André M. Carvalho awarded with the 2020 Ricardo Dell’Anna Doctoral Dissertation Prize

André M. Carvalho, Assistant Professor at the Universidade Lusófona (Lisbon) and Research Affiliate of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), has been awarded with the 2020 Ricardo Dell’Anna Doctoral Dissertation Prize.

This prize is promoted by the International Academy for Quality (IAQ) and recognizes the best Doctoral Thesis on Quality. André will have the opportunity to present his research at the IAQ conference this year.

The doctoral thesis of André, entitled “Operational Excellence, Culture and Agility: key concepts to manage Technical Industries", was supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio (University of Minho, Portugal) and Professor Eric Rebentisch (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA).

Congratulations, André!

Pedro Domingues @ Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Pedro Domingues, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), was visiting the Politenico di Torino, Italy, between May 3 and 7, through the International Credit Mobility UMOVE (ME) program.

Pedro Domingues had the opportunity to share some insights of his research. He addressed a lecture entitled "Standardized Management Systems and Integration”. During his stay, Pedro also visited some laboratories related to collaborative robots and he met with some researchers that are used to collaborate with RG-QOE, such as Fiorenzo Franceschini.

MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE

Carolina Ferradaz, member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) and student of the Master Program in Quality Engineering and Management (MEGQ) presented her Master Dissertation last April 14.

The dissertation entitled “Model for Maturity Assessment of Integrated Management Systems: new version – IMS-MM © v2” was supervised by Professor Pedro Domingues and Professor Paulo Sampaio. The examination was performed by Professor Sérgio Dinis Sousa.

Congrats, Carolina!

Paulo Sampaio @ EOQ-ASQ-ASQE Webinar

Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, delivered a keynote speech entitled “"Insights on Excellence” (IoE) Research Overview - Key findings of IoE” in an online EOQ-ASQ-ASQE webinar called “Navigating the Road To Quality in Today’s Technology-Driven Companies” promoted by the European Organization for Quality, last March 25.

Margarida Dias @ ASQ EMEA Spring Students Café

Margarida Dias, Master student and member of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), delivered a presentation entitled “Quality 4.0: Thinking Outside the Box” at the the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region Student’s Café that took place virtually last March 11.

This event was mainly directed to students in order to provide them an opportunity to share with the community the work they are developing.

PhD Thesis Plan presentations by RG-QOE students

Anabela Silva and Cátia Pinto, RG-QOE Junior Researchers and PhD Students of the Doctoral Program on Industrial and Systems Engineering presented their Thesis Plan.

Anabela Silva PhD project is entitled “Quality 4.0 predictive model for customer defects” and is supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio and Professor José Machado, both from the ALGORITMI Research Centre, University of Minho. The examination was performed by Professor Maria Henriqueta Nóvoa (external examiner from the University of Porto). Anabela presented her Thesis Plan virtually on February 10 and she was approved with a grade of 17 out of 20.

Cátia Pinto PhD project is entitled “Framework for Management Systems 4.0" and is supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio and Professor Pedro Domingues, both from the ALGORITMI Research Centre, University of Minho. The examination was performed by Professor Otavio Oliveira (external examiner from Paulista State University, Brazil). Cátia presented her Thesis Plan virtually on February 8 and she was approved with a grade of 17 out of 20.

QOE paper published @ TQM&BE

The paper “2017 world state of quality: first worldwide results” has been published in the Total Quality Management & Business Excellence.

This paper is co-authored by Paulo Sampaio and Catarina Cubo, both members of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence.

The full reference of the paper is:

Catarina Cubo, Pedro Saraiva, Paulo Sampaio & Marco Reis (2021) 2017 world state of quality: first worldwide results, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 32:3-4, 379-388, DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2019.1575722.