Norge Isaias Coello Machado

Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas · Faculty of Mechanical and Engineering

The Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Cuba, and the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, will host the XII th International Scientific Conference on Mechanical Engineering, COMEC 2025, as part of the V International Scientific Conference on Science, Technology and Soc...

Novelty and goals: Digitalization and networking are not only changing the solution space of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM). At the same time, the technical possibilities are also changing the efficient work of science (cf. Behrendt et al., 2023). Traditional scientific work only asks for the results of a current, focused, but at the s...

Polishing operations are mandatory in the manufacturing of floors and terrazzo, which are performed with grinding wheels. This study is carried out in two main stages, a laboratory study and later a study in the experimental pilot plant where the obtaining of abrasive materials from the aluminothermic processing of solid industrial wastes and Cuban...

The size, shape and distribution of the grains are important parameters in the sands used in foundries, since several physical and technological properties of the mold depend on them, and more or less directly. The knowledge of the size, shape and distribution of the grains and the content of the clayey component allows to establish a classificatio...

This paper is part of a series of papers dedicated to academic logistics thinking in the context of metacognition. It builds on the first foundational paper by Glistau et al. in 2023. The purpose of this paper is to answer the following research questions: How should the stock of methods in logistics be classified according to research activities,...

Dear colleagues: Within the framework of the IV International Scientific Convention of Science, Technology and Society "CCI 2023", the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Cuba and the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany will host the X edition of the International Sc...

Cuba's economy has fluctuated strongly due to COVID-19 and natural disasters. In addition, sugar production, which is Cuba's main export product, also fell sharply. In the absence of underdeveloped industrial technologies and digitization, Cuba currently has to allocate its resources with even greater consideration. That's why utilization and optim...

The Cuban economy is performing weaker than expected due to the coronavirus and prolonged supply chain disruptions. The problem is global, causing serious problems in the entire Central American and Caribbean region. The good news is that the COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted more and more, and the Cuban government has allowed the creation of...

During the manufacture of flats and terrazzo, grinding and polishing operations are compulsory, which are carried out with abrasive wheels. The work deals with the obtaining and evaluation of abrasive materials from aluminothermic processing of solid industrial waste and Cuban minerals. Different mixtures composed of mill scale and aluminum chips t...

The procedure developed allows self-assessment according to the level of certification chosen.

The scientific discipline of logistics has existed at universities and colleges for about 45 years and trains young academics for the industry and for logistics tasks in all other areas (e.g., trade, transport, hospital, administration, military. hazardous goods logistics, disaster logistics). Subtly and yet noticeably, logisticians are characteriz...

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains (SC) were interrupted, causing disruptions in the supply and demand of products. Food SCs in Cuba are also affected by high prices and limited integration among their activities. Specifically, the food SC of the basic food basket, which is the object of analysis of this paper. Moreover, the S...

The present era is characterised by many events that have influences on supply chains and supply networks. This concerns, e.g., war, epidemics, natural disasters, accidents, strikes, political instability, and political sanctions. These are generally grouped under the term “disruption”. In order to avoid the risk of supply chain disruption, major d...

Introducción: En la Empresa Planta Mecánica “Fabric Aguilar Noriega” la fabricación de piezas como resultado de la fundición ha disminuido notablemente en los últimos años, no sin dejar de ser una de las principales formas de producción. En este proceso se utilizan mezclas que varían en sus propiedades y composición, de acuerdo a la utilización par...

In the research, a wide review of the current literature was carried out, especially of everything related to the storage of products in general, food, international certification of warehouses, warehouses 4.0 and the Cuban resolutions of certification in force. Based on this, a procedure was developed that allows the self-assessment of warehouses...

Logistics 4.0 generates a high number of new solutions. The scientific task is to generate an overview knowledge in this field and to show opportunities for the targeted further development. Research questions are: (1) What are typical goals and potentials of Logistics 4.0? (2) What current trends in ICT, production and logistics are influencing Lo...

Logistics planning is a main discipline of the science of logistics. New trends and developments change requirements, approaches and solutions of logistics planning. The scientific problem is to check, identify, generate and document new and updated knowledge in this field. In this respect, the paper focuses on logistics planning tasks, on procedur...

