering Management (IEEM) 2021</a> that took place virtually between December 13 and 16. Catarina Cubo and Mónica Cabecinhas participated in the <a href="https://ieem.org/docs/IEEM2021_PROGRAM_GUIDE.pdf" target="_blank">“Quality Control and Management 2” session</a> on last December 15.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggTQRrrHos40eIxZHUbaE9my9HAEAK-OrEXqYl_CLodEWn9G9m8aVFNsKW3TL0tflQo5eAgI3WSBhaYY4V5jFo4osknSPX11nGs95R8k_3CKQz_H2Kcx_ML4IjC0lm6qB6KGY89-rPS-yx1Pyps-jgE3Cu4J-93pNMslnfFKsc-odFN14mpcmUmV2rYQ=s1365" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1365" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggTQRrrHos40eIxZHUbaE9my9HAEAK-OrEXqYl_CLodEWn9G9m8aVFNsKW3TL0tflQo5eAgI3WSBhaYY4V5jFo4osknSPX11nGs95R8k_3CKQz_H2Kcx_ML4IjC0lm6qB6KGY89-rPS-yx1Pyps-jgE3Cu4J-93pNMslnfFKsc-odFN14mpcmUmV2rYQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mónica Cabecinhas, PhD Student and member of the RG-QOE, presented the paper entitled “A Model to Assess the Impacts of ISO Management Systems Standards”, co-authored by Paulo Sampaio and Martí Casadesús.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEith9jKGK2jhKR0gaMDWBKSt2JHjZtxcuX2dHnsVpc3cZHEdaLctc-2UDmOVpObrOo8Z1krIX5XBRICXdNeOP2JG2FgpSHpQMWqtOwE026aW3xi4sB3_AVn0dKIYOX1c9TjGmXYh8wzEJvec_ROhK5ReglFcL8eUxW51EbkprKrkYV1Z4mXKL1drjZSQA=s1365" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1365" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEith9jKGK2jhKR0gaMDWBKSt2JHjZtxcuX2dHnsVpc3cZHEdaLctc-2UDmOVpObrOo8Z1krIX5XBRICXdNeOP2JG2FgpSHpQMWqtOwE026aW3xi4sB3_AVn0dKIYOX1c9TjGmXYh8wzEJvec_ROhK5ReglFcL8eUxW51EbkprKrkYV1Z4mXKL1drjZSQA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Catarina Cubo, PhD Student and member of the RG-QOE, presented the paper entitled “Multiscale Quality: Micro, Meso and Macro Concepts”, co-authored by Paulo Sampaio and Pedro Saraiva.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3moCVraKmry6dh0gNDwDq6HlaL_4RuPq24OP2BI3uxgSn_O47zWhnHziWRHugESZUFkwf8e83i1mhQYCoOWWSx7krpcnzmQg2wENNlHBiyNgwFnnX69DtJ8-89UqkW2PCrRjoBs8RGPn7Q3nRqpnXPY_TzSEO0RzvTBxCdC9_xsqolWK_7nYhkKjEiw=s1092" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1092" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3moCVraKmry6dh0gNDwDq6HlaL_4RuPq24OP2BI3uxgSn_O47zWhnHziWRHugESZUFkwf8e83i1mhQYCoOWWSx7krpcnzmQg2wENNlHBiyNgwFnnX69DtJ8-89UqkW2PCrRjoBs8RGPn7Q3nRqpnXPY_TzSEO0RzvTBxCdC9_xsqolWK_7nYhkKjEiw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-81096254289645638572021-12-29T14:40:00.003+00:002021-12-29T14:40:31.896+00:00QOE @ CAQ Symposium<div style="text-align: justify;">Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) delivered a keynote speech entitled “The Role of Quality in Digital Transformation” at the <a href="http://www.caq.org.cn/html/en/index.html" target="_blank">2021 China Association for Quality (CAQ) Annual Conferenc</a>e last December 02, that took place virtually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtKMUxtwqz68sxMbKmuAuWa_dLESU3uRUTLc3rVFEoDrY0jkpx00wJIBIWcll3u101F9U8UR57y1ve5xOnG1kpo5XtE6MFAFj81AeHDp2dgKLyW9wM4etfzOHKcqiHRIfDbjjEyobXz049TnU4oIQIdGTjCQhAbQbSGjUCP8BxaIWKKXCPrNzNk18T0w=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="2048" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtKMUxtwqz68sxMbKmuAuWa_dLESU3uRUTLc3rVFEoDrY0jkpx00wJIBIWcll3u101F9U8UR57y1ve5xOnG1kpo5XtE6MFAFj81AeHDp2dgKLyW9wM4etfzOHKcqiHRIfDbjjEyobXz049TnU4oIQIdGTjCQhAbQbSGjUCP8BxaIWKKXCPrNzNk18T0w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Picture retrieved from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/caquality/" target="_blank">China Association for Quality (CAQ) LinkedIn page</a>)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The conference’s theme was “Embracing Digital Transformation, Promoting Quality Innovation, Pursuing Continuous Excellence”.