XXXI SIMPEP

In 1994, an organizing committee comprised of faculty, employees and students of the Department of Production Engineering at UNESP (São Paulo State University) – Bauru Campus, held the 1st SIMPEP – Production Engineering Symposium. The Event has improved continuously, becoming one of the most important congresses for Production Engineering in Brazil due to the quality of its referees, the speakers and the scientific expression of the works presented. The SIMPEP scientific committee is comprised only of PhD professors and researchers in Production Engineering who belong to the universities from the different states of Brazil. Although it is not an itinerant event, since it is always held at the UNESP College of Engineering, Bauru Campus, the studies sent and the registrations at SIMPEP characterize the Symposium’s national scope. Since 2010, with the illustrious participation of international speakers from Sweden, Spain and Portugal, SIMPEP has also become an international event, stimulating advances in scientific empowerment through conferences, round tables with proposals of current themes for discussions and the disclosure of research results related to the different thematic areas of the Symposium: Production Management; Quality Management; Economic Management; Ergonomics and Occupational Safety; Product Management; Operational Research; Strategic and Organizational Management; Management of Organizational Knowledge; Environmental Management; Education in Production Engineering; Production Engineering; Sustainability and Social Responsibility. .

Every year, the Symposium gathers nearly 450 participants from every state of Brazil over the three-day event, with an average of 700 studies registered by the Symposium, and the challenge of proposals for discussing high-level and current themes in the Production Engineering area.

THEMES ADDRESSED AT THE PRODUCTION ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM

YEAR	EDITION	THEME
1994	I	Production Engineering
1995	II	Quality and Productivity in the Construction Industry
1996	III	Quality and Productivity in Manufacturing
1997	IV	Quality and Industrial Automation
1998	V	Quality and Productivity in Services
1999	VI	Information Management
2000	VII	Strategic Management in Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises
2001	VIII	Environmental Management in Production Systems
2002	IX	Innovation in Public Administration Management
2003	X	Practice and Learning in Times of Change
2004	XI	Logistics and Company Networks
2005	XII	Labor Relations in the Context of Production Engineering
2006	XIII	Entrepreneurism and Sustainability in Production Systems
2007	XIV	Performance Management in Production Systems
2008	XV	Information Systems and Knowledge Management
2009	XVI	Teaching Production Engineering: Challenges, Tendencies and Perspectives
2010	XVII	Project Management and Production Engineering
2011	XVIII	Sustainability in Supply Chain
2012	XIX	Global Supply Chain: Challenges and Tendencies of the Globalized World
2013	XX	Production Engineering & Millennium Development Goals
2014	XXI	Logistics Infrastructure Demands for the Economic Growth of Brazil
2015	XXII	National Policy of Innovation and Production Engineering
2016	XXIII	Operations Management Services And Its Social Impacts
2017	XXIV	Contributions From Production Engineering To A Low Carbon Economy
2018	XXV	Innovation And Sustainability In Business Process Management
2019	XXVI	Challenges Of Production Engeneering In The Context Of Industry 4.0
2020	XXVII	Circular Economy And Its Interfaces With Production Engineering
2021	XXVIII	Production Engineering Teaching: How To Prepare New Generations For The Challenge Of The XXI Century
2022	XXIV	Resilience In The Supply Chain

The search for excellence makes SIMPEP always strive to overcome its challenges, working in a systemic and integrated manner so its objectives with the scientific community can be reached.