Technical Sections V: System Management
INTRODUCTION
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. Elisabeth Quendler
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Universität für Bodenkultur), Peter Jordan Straße 82, 1190,... read-more Austria TEL: +43 1 47654 3506 E-mail: elisabeth.quendler@boku.ac.at |
Secretary: Dr. Pietro Catania
Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, University of Catania, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy read-more Italy TEL: +43 1 47654 3506 E-mail: pietro.catania@unito.it |
Member: Dr. Ricardo Bartosik
Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, Ruta 226 Km 73,5 (7620) Balcarce Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina TEL: +54 22266439100 E-mail: bartosik.ricardo@inta.gob.ar |
Member: Prof. Heinz Bernhardt
Technische Universität München TUM - Agricultural Systems Engineering read-more Germany TEL: 49 (0)8161 / 71-3086 E-mail: heinz.bernhardt@wzw.tum.de |
Member: Dr. J. Changying
Department of Agricultural Mechanization Engineering, Engineering College of Nanjing Agricultural University, 210031.... read-more China TEL: E-mail: chyji@pk.njau.edu.cn |
Member: Dr. Katja Heitkaemper
Agroscope - Institute for Sustainability Sciences (ISS) Switzerland TEL: |
Member: Dr. Janne Karttunen
TTS-Work Efficiency Institute, P.O. Box 5, FI-05201 Rajamaki, Finland Finland TEL: E-mail: janne.karttunen@tts.fi |
Member: Prof. Stefan Mihina
Department of building equipment and technology safety (TF), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra Slovakia TEL: E-mail: stefan.mihina@uniag.sk |
Member: Prof. Thiago Romanelli
Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal 9, Cep: 13418-900... read-more Brazil TEL: +55 19 34478523 E-mail: romanelli@usp.br |
Member: Prof. Tomohiro Takigawa
Graduate School of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572... read-more Japan TEL: +81-29-853-4643 |
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural, Universitat Politècnica de València. Camino... read-more Spain TEL: E-mail: borvemar@dmta.upv.es |
Honorary Chairs/Members:
Honorary Chairs: Prof. Remigio Berruto
Dept. of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA) - University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini, 2 10095 -... read-more Italy TEL: +39-011-670-8596 E-mail: remigio.berruto@unito.it |
Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology (IBO), Centre of Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH), 6th km Charilaou... read-more Greece TEL: +30 6948 047735 E-mail: d.bochtis@certh.gr |
Agricultural University of Cracow, ul Balicka 104, Pl 30-149, Cracow, Poland Poland TEL: E-mail: juliszewski@ar.krakow.pl |
Honorary Chairs: Prof. Pietro Piccarolo
Dept. of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin. Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 -... read-more Italy TEL: E-mail: pietro.piccarolo@unito.it |
Department of Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Aarhus, Finlandsgade 22, 8200 Aarhus Denmark TEL: +4522827547 E-mail: claus.soerensen@eng.au.dk |
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:
- Enhancing and improving the knowledge on farm management, specifically operations management
- Developing an improving decision support systems for operations planning, logistical challenges, operations and quality optimization, and economics
- Enhancing the knowledge on technology and sustainability assessments of operations methods in agriculture
- Improve the knowledge and methods for analyzing the interaction of work methods with biological system (soil, crop, etc.) and the meteorological system (weather data, weather forecasts, etc.)
- Improve the knowledge on ergonomics as an integrated part of operations management in bio-production
- Enhancing the evaluation of accident risks associated with agricultural operations
Scope:
Considering the objectives defined as above, the scope of CIGR-Section V refers to the following main subject areas:
- System Management: Related to the information technology and decision support systems used to improve productivity and product quality as well as cost reduction, including the reduction of the impact of agricultural production on the environment
- Work organization: Related to the investigation of work methods and labour operation time with combines, tractors and other equipment, including the effect of weather conditions on daily planning
- Ergonomics: Related to the workload and safety of farmers’ use of combines, tractors and other technical equipment, including the compatibility of signs and manuals in the actual workplace
- Risk analysis: Related to accident prevention in all agricultural operations that impose varying levels of physical and mental stress
- Section V works in collaboration with the ‘Commission Internationale de l’Organisation Scientifique du Traval en Agriculture’ (CIOSTA) with a focus on agricultural production systems, yield and quality automation, labour economics and ergonomics and safety
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 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”