OMReC
Applied research in operations management, from factory to service.
OMReC/UFSC is a strategic hub of excellence for scientific production, academic collaboration, and researcher training — bringing together operational excellence, lean thinking, and digital transformation to address real-world problems in industry and services.
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25+ researchers
UFSC · UFF · UNOESC and international partners
Welcome to OMReC
Six years of research in service engineering, now a certified center dedicated to solving real operational challenges.
2019
Started as GEPES/UFF
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Researchers and students
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Scientific publications
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Partner institutions
Research areas
Six areas that drive the center's work
Each area combines scientific method with practical application, through projects conducted with companies, hospitals, and public institutions.
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Knowledge Management
Generation, integration, flow, and control of knowledge among actors who co-create value, reducing intellectual waste in operations.
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Service Development
Methods, models, and tools that support service development in collaborative and innovative environments.
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Lean Thinking
Lean applied to continuous improvement: efficient flows, waste elimination, and maximized delivered value.
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Quality Management
Quality Engineering principles applied to value co-creation, with an emphasis on risk management and process excellence.
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Industry 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0
From automation and connectivity to human factors, sustainability, and global collaborative networks.
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Operational Excellence
Creation and implementation of solutions that drive performance, process optimization, and sustainable value generation.
Where we've been
The center at the field's leading forums
We bring the center's research to national and international conferences, from ENEGEP to ICOPEx, expanding collaboration with researchers from more than 35 countries.
ICOPEx 2025 · Porto, Portugal
ENEGEP 2025 · Natal, RN
45th National Meeting of Production Engineering, at UFRN — the country's largest event in the field, themed “Reindustrialization in Brazil.”
EURAM · Europe
European Academy of Management — a gathering of scholars and professionals around contemporary management challenges.
ENEGEP 2023 · Brazil
The leading national forum for disseminating technical and scientific production in production engineering.
Who we are
A center certified by UFSC, rooted in GEPES
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Institutional affiliation
Established on July 21, 2025, officially affiliated with and certified by the Federal University of Santa Catarina, founded by Prof. Dr. Andrei Bonamigo.
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From industry to services
Analysis and improvement of production systems and complex service systems, with a focus on performance, value creation, and sustainability.
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Network of institutions
Researchers and students from UFSC, UFF, and UNOESC, along with partnerships with national and international institutions.
Scientific output
Recent publications
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2025JournalFacilitators and inhibitors of Lean Service 5.0: an assessment from the knowledge waste management perspectiveVINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems
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2024JournalThe interrelationship between Lean 4.0 and value co-creation: an empirical study in the dairy sectorInternational Journal of Lean Six Sigma
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2024JournalJournal of Service Theory and Practice, v. 30, p. 609-642
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2024JournalAn integrative framework to driver innovation among dairy actorsInternational Journal of Innovation, v. 12, n. 1, p. e24025
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2024JournalRelationship between financial performance and corporative governance of mining, oil and gas companiesGestão & Produção, v. 31