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-83480941962061406082021-12-28T22:22:00.001+00:002021-12-28T22:22:22.902+00:00 QOE @ 45.º Colóquio da Qualidade<div style="text-align: justify;">The Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) was represented by Catarina Cubo, Mónica Cabecinhas, Paulo Sampaio and Raíssa Heringer at the <a href="https://apq.pt/eventos/45o-coloquio-da-qualidade" target="_blank">45.º Colóquio da Qualidade</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 45th edition of the event took place in Lisbon, Portugal last November 11, which was the World Quality Day, and it was dedicated to “Qualidade na era da transformação digital”.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSDo5nIM2AkeP10GmEXy1NmsYOIHFVf866hytOm5X4pLBJwWjWx2SPdc2pXfWAZUUuqooLRlkkU4qbP0eCzSgayX6gRzGlUlwQezt7ArUjdZ2MdDN0pfEsrxrJ4RcUlDLPPWNaZGU6oFHfXbWa0-Et-QuTQec1OIWd_kKOJRBUw2gRbK9T9nh5WO7jZw=s1793" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1793" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSDo5nIM2AkeP10GmEXy1NmsYOIHFVf866hytOm5X4pLBJwWjWx2SPdc2pXfWAZUUuqooLRlkkU4qbP0eCzSgayX6gRzGlUlwQezt7ArUjdZ2MdDN0pfEsrxrJ4RcUlDLPPWNaZGU6oFHfXbWa0-Et-QuTQec1OIWd_kKOJRBUw2gRbK9T9nh5WO7jZw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the RG-QOE, was Chair of the Organizing Committee and he was the moderator of the round table session “O papel da Qualidade na transformação digital das organizações portuguesas”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghNma6jyBPaZtog3ZvcDrxIWccA3Nxd2GWCyql1UXgvuobCqDzje-MK5_qqF1GL_FuAd5WgGbssYPVwVS_KELI5bmvz4UemjsviIZzP4rfvQNIHwK8zZO2DB3UQnO1OhNgYvMBeb6j6BjG2OJwNN_ebeEhoH__ObmMynVmozxTHvLVrQ5fIDtvQT0QnA=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghNma6jyBPaZtog3ZvcDrxIWccA3Nxd2GWCyql1UXgvuobCqDzje-MK5_qqF1GL_FuAd5WgGbssYPVwVS_KELI5bmvz4UemjsviIZzP4rfvQNIHwK8zZO2DB3UQnO1OhNgYvMBeb6j6BjG2OJwNN_ebeEhoH__ObmMynVmozxTHvLVrQ5fIDtvQT0QnA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">(Photo retrieved from <a href="https://apq.pt/eventos/45o-coloquio-da-qualidade/#apq-evento-menu-5" target="_blank">45.º Colóquio da Qualidade Galeria</a>)</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Catarina Cubo, Mónica Cabecinhas and Raíssa Heringer delivered presentations in the parallel session about MSc dissertations and PhD thesis projects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpRVlTwBB_NenZTg0IfVlx2DM7-8IAFk-5JaTZLiowbnGfEX_uxSgQyH6DPBB-NnJCqbFqkUbm7YK96DtF64XKM-O64S6IqJCLUoOOLwdBmlfXMNkiR-KkByEGwfiGdHPDP5C3I3zVpp23Leftm7Inh3V1o2WDwjZAmKz1uUn6fPa2UB-Prz0oKnxKZw=s916" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="916" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpRVlTwBB_NenZTg0IfVlx2DM7-8IAFk-5JaTZLiowbnGfEX_uxSgQyH6DPBB-NnJCqbFqkUbm7YK96DtF64XKM-O64S6IqJCLUoOOLwdBmlfXMNkiR-KkByEGwfiGdHPDP5C3I3zVpp23Leftm7Inh3V1o2WDwjZAmKz1uUn6fPa2UB-Prz0oKnxKZw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mónica Cabecinhas, PhD Student and member of the RG-QOE, delivered a presentation