Ivanir Costa

Interfaces affordable for smartphones to elderly: a screen layout proposal for sending messages

This study aims to propose a screen layout solution for messaging in smartphones by older users. For this, we use the concepts of Usability and Accessibility as theoretical basis. The sample chosen for the pretest of the questionnaire were 25 people. But 4 these results was dismissive. For the theoretical framework, we present a review of the literature in national and international databases. We can conclude that older users would like to use their smartphones for a variety of tasks, but feel much difficulty in the interaction process. In the results were proposed two types of layouts. We concluded there is still a gap in relation to the elderly users and smartphones.

Collective intelligence approach for free software adoption by municipalities

The free technologies adoption by governments is not a new phenomenon. As an innovative contribution, this paper proposes a collective intelligence (CI) approach for improving the free software adoption by small and medium-sized municipalities. To build this CI-approach, the authors have analyzed the dynamic of the communities hosted by Brazilian Public Software (BPS) Portal and the actions related to implementation of software solution in Brazilian municipalities. They started by identifying key variables and their relationship, and mining data from the communities whose software solutions have been successfully implemented in the municipalities according to player reports available in BPS portal. Such as the relationships demonstrate, these players have been appropriated the knowledge related to solutions and created new business to support the modernization of public administration. Based on reports and statistical analysis, the authors could understand both the dynamic of the successful communities and the adoption phenomena by municipalities as a consequence of individual initiatives. The results indicate that a CI-approach based on 5W1H can improve the knowledge sharing and promote the best practice in the free software adoption by small and medium-sized municipalities.

Reverse Logistics of Information and Communication Technology Equipment: A Comparative Assessment of Laws and Programs

Considering the environmental issues related to e-waste caused by excessive consumption and early disposal of ICT equipment, this paper aims to analyze policies, programs, regulations and legislation in Brazil and in selected geographies with a higher incidence of e-waste (Europe, USA, China and Japan). A comparison matrix is presented and, within this context, it is clear that the Brazilian law (12.305) relative to international laws is both limited and subjective in regards to producer responsibilities because it is limited to the requirement to structure and implement reverse logistics and defines them as issuer pays. As a contrasting example, the European EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) system is more efficient in controlling and managing e-waste, since it extends to the end-life of products. As such, it serves as a basis for regulations in many other countries. This paper is theoretical and based on the results of literature reviews.

Recycle and reuse process of e-waste (printed circuit boards) in Brazil: a case study

This paper aims to describe all process involving recycling and reuse of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) in Brazil, as well as, check if exists a technology to this. This research was conducted by a case study in a manufacturer company of PCB with semi-structured interviews. The findings suggest that company needs to develop a reverse flow focusing on proper disposal of e-waste in the end of life. In Brazil, the recycling and reuse process of e-waste are decentralized, so, becomes complex to develop a network cooperation on its entirety, mainly the metal recovery process of e-waste which were made by foreign companies. Therefore, Brazil needs to invest in new technologies to recycle and reuse the national e-waste, and also facilitate and promote the solid waste management, allowing recovery of precious metals and reduce the waste disposal in the environment.

Characteristics for an integrated information system for management of recycling electronic waste

The stimulus to consumption and life cycle of electronic products encourages the appearance of companies specializing in the recovery of secondary raw materials for disposal or for manufacture of new products. Reverse logistics is the activity that deals with the management of these discharges and reuse of recovered raw materials. However, because of particular characteristics of the Information Systems used in current activities of direct logistics and they not support the management of reverse logistics, especially in relation to recycling these types of waste. This study aims to present the necessary features or functionality of an Information System in the recycling of waste electronics in reverse logistics operation process. This study is based on research that evaluated the adequacy carried out by companies in information systems to logistics direct and the gaps for reverse logistics, and proposes a set of characteristics/functionalities so that these systems can support the reverse logistics recycling of electronic waste.

Green IT and Waste Paper in Governmental Institutions: The Proposal of the Infotercio Financial Model

This work discusses waste paper generation in IT environments and the need to reduce the output of reports, source codes and forms in Brazilian governmental institutions to carry out a true policy of sustainability. Green IT is tackled from the premise that paper is the most bulky solid waste daily generated by informatics and the most easily controllable by people. The authors explain a green IT management model which combines finance and cleaner production so that it makes possible to rescue ethical values little remembered today at governmental level, thus keeping public treasury. Present work also explains the mathematics of the model including a preliminar simulation to clarify basic ideas.

Project and Work Organization in Solidarity Economy: A first Approach According to Production Engineering

This article presents the possible contributions of Production Engineering to solidarity economy as regards projects and organization of work. The authors present logistics as the main channel of introduction to planning and organizing solidarity economy, seeking to show that the participation of Production Engineering leads to a breakage of some strains marked by neoliberalism, making evident the need of serious ecological concerns within the scope of the projects in that sector towards a cleaner production. The authors also point out the impossibility of development of solidarity economy programs without well mapped processes that include environmental impact evaluations and environmental education as pillars of sustainability in any development program.

Agribusiness, Agrienergy and Leadership: The Coaching as a Tool to Guide Talents

This article aims to propose an application of coaching in agrienergy sector. Given the visible growth in demand for renewable energy sources, and the related need to training professionals to deal with the challenges of this branch of agribusiness, the study shows how the coach, the person who pursues coaching, can act to aid those individuals that have potential to exercise leadership in management of agrienergy. The subject is presented and discussed facing the current state of Brazilian agribusiness and treated primarily from an ethical standpoint concerning environmental sustainability.

The Green IT Certification Ruled by the Infotercio Financial Model

Present article gives continuity to the elaboration of the infotercio financial model proposed as an alternative to implementing environmental management systems in governmental institutions based on the emission reduction of printed reports, source codes and forms originated from IT activities. It discusses procedures of green IT certification for managers and governmental institutions derived from ISO 14000 family and People CMM, combining both in a new set of requirements. Also it summarizes the reasons for such a certification system, noting that waste paper is now a major global problem, not only in terms of direct environmental impacts but from the point of view of the unreasonable and unnecessary use of paper in governmental business processes, generating high costs, mismanagements and time losses, at the same time causing reduction in the available physical space in corporate environments and increase in fuel consumption for transport.

Technical Noncompliance Evaluation Criteria for Sustainable Production of IT Support Services in the Ministry of Work and Employment at Brazil

The design and materialization of quality indicators for support services in information technology are still activities of difficult execution in Brazil. The very analysis of noncompliances is often done improperly, as in Ministry of Work and Employment, with no standardized classification routines to aid management tasks. In addition, the high number of mistakes in recognizing the nature of the problems to be solved lead to an increasing cost of displacement of technicians, since there are no teams in Regional Superintendencies of Work and Employment to meet local demands. Present work discusses and proposes a technique for sizing noncompliance during audit processes on support services in situations where a robust quality program was not deployed yet. The central idea is to establish indicators geographically adjusted to reflect reality with minimum distortions to guide the endeavor for cost containments as well as to give contributions to minimize environmental impacts due to the excessive transport of specialized people.