This research is carried out in the hotel "Las Cuevas", located less than 400 meters from the historic centre of the municipality of Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, with the objective of applying a procedure that allows the analysis and improvement of the logistics of warehouses in the hotel. For this purpose, information collection and

In the current context, due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, it interrupted global supply chains by causing unprecedented shocks to supply and demand; food supply chains have been seriously affected. Food supply chains in Cuba are affected by several disruptions. Specifically, the food distribution chain of the basic food basket, which...

Introducción: En la Empresa Planta Mecánica “Fabric Aguilar Noriega” la fabricación de piezas como resultado de la fundición ha disminuido notablemente en los últimos años, no sin dejar de ser una de las principales formas de producción. En este proceso se utilizan mezclas que varían en sus propiedades y composición, de acuerdo a la utilización par...

Companies need to systematically and visibly manage the degree of leanness of their processes and evaluate the implementation of new smart manufacturing projects as part of the new industrial revolution. For this, it is necessary to identify indicators that support the decision-making process.This article proposes a measurement system with a tree-l...

The current state of the pharmaceutical supply chain in Cuba demands the intervention of an operator for the global and effective management of logistic operations. Considering the structure and positioning in the supply chain, the Drug Commercialization Company has potential characteristics that favour its transformation into a logistics service p...

Resumen: En la empresa Planta Mecánica la fabricación de piezas como resultado de la fundición ha disminuido notablemente en los últimos años, no sin dejar de ser una de las principales formas de producción. En este proceso se utilizan mezclas que varían en sus propiedades y composición, de acuerdo a la utilización para la cual se tenga prevista, c...

Problem: Logistics 4.0 means the application of Industry 4.0 in the logistics area. There is a large number of new, individual solutions of Logistics 4.0 especially in manufacturing companies, which originate from research work and industrial developments. The scientific task is to generate logistics overview knowledge and to systematize it appropr...

Resumen: En la empresa Planta Mecánica la fabricación de piezas como resultado de la fundición ha disminuido notablemente en los últimos años, no sin dejar de ser una de las principales formas de producción. En este proceso se utilizan mezclas que varían en sus propiedades y composición, de acuerdo a la utilización para la cual se tenga prevista, c...

In the investigation, a broad review of the current literature was carried out, especially of everything related to the storage of products in eneral, food, certification of warehouses at an international level, 4.0 warehouses and current Cuban certification resolutions. Based on this, a procedure was developed that allows their self-evaluation of...

Problem: Companies are facing major challenges regarding their logistics services processes and systems. Because traffic volume, consumption of natural resources and occurrence of climate catastrophes are increasing, also the awareness of consumers as well as political and social attention are growing. The goal is to shape logistical processes and...

In the mechanical elements production, when a piece is manufactured, the specifications are available, which can be dimensional, strength, weight or any other. The obtained product is accepted when it is within a tolerance margin, which means that it will not have an exact measurement as predicted. To achieve interchangeability, it is just necessar...

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The development of the global economy and consumer demands make the manufacture and production of items more reliable and transparent every day, in the case of food, it is essential in today's market to ensure the safety of food and beverages. One of the fundamental tools to guarantee this process is the certification of the areas destined to store...

This paper is a continuation of the study of learning in the supply chain, specifically in its lead-time taking into account the logistics management approaches offered by the SCOR model: make to order, make to stock and engineer to order. To this end, empirical data was collected from three companies, which respond to these approaches. In these co...

Design of Experiments (DoE) is a well-known method in quality management but seldom used in the logistics area. An important question of science is to find the real factors to control complex processes and systems and to know their levels and influences to control all processes and systems in a right manner. To find the optimum in control there are...

ABSTRACT: Logistics 4.0 means the application of Industry 4.0 in the logistics area. Therefor many new solutions are created and published which give a huge amount of single examples for realizing different logistics tasks. (Compare [1]) To find solutions in a systematic way it is necessary to create and use metaknowledge. The paper gives an overv...