entitled “Modelo para analisar o impacto da implementação dos sistemas de gestão no âmbito das normas ISO 9001 e ISO 14001”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbxxBdwwh1315KxCN8InNUjVeVKPUR2T6vme9sDRrf9ZvkyIWoI__ednndmrFr5UPTTa9M1MI8aP5TbxFCVzrSKXtjrFfwHY12oEMJLKxIOijrl3L_w_87JkjDBCiH7XocM6T7V-klkNQIvonzOUf3JTGbnUDzLD8yHME382yCOgvWfN_syAdkhe7tcA=s897" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="897" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbxxBdwwh1315KxCN8InNUjVeVKPUR2T6vme9sDRrf9ZvkyIWoI__ednndmrFr5UPTTa9M1MI8aP5TbxFCVzrSKXtjrFfwHY12oEMJLKxIOijrl3L_w_87JkjDBCiH7XocM6T7V-klkNQIvonzOUf3JTGbnUDzLD8yHME382yCOgvWfN_syAdkhe7tcA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Raíssa Heringer, MSc Student and member of the RG-QOE, delivered a presentation entitled “A Relação entre Qualidade e Inovação nas Empresas”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDklAtfcvBxkkDM8YYPa1j0drSKDG6O02F_nUN8ixduU6VylsBg0xjwM3hJdkCcMxodfZZlcYTKOcN4f4O1-8Z8l5BypXZk7jEMolFJIEmFDg5milAaKN83wCczcxnhvNLCdnx5X2_hHiqPR-TYieY3wZa6Naj3J3NAhT5ebsr-IB8yH8I0Q7ZDnF0vQ=s944" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="944" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDklAtfcvBxkkDM8YYPa1j0drSKDG6O02F_nUN8ixduU6VylsBg0xjwM3hJdkCcMxodfZZlcYTKOcN4f4O1-8Z8l5BypXZk7jEMolFJIEmFDg5milAaKN83wCczcxnhvNLCdnx5X2_hHiqPR-TYieY3wZa6Naj3J3NAhT5ebsr-IB8yH8I0Q7ZDnF0vQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Catarina Cubo, PhD Student and member of the RG-QOE, delivered a presentation entitled “A qualidade multidimensional e as medições da qualidade nas organizações”.</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic6Fw7wlEc3zAUuBtpSlSxzE_CVn5AQdC4eXsTU5yQpfHQ_W8Bl81PVSHGpikDNvYkoRP8OJ3IOwsVag3wbdRdhaz97XVEIFc9jiA6JeNHmrsE2bIrrGiaI4lh8ezIth_T-BnNt1TKPmc0Wm2zlvkRNRN3Wfm9TSahWuQNEXlJH6z57v12qzQB1i8Mmw=s870" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="870" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic6Fw7wlEc3zAUuBtpSlSxzE_CVn5AQdC4eXsTU5yQpfHQ_W8Bl81PVSHGpikDNvYkoRP8OJ3IOwsVag3wbdRdhaz97XVEIFc9jiA6JeNHmrsE2bIrrGiaI4lh8ezIth_T-BnNt1TKPmc0Wm2zlvkRNRN3Wfm9TSahWuQNEXlJH6z57v12qzQB1i8Mmw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, Catarina Cubo was awarded with the “Best PhD presentation”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs857mBk-m8DdhckO2xxhjoXCVqvZF_9XOz1J-Nfpn2XU1zs6qE9wOaq8NVoPTqRmz78Rp2PqmGcEukf6-MMJf4S_z0PILVek4symid5JqmVNdHP9TsfEh0YHsXSEPFpxSMMwSPgONPw5NAZwuDUyLfDAdGd45C6muNpj2XSbBVw1fdwA4vpM0h240SA=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs857mBk-m8DdhckO2xxhjoXCVqvZF_9XOz1J-Nfpn2XU1zs6qE9wOaq8NVoPTqRmz78Rp2PqmGcEukf6-MMJf4S_z0PILVek4symid5JqmVNdHP9TsfEh0YHsXSEPFpxSMMwSPgONPw5NAZwuDUyLfDAdGd45C6muNpj2XSbBVw1fdwA4vpM0h240SA=s320" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Photo retrieved from<a href="https://apq.pt/eventos/45o-coloquio-da-qualidade/#apq-evento-menu-5" target="_blank"> 45.