A ADOLESCENTE E O FILHO DESNUTRIDO: CUIDADO CULTURAL

This study approaches the adolescent mothers of undernourished child family context being used the ethnographic method to contemplate on the cultural care accomplished by those mothers. It is noticed that the adolescent mothers accept of relatives and neighbors what is better for the care with the son. It is concluded by the need of an educational work that contextualize the care with undernourished child.Aborda o contexto cultural familiar da adolescente, mãe de criança desnutrida, utilizando-se o método etnográfico para refletir sobre o cuidado dessas mães para com seus filhos. Percebe-se que as mães adolescentes aceitam de familiares e vizinhos orientação sobre o que é melhor para o cuidado do filho. Concluise pela necessidade de um trabalho educativo que contextualize o cuidado da criança desnutrida em seus aspectos socio-culturais

A branch and efficiency algorithm for the optimal design of supply chain networks

Supply chain operations directly affect service levels. Decision on amendment of facilities is generally decided based on overall cost, leaving out the efficiency of each unit. Decomposing the supply chain superstructure, efficiency analysis of the facilities (warehouses or distribution centers) that serve customers can be easily implemented. With the proposed algorithm, the selection of a facility is based on service level maximization and not just cost minimization as this analysis filters all the feasible solutions utilizing Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. Through multiple iterations, solutions are filtered via DEA and only the efficient ones are selected leading to cost minimization. In this work, the problem of optimal supply chain networks design is addressed based on a DEA based algorithm. A Branch and Efficiency (B&E) algorithm is deployed for the solution of this problem. Based on this DEA approach, each solution (potentially installed warehouse, plant etc) is treated as a Decision Making Unit, thus is characterized by inputs and outputs. The algorithm through additional constraints named “efficiency cuts”, selects only efficient solutions providing better objective function values. The applicability of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through illustrative examples