Finalizando a Série Administrando a Produção, hoje apresentaremos a Pesquisa Operacional e a Teoria das Filas. Se você perdeu os dois primeiros artigos, confira: o primeiro tratou do sistema Vendor Managed Inventory e sobre a Teoria das Restrições; o segundo falou do Just in Time e do Kanban. Veja agora o que são e pra que servem a Pesquisa Operacional e a Teoria das Filas.

The Department of Industrial Engineering at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia is pleased to announce the 5^th International Conference on Production Research, ICPR – Americas 2010. The theme of the conference is "Technologies in Logistics and Manufacturing for Small and Medium Enterprises". ICPR is endorsed by the International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR), the founding body of the International Journal of Production Research. The conference will feature leading researchers and practitioners that integrate areas of production, logistics and manufacturing and will provide networking opportunities with colleagues throughout Latin America. The conference also includes workshops designed for active professionals in