º Colóquio da Qualidade Galeria</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-87123675316629635592021-12-22T19:22:00.004+00:002021-12-22T19:22:43.222+00:00 QOE @ FestQuali 2021 <div style="text-align: justify;">Cátia Pinto, PhD student and member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), delivered a speech entitled “Qualidade na indústria têxtil: certificações do produto” at the <a href="https://festquali.com.br/2021/" target="_blank">FestQuali</a> last November 08, that took place virtually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyt4tgQUG2Y0AxznMm07ogm7bVXwKBzavbP3IH0zE64dC3DzO-s7mNukma47fE5hpzuCn2tgDFfplLGwH-smd0TDB9QHafxN2TZXueYaR_RqR6WN7_hb0pdo3yl1AjDoXqWJIeGQ-WqSsLMB9lBMWf9NzcjStubKr7LXZJhAz3J4QbNlLhtV_U-9Fzdg=s1100" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1100" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyt4tgQUG2Y0AxznMm07ogm7bVXwKBzavbP3IH0zE64dC3DzO-s7mNukma47fE5hpzuCn2tgDFfplLGwH-smd0TDB9QHafxN2TZXueYaR_RqR6WN7_hb0pdo3yl1AjDoXqWJIeGQ-WqSsLMB9lBMWf9NzcjStubKr7LXZJhAz3J4QbNlLhtV_U-9Fzdg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">FestQuali is the main quality and innovation event in Brazil and took place during the World Quality Month (08-10 November), both in <a href="https://youtu.be/axwlMr8zFGM" target="_blank">Salvador, Bahia</a> and virtually. This year’s theme was “Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDCeRm55EvPMdPMqOQPILIzu15omqKrAAlKhT1fN-uTGIS1UMNv2A-kTNIEOABouIKaTRYaxGCFriQaSXBihUBwguo7wRmN-1Xs809PmK9hj8brRgmAUaWzlWcpmkEAcJlKj2wf5W6RdYrqg2bw6OPTXvQWQGaJDC--c-4t8nc03IrCrFz3lBtc2L4Ng=s566" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="566" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDCeRm55EvPMdPMqOQPILIzu15omqKrAAlKhT1fN-uTGIS1UMNv2A-kTNIEOABouIKaTRYaxGCFriQaSXBihUBwguo7wRmN-1Xs809PmK9hj8brRgmAUaWzlWcpmkEAcJlKj2wf5W6RdYrqg2bw6OPTXvQWQGaJDC--c-4t8nc03IrCrFz3lBtc2L4Ng=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Pictures retrieved from Cátia Pinto LinkedIn page)</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-36894964088109381452021-11-25T09:30:00.000+00:002021-11-25T09:30:00.168+00:00QOE @ Excellence Through Quality webinar <div style="text-align: justify;">André M. Carvalho, Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave and Research Affiliate of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), delivered a speech entitled “Resistir e prosperar em ambientes cada vez mais incertos e complexos” in the webinar “Excellence through Quality”, last November 02, that took place virtually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqhpHvTVzyGsiSuBtNaH6Cohjce3NcVvNEq0HkOAX4IrK18JTdrdQ6xIkjXVq0VLKnLPJkXoNCKfyfhkfkd1SEji0Ve0Ihyxu_gvouGWpoVVSC_grBPJEXe2SPGjttiBzTUF34m9H54Y4xfe7d3wugzkX-w68DtSeU7jtJtZdnW_xEW7wSZ2vrSqLzoA=s1366" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqhpHvTVzyGsiSuBtNaH6Cohjce3NcVvNEq0HkOAX4IrK18JTdrdQ6xIkjXVq0VLKnLPJkXoNCKfyfhkfkd1SEji0Ve0Ihyxu_gvouGWpoVVSC_grBPJEXe2SPGjttiBzTUF34m9H54Y4xfe7d3wugzkX-w68DtSeU7jtJtZdnW_xEW7wSZ2vrSqLzoA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This webinar was promoted by <a href="https://apcergroup.com/pt/" target="_blank">APCER</a> and aimed to discuss quality and excellence topics and their influence to organizations’ performance and sustainability. The webinar is available on <a href="https://youtu.be/O01lJ1nGma8?t=3298s" target="_blank">APCER YouTube channel</a>.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-78116635981988533712021-11-23T09:30:00.001+00:002021-11-23T09:30:00.186+00:00André M. Carvalho distinguished as Rising Star 2021 by ASQ <p> André M. Carvalho, Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave and Research Affiliate of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), was selected as a Rising Start 2021 by ASQ among 40 quality professionals under 40 in the ASQ flagship publication – Quality Progress.