Introduction

The XIII International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (ICIEOM) is an international event organized by ABEPRO - Brazilian Association of Production Engineering. It reunites academic community, researchers, teachers and students, entrepreneurs, spin doctors, engineers, administrator and other professionals involved in Producing Engineering. It is one of the principal of spreading news about technical and scientific production of the area and it consolidated as a forum for discussion of themes related to Production Engineering in the international field. Also it does promote integration/interchange of academic knowledge with the productive sector. Therefore, the ICIEOM becomes a single opportunity to put together the efforts of all who act in this vital area for development.

 The ICIEOM looks for a link between the academic communities with the rest of society.