Production Engineering is beset by problems that may be characterized by their complexity. To solve these problems demands knowledge that goes beyond mathematics and physics, since they occur within the classical areas of engineering. It requires an approach that allows access to knowledge of several disciplines simultaneously, that is, an interdisciplinary approach. To perform the interdisciplinarity and to systemize the research process in Production Engineering, a systemic approach is imparted. This is capable of taking into account the set of variables that characterize the perceived problems as complex. The methodological base chosen to implement the systemic approach is sistemography. This allows the research scope draw closer to the reality of the observed phenomenon. Finally, it will be demonstrated how the systemic approach allows the researcher to work at a higher level of subjectivity without losing the indispensable scientific "objectivity".
Research in Production Engineering; General Systems Theory; Systemic approach; Research methodology