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIO9xUC6nfjtvzqCRn0wHcDq3q-RU5xbz7ObKqxevVa2Pk19mk5IbjVQG0286rWJt4xBTHUY4F5wAvWg8qDF4mgJCjIic16Qqk3bqQ8buYA5DUpAVGr5Hf4nvEQSbF5bY_j0USKjTs6ZPFdxIzwkxtnU4a-YsdZGqnp5iPP38W35xA2DpdQCivUuh-bg=s825" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="825" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIO9xUC6nfjtvzqCRn0wHcDq3q-RU5xbz7ObKqxevVa2Pk19mk5IbjVQG0286rWJt4xBTHUY4F5wAvWg8qDF4mgJCjIic16Qqk3bqQ8buYA5DUpAVGr5Hf4nvEQSbF5bY_j0USKjTs6ZPFdxIzwkxtnU4a-YsdZGqnp5iPP38W35xA2DpdQCivUuh-bg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjClYdH-0KL-ytVSPN6IScq85GCKNxpx2H6HtCFvQdQyVUJpX2OBrJKYbh5wtRulWdPp7lNuu5Gr1TyotKuc6QsP-f1KL1AokxAlD4_O_sOC7kH_S4nMaO3c2XU9IZleF5HOFlLGa-S77TANJQWuDIvSsInIURruW8zGVd5lpCwz6Ku69meiUFbqyAU9A=s1200" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjClYdH-0KL-ytVSPN6IScq85GCKNxpx2H6HtCFvQdQyVUJpX2OBrJKYbh5wtRulWdPp7lNuu5Gr1TyotKuc6QsP-f1KL1AokxAlD4_O_sOC7kH_S4nMaO3c2XU9IZleF5HOFlLGa-S77TANJQWuDIvSsInIURruW8zGVd5lpCwz6Ku69meiUFbqyAU9A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div>This was the third time ASQ had recognized a class of young and standout quality professionals from all corners of the world with a great relationship with quality.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1wF6KSzk5FCnkxcQTrNeMVlQL5HwHrm1SBBhd4xwda5fU3aE1mkP3uOAPNfzoslKjmH01A-K0JghpgXGy-b1wCPElAADW33L-Yzk1Ic8zjButfmLGOwpbzw3NT1x6ZZA0xb7K0TtfJu7LRXFAF76wYroE_SqM1uDZjmFEBks4j240lc-GAJ58SNuiZQ=s770" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="770" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1wF6KSzk5FCnkxcQTrNeMVlQL5HwHrm1SBBhd4xwda5fU3aE1mkP3uOAPNfzoslKjmH01A-K0JghpgXGy-b1wCPElAADW33L-Yzk1Ic8zjButfmLGOwpbzw3NT1x6ZZA0xb7K0TtfJu7LRXFAF76wYroE_SqM1uDZjmFEBks4j240lc-GAJ58SNuiZQ=w320-h140" width="320" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">(Picture retrieved from Quality Progress magazine- Nov2021)</div><br />Congratulations, André!</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-73053564383951678492021-11-18T09:30:00.001+00:002021-11-18T09:30:00.178+00:00 QOE @ Jornadas de Engenharia e Gestão Industrial ‘21<div style="text-align: justify;">Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) delivered a workshop entitled “Quality up” at the <a href="https://www.neegium.dps.uminho.pt/detalhes-agenda" target="_blank">Jornadas de Engenharia e Gestão industrial ’21</a>, last October 19, that took place at Campus of Azurém, University of Minho.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2JK4XiBWX4oUlIneAo92aBTvy1P7q9KZNe0pNpDGo6MmBB_k33B4RlEPuFw1junbPLzvYat0qODfgHu95XX81hDGLxoPUSqeoEoK8JPXrFEI1hnMVuUUSFDvFs_ITg4wBt99-wNY7UJIN68uvqmKyXNLCHnhhnWqkgBpPjrFkT3M1JbSBma0N-FTWqA=s1170" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1170" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2JK4XiBWX4oUlIneAo92aBTvy1P7q9KZNe0pNpDGo6MmBB_k33B4RlEPuFw1junbPLzvYat0qODfgHu95XX81hDGLxoPUSqeoEoK8JPXrFEI1hnMVuUUSFDvFs_ITg4wBt99-wNY7UJIN68uvqmKyXNLCHnhhnWqkgBpPjrFkT3M1JbSBma0N-FTWqA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This workshop was focused on the importance of quality management.</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-75718785385152412252021-11-16T09:30:00.001+00:002021-11-16T09:30:00.174+00:00QOE @ XIII Congreso Internacional de Calidad y IV de Calidad Integrada<div style="text-align: justify;">Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), attended the <a href="https://www.uasb.edu.ec/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AGENDA-CONGRESO-CALIDAD-2021.pdf" target="_blank">XIII Congreso Internacional de Calidad e IV de Calidad Integrada</a>, last October, 16, that took place virtually.