This thesis was performed at Scania?s purchasing department of non-automotive products inSödertälje, Sweden during spring 2007. The management of the purchasing department ofnon-automotive products believe that their internal customers might not have fullunderstanding of what the purchasing department does. This is a problem because the internalcustomers might not use the contracts negotiated by the purchasing department or they mightnot involve the purchasing department when making purchases.The purpose of this thesis is to examine if and how the internal customers? perception deviatesfrom the purchasing department?s perception regarding the task of the purchasing department.And also to create a communication package with the purpose of increasing the internalcustomers understanding of what the purchasing department does.

Background: In the past 10 years private label has increased significantly in the Swedish grocery market. This is an important strategic event, which is a great challenge to suppliers as it causes stiff competition. To handle this situation an increasing number of suppliers have to make the decision whether to produce private label or not.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find and analyse factors that influence suppliers in the Swedish grocery market to produce private label. On this basis we intend to confirm or develop existing theories within the field of study.Research method: The study has a qualitative approach where empirical data has been gathered through interviews with suppliers and retailers in the Swedish grocery market.Results: This study has identified factors that underlie suppliers? decision to produce private label.

This project aims at investigating if the use of UML as a support to small-scale development ofan embedded system is relevant. The investigation is conducted by using UML during the initialphase of the development ofTelfafill, a filling machine by the company ?Telfafill AB?. The aimof the development of Telfafill is to separate the user interface from the control unit. In additionto this main objective, Telfafill AB would like possible changes to, and additions of,functionality of the filling machine to be investigated.Within the boundaries of this project, the development of Telfafill reached a full requirementspecification of the proposed system, and contact was made with potential external developers.No prototype construction had been started when the project ended.

Ledinflammation är ett vanligt problem inom smågrisproduktionen, där cirka 10 % av alla födda smågrisar drabbas av ledinflammation under sin livstid. Ledinflammation orsakar både smärta hos grisen och ekonomiska förluster för lantbrukaren, genom nedsatt tillväxt och ökad arbetstid för behandlingar samt kostnader för medicin. En tidig och stor järninjektion har ansetts vara en bidragande orsak till ledinflammation bland vissa forskare. Överflödet av järn ger en gynnsam uppförökningsmiljö för bakterier. Järnet har flera funktioner i kroppen, bland annat i uppbyggnaden av blodet. Blodets röda färg kommer från hemoglobin som har till uppgift att transportera syre och koldioxid mellan lungorna och övriga vävnader.

?Claiming the right to space? is an argument frequently used by street artists for justifying illegal art in the public space. The public city space as a room of democracy and right to free speech is by some people considered threatened by commercial interests, and street art has become a way to demonstrate disapproval towards this. Street art is illegal and often anonymously performed in our cities. It developed in the late 1970s from the urban graffiti scene in America, and has therefore a lot in common with the graffiti movement.

The economic policy of the Swedish Social Democrats has undergone major changes during the last thirty years. From using a so-called Keynesian policy to promote full employment in the economy, the Social Democrats have switched to a more monetaristic policy to promote low inflation instead. What I intend to do with this study is to see if the policy change also can be noticed in how the party describe their own policy. Have the Social Democrats been open and transparent with their change in priorities, or have they tried to hide this in their rhetoric?The purpose of this thesis is to examine if one can notice a change from a Keynesian to a monetaristic policy in the Social Democrat?s descriptions of their economic policy.

Ledinflammation är ett vanligt problem inom smågrisproduktionen, där cirka 10 % av alla födda smågrisar drabbas av ledinflammation under sin livstid. Ledinflammation orsakar både smärta hos grisen och ekonomiska förluster för lantbrukaren, genom nedsatt tillväxt och ökad arbetstid för behandlingar samt kostnader för medicin. En tidig och stor järninjektion har ansetts vara en bidragande orsak till ledinflammation bland vissa forskare. Överflödet av järn ger en gynnsam uppförökningsmiljö för bakterier. Järnet har flera funktioner i kroppen, bland annat i uppbyggnaden av blodet. Blodets röda färg kommer från hemoglobin som har till uppgift att transportera syre och koldioxid mellan lungorna och övriga vävnader.

We have been looking at three different types of agriculture in Södermanland, in the middle east of Sweden. We call the different types for Intensive, Extensive and Mix. The purpose is to get an economic defensible plan for how to run different farm sizes. We also have been looking at the working hours and how many hours the different types will give. We have a farm called Taxinge Gods as our pilot farm. Taxinge Gods grow 407 ha land and is located 60 km southwest from Stockholm.

