Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Preparation Checklist

• The contribution is original and unpublished, and it is not being considered for publication by another journal.
• Submission files are in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF format (as long as they do not exceed 2MB).
• All web page addresses (URLs) included in the text (e.g., http://www.ibict.br) are active and ready to click.
• The text is single-spaced; uses an 11-point font; employs italics instead of underlining (except for URLs); with figures and tables inserted in the text, not at the end.
• The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in the Author Guidelines section of About the Journal.
• The authorship identification of this work has been removed from the file and the Word Properties option, thus ensuring the journal's confidentiality criterion, if submitted for peer review (e.g., articles), as per instructions available in Ensuring a Blind Peer Review.

Focus and Scope:

Articles of interest to Production Engineering are accepted in the areas of Production Management; Quality; Economic Management; Ergonomics and Occupational Safety; Product Engineering; Operations Research; Strategy and Organizations; Technology Management; Information and Knowledge Systems; Environmental Management and EP Teaching. The papers must be original, containing contributions to scientific, technological, institutional, and educational advancement, both at a theoretical level (literature review, "state of the art," etc.) and practical level (research results, reports on practical application work, etc.).

Submission of the File:

Submit a file edited in Word for Windows to the site:

SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE

Language:

The article can be in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.

Articles in Portuguese and Spanish must contain an abstract in English, in addition to the summary. Articles in English must contain a title and summary in Portuguese, in addition to the abstract.

Formatting:

DOWNLOAD THE TEMPLATE FOR FORMATTING YOUR ARTICLE AT THIS LINK: TEMPLATE HERE

Margins:

2.5 cm, font: Times New Roman size 11; line spacing: single.

Length:

The article must be no longer than 30 pages.

The file must include on the 1st page: a summary of no more than 150 words and 3 to 5 keywords, an abstract in English of no more than 150 words, and 3 to 5 keywords. Foreign words must appear in italics in the text. For decimal numbers, use a comma (2.5) instead of a point (2.5).

Figures and Tables:

Figures must be of good quality and inserted into the text. Figures will be printed in black and white and shades of gray. Captions, below the figures, should start with the word Figure, the respective number in Arabic numerals (figures are numbered consecutively), and a dash (e.g., Figure 1 - Diagram of...). Tables must be of good quality and inserted into the text. They should have a caption at the top, starting with the word Table, the respective number in Arabic numerals (tables are numbered consecutively), and a dash (e.g., Table 1 - Distribution of...). Graphs should be made in black and white and shades of gray.

Footnotes:

Footnotes should only be used for the placement of apud references.

Author Identification:

Along with the article, a file (supplementary document) must be sent with the name of each author, the institution to which they belong, the position they hold, and their contact address (regular mail + email + phone) and ID ORCID. 

It is mandatory to provide the ORCID identification number for each of the authors. If you do not have one, please register at https://orcid.org/.

Originality

The main author must complete and submit, along with the article file, the originality letter available HERE.

Legal Terms:

The content of the articles, as well as their form, is the sole responsibility of the authors.

References:

The consulted or cited bibliography must comply with the following models:

Conference Paper

DUTT, Nikil; TAHERINEJAD, Nima. Self-awareness in cyber-physical systems. In: 2016 29th International conference on VLSI design and 2016 15th international conference on embedded systems (VLSID). IEEE, 2016. p. 5-6.

Book Chapter

BENITEZ, Guilherme Brittes; AYALA, Néstor Fabián; FRANK, Alejandro Germán. How can SMEs participate successfully in Industry 4.0 ecosystems?. In: The Digital Supply Chain. Elsevier, 2022. p. 325-339.

Book

SAATY, Thomas L. Elements of queueing theory: with applications. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961.

Journal Article

FRANK, Alejandro Germán; DALENOGARE, Lucas Santos; AYALA, Néstor Fabián. Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies. International Journal of Production Economics, v. 210, p. 15-26, 2019.