Paulo Cauchick-Miguel at RG-QOE as Visiting Professor

Paulo Cauchick-Miguel visited the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) this last month. Paulo is Associate Professor at the Department of Production and Systems of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), and develops his research in the quality management, research methodologies in engineering, product-service systems, and servitization fields of expertise.

During his visit, Paulo attended the QOE monthly meeting where several possibilities of cooperation between UMinho and UFSC were discussed.

Paulo had the opportunity to deliver a lecture on January 22 to the RG-QOE members entitled “Research methodology and publication: insights in the production engineering context”.

(From left to right: Paulo Sampaio, Mónica Cabecinhas, Paulo Cauchick-Miguel, Pedro Domingues, Catarina Cubo, and Nicky Campbell-Allen)

QOE at 3rd IAQ Quality Forum & 13th Shanghai International Symposium on Quality

Paulo Sampaio, Coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence, attended the 3rd IAQ World Quality Forum & 13th Shanghai International Symposium on Quality with the theme “Boundaryless Quality World” that took place last December 5 and 6, in Shanghai, China.

Paulo Sampaio was guest speaker in a round table discussion about the “Future of the Quality Profession”.

[Photos retrieved from Photo gallery of the event]

MSc Dissertation Examination @ RG-QOE

Fábio Daniel Correia, student of the Master in Quality Engineering and Management (MEGQ) presented his Master Dissertation in November 27.

From left to right: Professor Paulo Sampaio (supervisor); Fábio Daniel Correia; Professor Maria João Rosa (external examiner); Professor Eusébio Nunes (Examination Board Chair). Photo retrieved from MEGQ Facebook page.

The dissertation entitlied “Proposta de um Modelo de Excelência Organizacional para Pequenas e Médias Empresas” was supervised by Professor Paulo Sampaio. The examination was performed by Professor Maria João Rosa.

World Quality Day 2019

To celebrate the World Quality Day (WQD) 2019, the coordinator of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), Paulo Sampaio, leaves a message : “In the 21st century we need to re-invent Quality to Lead and reach Excellence in the digital world”.

The WQD was established in 1990 by the United Nations and it is celebrated annually on the second Thursday in November.

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.

QOE @ EOQ Congress 2019

The Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE) was represented by André M. Carvalho, Catarina Cubo and Paulo Sampaio at the European Organization for Quality Congress 2019.

The 63rd edition of the congress took place in Lisbon, Portugal from October 23 to 24.

André M. Carvalho, MIT Portugal PhD Student and member of the RG-QOE, delivered a presentation entitled “Rediscovering Quality in unstable and complex business environments”.

Catarina Cubo, PhD Student and member of the RG-QOE, delivered a presentation entitled “2018 World State of Quality results: an overview”

Paulo Sampio, Coordinator of the RG-QOE, was involved in the Organizing Committee and he was chair of the parallel session “Process Improvement Projects”.

Furthermore, André M. Carvalho was awarded with the “Best PhD presentation”.

Narayanan Ramanathan at University of Minho

Narayanan Ramanathan, founder member and former President of the Indian Society for Quality (ISQ), visited the School of Engineering of the University of Minho on October 22, 2019. Ram is an Academician at the International Academy for Quality (IAQ), serving on the Board. He is also the Chair of the Think Tank on Quality in Planet Earth Concerns.

During his visit, Narayanan had the opportunity to deliver an open lecture entitled “Applying the Power of Quality-based Management in the Service of Planet Earth”.

RG-QOE @ 2019 MIT Portugal Annual Conference

Fábio Daniel Correia, Master student of the Research Group on Quality and Organizational Excellence (RG-QOE), attended the 2019 MIT Portugal Annual Conference that took place on September 30, in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.

Fábio Daniel Correia participated in the poster session with a poster entitled “Quality Assessment and Improvement Framework for Organizations in the Context of Digital Transformation: First Insights” by Fábio Daniel Correia, André M. Carvalho and Paulo Sampaio.