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj__hkFyUTN7kjnRzA3eI26Whysn5sSRZgryyFaAlIRMLzeSfKqFgZ2SI5qk0dcWpSlWrBNTMNMXxraOzslsgTUuhXOt26yGV6NhSqYYjplroGzxACfMQcQYzkUstfLuCtl6UD6Ag_HmRiMbR1jsf6qnJjuDhH2KZ-pIsDTGxiBrr8yB_3Wuy1lYvQ37w=s720" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj__hkFyUTN7kjnRzA3eI26Whysn5sSRZgryyFaAlIRMLzeSfKqFgZ2SI5qk0dcWpSlWrBNTMNMXxraOzslsgTUuhXOt26yGV6NhSqYYjplroGzxACfMQcQYzkUstfLuCtl6UD6Ag_HmRiMbR1jsf6qnJjuDhH2KZ-pIsDTGxiBrr8yB_3Wuy1lYvQ37w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This congress was organized by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/school/universidad-andina-sim-n-bol-var/" target="_blank">Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/observatoriopyme/" target="_blank">Fundación Observatorio PyME</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/asq-latinoamérica/" target="_blank">ASQ Latinoamérica</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Paulo Sampaio delivered a keynote speech entitled “The Role of Quality in Digital Transformation: dimensions and developments”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2BXsum_at2gpg_o0Gf0EFuUAcDb6scXChF0hZVijzZZUJUsRFPB_MT2rzN9e8pxnTxNVkxhyiS80yjd043-_Tl0KHWgLPkZvHDCrrDWXq3w2f5Q3-FjRO7wixqcdVDL6EzTfQ7_YfERPIgaeY_Nj-3ZR7Bwp_8xC8qclf2-jL0h_8EvAFuO63zBkCNQ=s1478" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1478" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2BXsum_at2gpg_o0Gf0EFuUAcDb6scXChF0hZVijzZZUJUsRFPB_MT2rzN9e8pxnTxNVkxhyiS80yjd043-_Tl0KHWgLPkZvHDCrrDWXq3w2f5Q3-FjRO7wixqcdVDL6EzTfQ7_YfERPIgaeY_Nj-3ZR7Bwp_8xC8qclf2-jL0h_8EvAFuO63zBkCNQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Picture retrieved from Paulo Sampaio LinkedIn profile)</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693887967405286015.post-899576858866216552021-11-11T09:30:00.001+00:002021-11-11T09:30:00.173+00:00World Quality Day 2021<div style="text-align: justify;">The World Quality Day is celebrated annually on the second Thursday in November and it was established in 1990 by the United Nations. It intends to celebrate quality worldwide, share quality achievements and to raise awareness of quality around the world as quality is a contribute for the improvement of performance every day of the year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbWEcrg0kA3XP0gjuCRdjLZpShLTbcLkWmPd0Xm2gdiwTFMiGLrmqvr6CH6M-sdiV9q3D_k89Ts0FsgpjtcM6sOm8qh7hYt4O3zXTb-iDJtHowjq2wsLxqoZHKUmcjKE5AFDdhCS3rqUAeeU2Ct4w7uOtaEnC93HIgz1mo4gXPQcwveiBxgWHBvDfqVg=s592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="592" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbWEcrg0kA3XP0gjuCRdjLZpShLTbcLkWmPd0Xm2gdiwTFMiGLrmqvr6CH6M-sdiV9q3D_k89Ts0FsgpjtcM6sOm8qh7hYt4O3zXTb-iDJtHowjq2wsLxqoZHKUmcjKE5AFDdhCS3rqUAeeU2Ct4w7uOtaEnC93HIgz1mo4gXPQcwveiBxgWHBvDfqVg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate the World Quality Day 2021, Paulo Sampaio, the coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), leaves a message: “Happy Quality Day! Let’s make a better World through Quality!"</div>Catarina Cubohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03383791051005181582noreply@blogger.com