[APDIO] Anúncio de Bolsa /Fellowship Annoucement - Project PeerChain

["Susana Relvas" <susanaicr@ist.utl.pt>]

Junto envio em anexo um anúncio de bolsa de investigação sob o projecto PeerChain, para divulgação.

 

Please find bellow one announcement for a fellowship position under the project PeerChain.

 

Cumprimentos/Regards, Susana Relvas & Ana Póvoa

 

Call for Applications for Scientific Research Grant

 

under the Project “PEERCHAIN”

 

It is now open a call for applications for a Scientific Research Grant for MsC’s under the Project PTDC/SEM-ENR/102869/2008, named PEERCHAIN and financially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under the following conditions:

 

1.       Duration and Type of Contract: 12 months of duration, starting no earlier than the 1^st of October 2011, in an exclusivity regime, as indicated in the advanced studies for human resources regulation of FCT (http://www.fct.mctes.pt/pt/apoios/formacao/ambitoprojectos) and under the grant regulations of IST.

2.       Job Summary: The aim of this research is to develop deterministic approaches for the design and planning of energy efficient supply chains.

3.       Scientific Supervisors: Prof. Ana Póvoa

4.       Required Education Level: The candidates’ evaluation will be done taking into account the following criteria, in this order of importance:

i)     MsC in Engineering and Industrial Management or equivalent;

ii)    Knowledge in Supply Chain Management;

iii)   Knowledge in optimization and modeling techniques.

Note: candidates that do not hold a Master level until the application deadline are invited to apply as long as they hold the degree when they sign the contract. The candidates in such conditions should inform the selection committee of the expected date for having the degree and expected grade.

 

5.       Payment amount: Follows the Table of Amounts of Portuguese Research Grants funded by FCT.

6.       Required documentation for application: Applications are accepted in the specific IST form, and completed by the CV, presentation letter and proof of Education Level, e.g. a Transcript of Records. All documents should be sent to cegist@ist.utl.pt. Please identify which grant you are applying to.

7.       Application Period: The call for applications is open from 15^th of July 2011 until the 7^th of September 2011.

8.       Selection Method: The selection will be based on CV evaluation and interview, if the selection committee finds it necessary. If both selection methods are used, their weight on the final selection will equal.

 

Detailed Description

 

The supply chain definition has change over the last years. The environmental awareness has extended it to account for the return of end-of-life products. Nowadays, the large majority of producers are responsible for their products until they are proper disposed. Companies when restructuring their supply chains can design them either as two independent networks (forward and reverse), or a closed-loop network where synergies can be obtained. Several works have been published where both forward and reverse supply chains are optimized. However, most of them disregard the design of reverse networks and closed-loop networks. >From the literature in the area it can be observed that most models are cost oriented and only a small part considers different performance measures. In this latter group the authors briefly refer to the environmental performance measures. The aim of this study plan is to go a step further. The scientific community is starting to discuss the best way to measure environmental impacts of complex systems such as global supply chains. This line of research is going to be explored along the current work. Different methodologies and concepts to quantify environmental impacts will be explored so as to identify the most adequate to be used. These concepts developed by the environmental scientists will be translated as performance metrics at the supply chain level.

Such metrics will be them coupled with economic performances and optimization models will be developed to effectively and efficiently explore the design and planning of energy efficient logistic structures where the characteristics of the closed-loop supply chains will be accounted for .  Multiple-objective methodologies will be studied allowing a detailed analysis of the trade-offs between costs and energy efficiency  at the supply chain design and planning decision levels.

As main results a generic multi-objective model to design and planning energy efficient supply chain will be developed.  The methodologies and models defined after being validated trough literature examples are going to be tested in real case-studies where a closed connection with companies will be present. Each chain has its own particularities and in this way the applicability of the models will be wider tested. Different aspects will be explored fact that will allow a generalisation of the models developed.

 

Study Plan Scheduling

 

In the present work it is intended to study how supply chains can be efficiently designed and planned to account for energy efficiency measures. However, it is necessary to set up a proper measure to build up representative models and analyze the obtained results.

The development of the work will follow the subsequent stages:

1st Stage) The first will include a literature review, where the candidate will deeply analyze the existent work in this area. The objective is to obtain different approaches where the supply chain is efficiently represented and where it is possible to include energy efficiency measures and targets.

2nd Stage) The second step is to analyze the existent performance measures and metrics that are energy efficiency related. This may imply development of knowledge, practice and comparison of different methodologies to build up a consistent a representative approach for supply chains.

3rd Stage) The third stage is to build up a mixed integer linear programming model that deals with multi-objectives (supply chain cost vs. supply chain energy efficiency) and that can be used for the design and planning of such structures.

4rd Stage) The final stage will involve the application of the model developed to real case-studies.

 

 

 

 

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Susana Relvas

Professora Auxiliar

Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão

Instituto Superior Técnico

Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa

PORTUGAL
* susana.relvas@ist.utl.pt

( +351 21 423 3550 (ext.: 5150) - Tagus

( +351 21 841 9822 (ext.: 3822) - Alameda

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