Historiskt sett har kapitalförvaltning endast varit de rika förunnat, men under de senaste åren har vi sett en ökad rörlighet bland förmögna och nya aktörer vill vara med och slåss om förvaltningen. Numera har också många fler människor tillgång till information och de flesta har direktaccess till kapitalmarknaden. Private Banking är ett begrepp som syftar till en viss typ av behandling för en viss typ av kunder. I Sverige finns det idag cirka 53 000 personer som har mer än 3 miljoner kronor att förvalta. För att utnyttja fördelarna i den nya ekonomin krävs en helt annan typ av engagemang från kunden än vad som förväntas vid traditionell Private Banking.

Sedan 2005 måste alla börsnoterade företag samt de företag som upprättar en koncernredovisning tillämpa IFRS regelverk. Bakgrunden tar upp revisorers åsikter kring införandet av IFRS samt varför man valde att införa IFRS regelsystem. Bakgrunden har därför naturligt lett oss in på uppsatsens problemformulering ?Hur ser svenska respektive danska revisorer på problematiken kring de internationella redovisningsstandarderna, IFRS, angående immateriella tillgångar?? Syftet med uppsatsen är att ta reda på ifall IFRS har medfört en harmonisering mellan länders olika redovisningar. Vi har valt att titta på standarderna IAS 36, IAS 38 samt IFRS 3 som reglerar immateriella tillgångar.

Tillverkningslinan för växellådans ingående axel har funnits i sitt nuvarande utförande sedan sensommaren 2013. Omställningstiden för linan översteg med råge det önskade, vilket ledde till långa stopptider och förlorad produktionstid. Under de förutsättningar som rådde hamnar genomsnittet för omställningstiden någonstans i intervallet 3-4 timmar, men tider kring 6 timmar hör inte till ovanligheterna. Målet med uppdraget var att, på den observerade linan, sänka omställningstiden till 30 minuter samtidigt som produkternas kvalitet bibehålls. Ett delmål under arbetets gång var att skapa förutsättningar för att tidsvariationen minskas samt att det definieras hur omställningstiden på linan ska mätas.

Studies of networks, fields and of communicative circulations complement each other. This master thesis is a biographical study of an author and journalist, Gustaf Montgomery GM, his network in Sweden of the early 19th century, and a study of his authorship and literary career. The starting-point of the study is GM:s change of field from the conservative to the liberal in 1832. The aim is to give explanations to this change and to describe how the change in turn effected the network. The method used is critical of sources.

In the early morning of February 24th, 2022, Russian troops crossed the border to Ukraine which started the full-scale war between Ukraine and Russia. Even though the war does not directly involve the EU or member states of the union, it affects the lives of the European people. While previous research has established that general attitudes towards the European Union and European integration has changed in some countries within the Union since the start of the war, the question remains how attitudes towards EU and European integration has changed across EU. A second unanswered question is whether populations in Western and Eastern Europe have responded differently, leading to a potential divergence or convergence in attitudes. The theory ?Rally around the flag? suggests that an outright war that border to EU will increase support for the political leadership in EU.

The flexibility of the labour market is considered as an instrument for increasing economic growth.Therefore has the use of flexible employment, also called atypical employment, increased. The atypical employment is characterized by insecurity in comparison with a traditional permanent full- time employment. One of the most common atypical employments is the manning employment, which is insecure whether it is permanent or not. The insecurity in the industry is based on insecure income, unpredictable working hours and poor psychosocial work environment.In order to encourage a continued increase of flexibility in the labour market while the need for security for staffing employees would be satisfied was Directive 2008:104 adopted. A certain amount of security has been achieved.

When creating a good lighting design it is crucial to know how different types of lamps work. Knowing what kind of light they emit and in which situations they work well is also very important. In this master thesis I present different types of lamps and give an account of how light is spread through the different shapes of luminaires, reflectors, filters and so on. I write about how our eyes register radiation and connections between lighting and how it makes us experience space. Furthermore I deal with the effect of artificial light on living organisms and the environment. After the theoretical studies I deal with the places I have visited to study how different lamps and luminaires work and look like in existing lighting designs. These visits have also been inspirational to my lighting proposal for Bokenäs. Bokenäs is Volvo?s resort and conference center which is situated on the Swedish west coast.