CITEPE is a Research Centre of the “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” under the Portuguese Ministry of Science Technology and Higher Education, hosted at the University of Minho.
CITEPE focus its research activity on Industrial Organization and Management of Industrial Systems,Technology, Energy and Environment.
The bodies of administrative and research management of the CITEPE are the:
- Scientific Council
- Executive Commission
- Director
The members of the Scientific Council are all effective research members of CITEPE having a Ph.D. degree.
The four Research Groups for achieving CITEPE mission are:
Industrial Management and Systems (IMS)
Systems Economic Analysis (SEA)
Human Engineering (HE)
Distributed and Virtual Manufacturing Systems and Enterprises (DVMSE)
The main interaction and collaboration among the research groups and research members of CITEPE and with other research groups outside of the Centre, national and international, is carried out through research projects. This makes project leaders and project teams the most important elements for the success of the CITEPE mission.
The general mission of this research Centre is to conduct
fundamental and applied research on Industrial Organization and
Management of Industrial systems, Technology, Energy and Environment.
Research and has been focused on:
Investigating
production planning and control mechanisms and techniques relevant to
both lean and agile production for distributed, product and customer
order oriented manufacturing systems.
Studying
forms of intensifying the use and application of available knowledge on
industrial management for improving manufacturing and logistic
operations.
Studying and developing information systems for product data and production management
Researching
theoretical base of the Networked, Agile and Virtual Enterprises
paradigm and to specify Virtual Enterprise model, including a
laboratory installation of a Virtual Enterprise Manufacturing Cell,
which will represent improvement in relation of the actual
state-of-the-art and to validate it.
Developing decision and project management systems
Carrying out macroeconomic and strategic studies of industrial or service sectors
Investigating knowledge flows and knowledge production systems and their implications on innovation performance
Developing cost management systems and cost analysis studies for industrial, environmental and energy systems
Studying
theoretical and practical issues regarding the improvement of the
working conditions, with a particular focus on questions regarding the
workplace’s safety and occupational hygiene.
Research
on applied ergonomics, both to occupational and non-occupational
environments, in particular in what regards to aspects related with
human comfort, physical interfaces and biomechanics.