Focus and Scope

BJPE is outlined according to the thematic axes prepared by ABEPRO and thus focuses on:

- Projects, operations and improvements of systems that create and deliver the company's primary products (goods or services);

- Techniques for dealing with the main issues involving transportation, movement, stock and storage of inputs and products, aiming to reduce costs, guarantee product availability, as well as meeting customer demand levels;

- Solving real problems involving decision-making situations, through mathematical models usually processed computationally. Applies concepts and methods from other scientific disciplines in the design, planning or operation of systems to achieve their objectives. It thus seeks to introduce elements of objectivity and rationality into decision-making processes, without neglecting the subjective elements and organizational framework that characterize the problems;

-  Planning, design and control of quality management systems that consider process management, a factual approach to decision making and the use of quality tools;

- Set of design, planning, organization, decision and execution tools and processes involved in the strategic and operational activities of developing new products, ranging from conception to product launch and its withdrawal from the market with the participation of the various functional areas of the company company.

- Set of knowledge related to the management of organizations, encompassing strategic and operational planning, production strategies, entrepreneurial management, intellectual property, organizational performance assessment, information systems and their management and production arrangements ;

- Formulation, estimation and evaluation of economic results to evaluate alternatives for decision making, consisting of a set of mathematical techniques that simplify economic comparison;

- Design, improvement, implementation and evaluation of tasks, work systems, products, environments and systems to make them compatible with the needs, skills and capabilities of people aiming for better quality and productivity, preserving health and physical integrity. Their knowledge is used to understand interactions between humans and other elements of a system. It can also be stated that this area deals with the technology of the machine - environment - man - organization interface;

- Planning the efficient use of natural resources in various production systems, the destination and treatment of waste and effluents from these systems, as well as the implementation of an environmental management and social responsibility system.

- Universe of insertion of higher education in engineering (undergraduate, postgraduate, research and extension) and its related areas, based on a systemic approach encompassing the management of educational systems in all its aspects: the training of people (faculty and administrative technician); the didactic pedagogical organization, especially the pedagogical course project; teaching/learning methodologies and means. Due to the characteristics included in this specialty, it can be considered as "Pedagogical Engineering", which seeks to consolidate these issues, as well as to present, as concrete results of the activities developed, viable alternatives for organizing courses for the improvement of teaching activity, a field in which that the teacher is already intensely involved without finding an adequate structure to deepen his reflections and investigations.