Using the same principles, techniques and tools as commercial marketing, social marketing considers also the desirable behavioural changes in the long term. This literature review is based on PRISMA review protocol and seeks to present a mental map that can be used to understand different socially responsible behaviours, especially eating preferences, related to social marketing, sustainability, and food. The f...
Lean Manufacturing philosophy is being adopted worldwide as most industries aim at improving efficiency in their production processes through waste reduction or elimination, as for their goal is to increase market competitiveness and resilience to disruptive factors. Yet, implementing Lean Manufacturing philosophy is not a straightforward process and an increasing number of studies report many flaws, by several...
The XXI Congress of APDIO, the Portuguese Operational Research Society, took place on 7 and 8 November 2021, with more than 120 registered participants and around 80 papers submitted. This congress took place at a very particular historical moment. After the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had immobilized humanity, cancelling all gatherings, society was equipped with the first effective weapons agai...
Within DIFUCH, we are developing innovative challenge-based pedagogies, tools and platforms for the virtual delivery of a joint programme within a groundbreaking-breaking and flexible academic structure in Europe. This Erasmus+ project is focused on delivering new multi-disciplinary, transnational, cross-sectional future skills-orientated modules and learning pathways that address societal challenges. In this p...
One of the biggest challenges today is to promote various teach- ing methodologies that accompany scientific, technological, so- cial, cultural, economic, and environmental development, with a view to contributing to the training of professionals who know how to transfer theoretical knowledge to practice, in order to develop a more stable society. The main objective of this study is to understand whether active...
The main objective of this study is to analyse different production scenarios of a company, and propose improvements with the use of discrete event simulation. We use a simulation tool, SIMIO software, to reproduce the existing production layout of the company. Our purpose is to gather relevant information about the actual production system behaviour, and to find strategies to increase the production level to m...
No contexto educativo o papel do professor está sob escrutínio constante. A literatura dá conta de vários perfis que vão do professor clássico ̶ aquele que determina todo o processo de ensino-aprendizagem, disponibilizando os conteúdos de forma expositiva condenando os alunos à condição passiva de receber e processar informação (no sentido Freiriano da teoria bancária da educação), até ao perfil “facilitador”, ...
A aposta na inovação nas organizações é, cada vez mais, um fator chave para a sua sustentabilidade e competitividade. Neste contexto, as Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) têm vindo a explorar a metodologia de cocriação para a inovação entre empresas e equipas multidisciplinares de estudantes, potenciando um ambiente de inovação no território. Os processos de cocriação são processos colaborativos através dos...
A aposta na inovação nas organizações é cada vez mais, um fator chave para a sua sustentabilidade e competitividade As Instituições de Ensino Superior (têm vindo a explorar a metodologia de cocriação para a inovação entre empresas e equipas multidisciplinares de estudantes, potenciando um ambiente de inovação no território Este estudo de caso, baseia-se, fundamentalmente, na análise de conteúdo dos documentos f...
A pandemia COVID-19 colocou ao mundo, às sociedades e, também às instituições de ensino superior inúmeros desafios, estimulando, a cada dia que passa, a sua capacidade de adaptação e superação. A necessidade de confinamento obrigou a uma aceleração da digitalização e virtualização das atividades de ensino-aprendizagem, sem tempo prévio de preparação, capacitação e alocação de recursos que garantissem a eficiênc...