This is an english presentation of FCIMEC.

2. The Research Center in Business Modeling of the Caribbean Coast
(Fundación Centro de Investigación en Modelación Empresarial del
Caribe – FCIMEC) plays an important role in stimulating the potential of
the Caribbean Coast. Its efforts are focused towards the innovation and
development in fundamental areas of the industry, such as the
optimization of productive and logistic systems, as well as the
promising future that the bio-industry has as an environmental pillar of
sustainable development.
FCIMEC aims to be recognized, at a national and international level, as a
research center capable of providing solutions to all engineering
problems that businesses confront nowadays. In order to make this
possible, FCIMEC has put all its effort into obtaining well-formed and
experienced engineers in different areas of research; it also facilitates
collaborative investigations and has been preparing the future
workforce in the different fields of study.

3. MISSION
FCIMEC is a non-profit organization for technological development and
innovation, directed towards the application of knowledge in the industry through
the different areas of business modeling.
The Center’s mission is not only oriented towards providing the knowledge that
our group of researchers have in engineering, but also towards having a direct
impact with engineering discoveries and new methodologies, as actors of the
national science and technology system. This is achieved through the
design, execution and management of research projects, that allows the growth
and improvement of the industrial sector.
FCIMEC is confident that this can be obtained, through the experience of its
members and the level of scientific formation that they have, as well as the
irreproachable ethical and professional backgrounds that characterizes them in all
consulting processes, advisory services and projects; and the achievements
obtained in academic and industrial associations, nationwide.

4. VISION
FCIMEC will be positioned as a leader in the development of projects in all areas of
business modeling , providing integral solutions to engineering problems that
businesses confront daily, in order to gain the highest standards in productivity and
competitiveness.
FCIMEC will be recognized at an international level as an advanced science-and
technology-oriented institution for research with an integral formation of its
members, a high level of knowledge in the products and services offered to
businesses, and the impact made in the projects generated.
FCIMEC will be shown as a socially responsible institution through the design and
implementation of research projects that consider the demands made on society, as
well as scientific innovation and technology in this area.
FCIMEC is visualized as an institution that operates from the Colombian Caribbean
Coast to the rest of the Caribbean Basin, through alliances made with other research
groups all around the world, as it has already established in its development plan, with
the purpose of positioning itself as a leader in applied research in engineering.

5. HISTORY
The Research Center in Business Modeling of the Caribbean Coast (FCIMEC)
started in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia in January of 2009 through the
initiative of various members of the scientific community and entrepreneurs
from this country, who recognized the Colombian Caribbean Region as a
center of industrial and logistic growth. Through their academic and business
backgrounds, they believed that scientific research can revolutionize the way
business works in the Caribbean coast and believe this may expand to all
business sectors in the country and the whole Caribbean Basin.
This institution has integrated a group of engineers from all the disciplines of
engineering, who have the formation and experience in research projects that
have made a significant impact on today’s national science and technology
system. This has been done by combining science, technological development
and innovation with industrial application, offering businesses the possibility
of generating projects and programs that may incorporate scientific
knowledge into their decision making and establishing clear advantages in the
economic sectors they are immersed in.

6. RESEARCH GROUPS

7. SimOpt
This research group started in 2005, mostly of industrial engineers,
who began to work independently in their different areas of research,
and then joined some international advisors, who have supported the
work done by this group. Today this group is composed of other
disciplines in the study of engineering.
FCIMEC certified and recognized this group in COLCIENCIAS (The
Department of Science, Technology and Innovation in Colombia),
identified as COL0017843. The group supports five lines of research:
• Operational Reliability
• Optimization in Productive and Logistic Systems
• Information Systems Design
• Business Innovation Models and Entrepreneurship
• Stochastic Optimization

8. BioIndust
This research group started in 2010, as an initiative of
chemical, food and agricultural engineers, members of
FCIMEC, who have worked and explored the promising
future that Bio-industry has, directing its efforts in bio-
industrial and agricultural projects.
This research group is still working to become recognized
in COLCIENCIAS. The group supports three lines of
research:
• Bioprocesses
• Biopolymers
• Recuperation of Industrial Derivatives

9. STAFF
Chief Executive Officer: Luis E. Ramírez Polo, MSc.
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, experience in
modeling and simulation of productive and logistic systems.
Chief Science Officer: Diana G. Ramírez Ríos, MSc.
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, experience in
Optimization of Logistic Systems, Stochastic Optimization, Mathematical
Modeling, Game Theory and Statistical Analysis
Business & Strategic Planning Coordinator: Lauren J. Castro Bolaño, MSc.
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, experience in
Traceability Systems, Business Innovation Modeling and
Entrepreneurship
Information Systems Coordinator: Miguel Jiménez Barros, MSc.
Systems Engineer, Masters in Systems Engineering and Computing,
experience in Software Engineering and Information Systems
Research Assistant: Laura P. Manotas Romero
Industrial Engineer, thesis based on Warehousing Optimization.

10. RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Jaime Amador, MSc:
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, experience in quality control
and multi-objective optimization in vehicle routing
Fernando González, MSc.:
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, experience in optimization of
productive systems and project programming.
Munir Akle:
Civil Engineer, with studies in Business Administration, experience in industrial
maintenance systems, alternate construction systems and construction projects
budgeting
Elihu Paternina, MSc.:
Chemical Engineer, Masters in Chemical Sciences and PhD student in Chemical
Engineering, studies in polymer decomposition
Isaac Mendoza, MSc.:
Chemical Engineer, Masters in Chemical Sciences, studies in the extraction of
propylenglycol from fruit biomass.
Libardo Segundo Gómez Vizcaíno:
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, experience in multi-objective
optimization, developed a new metheuristic based on bacteria fototaxis.

11. RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Linda Raquel Castro, PhD (c):
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, PhD candidate in Industrial
Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada, experience in the
application of EPC/RFID technology in logistic traceability.
Mario Alfredo Ferrer, PhD:
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Business Administration, PhD from the Faculty of
Business and Informatics Australia, Central Queensland University, Australia,
experience in logistic systems and optimization of the supply chain.
Jairo Montoya Torres, PhD.:
Industrial Engineer, Masters in Industrial Engineering, PhD, with concentration in
logistics and quantitative modeling (Operations Research). Specialized in
resolution of complex realistic decision-making problems at strategic, tactical and
operational levels in the areas of enterprise green and sustainable logistics,
supply chain management, urban/city logistics, distribution, operations
scheduling in manufacturing and services, material handling.
Luis Alfonso Echeverri, MSc. (c):
Industrial and Mechanical Engineer, candidate to a Masters in Industrial Engineering,
experience in business consutling, reliability and information systems.

12. TECHNOLOGICAL ALLIES

13. CLIENTS

14. PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS

15. • Fictitious play Model for the Optimization of Retailers
in the Supply Chain

16. • Cooperation in the Supply Chain
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17. • Cooperation in the Supply Chain of the
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18. • Statistical Models implemented to a pharmaceutical business in
order to define the Minimum Quantity to Sell and the design of
a traceability system adequate for their logistic operations

19. DSS-Scheduler
A decision support system
designed for production
programming optimization, with
the following characteristics:
• Redesigning the process
functions.
• Support the integration of the
tool with an optimization
module.
• Application display.

20. DSS-Cartón Corrugado
A decision support system
designed for the Cardboard
Industry, which has the following
characteristics:
• Integration to Visual Basic 6.
• Graphic Interface Design.
• New functions adapted to
client requirements.

21. DSS-Router
A decision support system designed for vehicle routing optimization,
with the following characteristics:
• Design of process functions.
• Optimization of vehicle routes, with multiple distribution centers.
• Integration to Google maps.

22. DSS-SINMAF APS
A decision support system designed for supply chain planning, with
the following characteristics:
• Optimization under multiple objectives.
• Mathematical models developed and integrated to the
optimization module.

23. DSS-SCO
A decision support system designed for
optimization and simulation of warehouse
operations, with the following
characteristics:
• A WMS module integrated, for the
correct assignment and location of the
inventory
• Mathematical models developed and
integrated to the multi-objective
optimization module (picking and
slotting optimization)
• Allows the implementation of
EPC/RFID Technology

24. • Decision Support System that allows an
optimal design and redesign of Distribution
Centers, warehouses and cross-docking
platforms, through optimized virtual
scenarios.

25. • Development of a Heuristic Model for the
Optimal Production Programming in a
Business that produces receptacles made up
of plastic, cardboard and polyesters.

26. • Application in Health Care Logistics and
software design for the programming of shifts
in a Hospital from Barranquilla.

27. • Design and development of simulation
models for passengers transiting in Ernesto
Cortissoz Airport at Barranquilla for the
evaluation of the different service levels
offered.

28. • Implementation of a Research Program in a business
dedicated to the generation and distribution of Natural
Gas, with the execution of the following activities:
– Management, formulation, and coordination of research
projects for the needs projected by the company
– State of Art in Supply Chain Management applied to the
Natural Gas Sector for a complete diagnosis in the different
areas where the company may have potential

29. • Improvement of Logistic Processes in the Liquid and Metal
Industry, through the implementation of EPC/RFID
technology, in order to increase the product visibility and
information managed by businesses in this sector.

30. • Application of EPC/RFID technology for
inventory control and reduction of waste
generated by a company in the textile industry

31. • Application of EPC/RFID technology in the
pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry that
allows them control inventory in and out of the
warehouse

32. • Decision Support Systems for the planning and
programming of the activities in the
construction industry, under multi-objective
optimization.

33. • Redesign, development and implementation
of mobile cleaning tanks for the treatment of
environmentally hazardous materials and an
efficient use of the tanks through optimized
logistic operations.