Section V: System Management

 

Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering

Optimization of farm management and work organization by use of operations planning, logistics and system engineering, while improving the operations efficiency, economics, health, ergonomics, and workers´ safety.

 


Members

 



Chair: Dr. Claus Grøn Sørensen, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Blichers Allé 20, Postboks 50, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
T.: +45 89991930
F.: +45 89991619
E-mail: Claus.Soerensen@agrsci.dk

Vice Chair: Prof. Remigio Berruto, DEIAFA Dept., University of Turin, Via L. Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
T.: +39 0116708596
F.: +39 0112368596
E-mail: Remigio.berruto@unito.it

Secretary: Dr. Elisabeth Quendler, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Universität für Bodenkultur), Peter Jordan Straße 82, 1190, Wien, Austria
T.: +43 1 47654 3506
F.: +43 1 47 654 3527
E-mail: elisabeth.quendler@boku.ac.at

 

Members:

Dr. Ricardo Bartosik, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Ruta 226 Km 73,5 (7620) Balcarce Buenos Aires, Argentina
T.: +54 22266439100 ext.71
E-mail: rbartosik@balcarce.inta.gov.ar

Dr. Dionysis Bochtis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Kath. Rossidi 37, 54655 Thessaloniki, Greece
T.: +30 6948 047735
E-mail: dionmpo@agro.auth.gr

Dr. Jurgen Frisch, KTBL- Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft, Darmstad, Germany
T.: +49 6151 7001 124
F.: +49 6151 7001 123
E-mail: j.frisch@ktbl.de

Prof. Tarmo Luoma, Work Efficiency Institute, P.O.Box 28, Melkonkatu 16A, FIN-00211 Helsinki, Finland
T.: +358 9 2904 1200
F.: +358 9 692 2084
E-mail: tarmo.luoma@tts.fi

Prof. Tomohiro Takigawa, Graduate School of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
T.: +81-29-853-4643
E-mail: Takigawa@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp

Prof. Ladislav Nozdrovicky, Department of Machines and Production Systems Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2 SK-949 76 NITRA, Slovak Republic
T.: +421 37 641 41 11
F.: +421 37 641 51 11
E-mail: Ladislav.Nozdrovicky@uniag.sk

Prof. Thiago Romanelli, Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal 9, Cep: 13418-900 - Piracicaba – SP, Brazil
T.: +55 19 34478523
E-mail: romanelli@usp.br

Dr. Matthias Schick, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART Research Station, Head of research group buildings, animals and work, Tänikon 1, CH-8357 Ettenhausen, Switzerland
T.: +41 52 368 32 52
F.: +41 52 365 11 90
E-mail: matthias.schick@art.admin.ch

Dr. Borja Velazquez Marti, Dept. of Rural and Food Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 – Valencia, Spain
T.: +34 963877290
F.: +34 963877299
E-mail: borvemar@dmta.upv.es

 

Honorary Chair:

Prof. Tadeusz Juliszewski, Agricultural University of Cracow, ul Balicka 104, Pl 30-149, Cracow, Poland
E-mail: juliszewski@ar.krakow.pl

 


Mission, Objectives, Scope and Activities



Mission:

The mission of Section V is to optimize farm management and work organization by use of operations planning, logistics and system engineering, while improving the operations efficiency, economics, health, ergonomics, and workers’ safety


Objectives:

The mission of Section V is achieved and fulfilled by a number of objectives. These include:


Scope and R&D activities:

The themes of Section V help to meet the increasing demand for both food and non-food agricultural products and related supply-chains. In order to increase competition, one challenging domain is that of increasing energy efficiency and higher operations productivity in agriculture. On the one hand (especially in technologically advanced countries or regions), information technology will improve efficiency in various ways: labour saving, labour easing, fuel saving and input saving in site-specific applications; the processes will hence be made more environmental friendly. On the other hand (especially in developing regions and for labour-intensive crops), reducing the workload without producing labour saving would result in higher rural unemployment. In this setting, expert knowledge, management skills and IT-based management support systems become critical success criterias.

One Challenging Theme that will play a key role in agriculture and in the food production in the future is agro-food supply chain. Important management challenges include the supply chain management and logistics involving the planning, implementation and control of the efficient and effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of customers. Important issues include traceability and food safety, optimized harvesting and transportation chains, manure and waste management, handling of IP products (non-GM vs. GM), and E-commerce in bio-production

Section V closely collaborates with the ‘Commission Internationale de l’Organisation Scientifique du Traval en Agriculture’ (CIOSTA). CIOSTA was founded in 1950 as a non-profit, professional organization to promote agricultural economy with a focus on agricultural production systems, yield and quality automation, labour economics and ergonomics and safety. Section V and CIOSTA organize a biennial international conference. The next conference will be held from 29 June - 1 July 2011 in Vienna, Austria and embracing the topics of
“Efficient and safe production processes in sustainable agriculture and forestry”