The paper describes the terms Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 as two of the most important trends in production and logistics. Industrie 4.0 (Industry 4.0) is a German term and a synonym for the fourth industrial revolution. It is connected with the common trend of digitalization, virtualization and networking of data and information. The term Logis...

Knowledge is a strategically valuable resource in business management. Activity repetition is known to help learning and improve the ability to do certain job with better quality, lower time consumption and consequently, at lower production cost. This learning ability allowed the development of a prediction technique known as the "learning curve"....

Logistics 4.0 means the application of Industry 4.0 in the logistics area. Therefore, many new practical and scientific solutions are created and published giving a huge amount of individual examples for realizing different logistics tasks. To find solutions in a systematic way, it is necessary to create and use meta-knowledge. The paper gives an o...

Resumen: El desarrollo de la economía mundial y las exigencias de los consumidores provocan que la fabricación y producción de artículos cada día sea más confiable y trasparente para garantizar la inocuidad y seguridad de los alimentos y bebidas. La trazabilidad de lo que se produce o cultiva es necesaria no solo desde el ámbito de la calidad del p...

The term Logistics 4.0 brands the specific application of Industry 4.0 in the area of logistics. Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 create many new possibilities and new solutions by digitalization and networking. That is the reason for an expanded theory of logistics to help characterize existing solutions, systematically develop new ones, and bring t...

Statement of the Problem: Logistics 4.0 means the application of Industry 4.0 in the logistics area. Therefore, many new practical and scientific solutions are created and published giving a huge amount of individual examples for realizing different logistics tasks. (Compare [1])  Objectives: To find solutions in a systematic way, it is necessary...

We are in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution and this concerns more than just manufacturing operations. The transformation of traditional production and service processes into cyber-physical systems requires not only new organizations but also new competences. Within the frame of our paper we are describing the results of our common cur...

The technical efficiency is an important element for growing and development of companies, organizations and supply chains. Many researches calculate the technical efficiency for evaluation and diagnosis the different variable using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. Researchers can use different programs to solve the different DEA model. To us...

Resumen: El desarrollo de la economía mundial y las exigencias de los consumidores provocan que la fabricación y producción de artículos cada día sea más confiable y trasparente para garantizar la inocuidad y seguridad de los alimentos y bebidas. La trazabilidad de lo que se produce o cultiva es necesaria no solo desde el ámbito de la calidad del p...

Resumen: Los procesos en lavanderías industriales enfrentan una presión por aumentar su eficiencia debido a una concentración constante en el mercado. La industria de la lavandería en Alemania reporta un crecimiento constante en las ventas; según la asociación comercial "WIRTEX", las ventas totales de la industria de servicios textiles en Alemania...

The development of the global economy and consumer demands make the manufacture and production of items more reliable and transparent every day, in the case of food, it is essential in today's market to ensure the safety of food and beverages. . One of the fundamental tools to guarantee this process is the certification of the areas destined to sto...

The manufacture by casting, remains the most economical way to obtain pieces with complex geometries and diverse alloys. This is a highly complex process given the large number of variables and factors involved in it, thus, when one of these is ignored and/or left out of control, process errors and distortions usually occur. The present paper intro...

In the context of Industry 4.0, the matrix production concept represents revolutionary solutions from a technological and logistics point of view. In a matrix production system, flexible, configurable production and assembly cells are arranged in a grid layout, and the in-plant supply is based on autonomous vehicles. Adaptable and flexible material...

The decision making has great importance in the formulation of prevention and recovery policies against technological accidents in the chemical process industry and companies that handle hazardous substances. The main objective of management of technological risks in storage and transport activities along the supply chain, is the search of alternat...

Los equipos de medición por coordenadas debido a su principio de medición de los elementos de un objeto de medición son de una aplicación universal y flexible. Según su aplicación se diferencia sus formas constructivas, Su campo de aplicación está determinado especialmente por su rango de medi-ción, el valor de incertidumbre alcanzable y las posibi...

Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 create new business processes. The question is, how will they change the traditional logistics concepts and strategies? The paper answers the following research questions: What are solutions of Logistics 4.0? Are there any successful realized solutions, which optimize logistics at a whole? Which requirements on logist...

Kurzfassung Qualitätsregelkarten sind nach wie vor sowohl in automatisierten als auch in manuellen Messprozessen ein wirksames Mittel der Fertigungsüberwachung und-verbesserung. Die Wirksamkeit der Qualitätsregelkarten, Prozessstörungen rechtzeitig und richtig zu detektieren hängt in hohem Maße von der richtigen Bestimmung ihrer Eingriffsgrenzen ab...

Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 are highly modern terms. They are connected with the common trend of digitalization, virtualization and networking of data and information. Typical is the implementation of new information and communication technologies into production and logistics practice. This will change the working conditions, processes as well...

The objective of this research is calculate the added value in operations of electric power meters (EPM) supply chains, specifically the EPM of 220v. The tool used is composed by six steps allowing at same time the identification of calibration of EPM as the bottleneck operation according the net added value being at same time the process of higher...

En la actualidad la evaluación de los procesos se realiza fundamentalmente mediante las llamadas “habilidades” o los correspondientes índices de capacidad. La capacidad del proceso (Cp) indica las posibilidades potenciales para obtener una característica de calidad dentro de sus límites de especificación y el valor práctico recomendado del potencia...

New trends in strategic evaluation are be influenced by new navigation, information & communication technologies. They permanently change the possibilities, the goals and the forms of logistics strategies. The task is to identify and fulfil a successful logistics business strategy. Thereby the logistics strategies have a strategic, structural, func...

New trends in strategic evaluation are be influenced by innovative navigation, information & communication technologies. They permanently change the possibilities, the goals and the forms of logistics strategies. The task is to identify and fulfil a successful logistics business strategy. Thereby, the logistics strategies have a strategic, structur...

Nowadays the industry is in a commercial and technological competition, then is needed adjust the mensuration systems and obtain technologies that allow achieving satisfactory results to the systems of quality´s control. This paper has as a main objective to provide the necessary information to evaluate the magnitude of the centered in pieces of hi...

Debido a las inexactitudes de los métodos de producción, es imposible fabricar partes de máquinas que tengan exactamente las magnitudes escogidas durante el diseño y que todas las piezas de una producción posean dimensiones geométricas exactamente iguales. Todo proceso de elaboración está afectado por desviaciones que se manifiestan matemáticamente...

Processes with specification limits (tolerance) are typical in industrial practice, for example in the control of the manufacturing process. Often these tools are be used in all engineering processes, here is shown an application in the control of the logistics process. To ensure the effectiveness of the process and to meet customer expectations it...

The determination of the geometrical parameter, of the wheel type piece, that most influences has in the occurrence of defects in the casting process it is proposed in this paper. Within the parameters used to study thickness of wheel rim, height of wheel rim, thickness of the central plate. Is used as a methodology, the combination of the Taguchi...

One of the major problems in the production of castings is the occurrence of defects such as shrinkage porosity, also known as voids. The aim of this work is to obtain the regression equation to determine the behavior of shrinkage cavities based on the geometric parameters of the riser using simulation as a prediction method. To perform this work,...

En la fundición la calidad esta medida por la sanidad interna y externa. Los rechupes o cavidades de contracción son los defectos que con mayor frecuencia aparecen. La existencia de varios métodos para calcular las dimensiones de las mazarotas evidencia que no está completamente resuelta una metodología que garantice los valores más racionales. La...

The paper deals with new requirements on logistics. This requirements change the goals of logistics strategies. Quality Management and Logistics will become more and more synergetic sciences. New technologies should be developed and introduced in the Logistics area.

The added value has been approached to a different fields within the business management, and in this paper is approached to a better supply chain management. The current paper propose a procedure to calculate the added value in each process of the supply chain. At same time, set a ranking according the specific weight of the process. This weight c...

The riser must be adequate to satisfy the liquid and solidification shrinkage requirements of the casting. In addition, the riser itself will be solidifying, so the total shrinkage requirement to be met will be for the riser/casting combination. The total feeding requirement will depend on the specific alloy, the amount of superheat, the casting ge...