Valmets own foundry in Karlstad has during a long period of time had problems being profitable. The goal today is to turn this around. Today there are three different productionlines; engine blocks, Yankeecylinders and components for the wind turbine industry. This master thesis has focused on examining if value stream mapping is a useful tool to use in a foundry, and therefore outside the typical manufacturing industry. The target has also been to evaluate if there is a possibility to improve the flow in the foundry and also the results.During the 20 weeks this work has been done at the foundry data has been collected and analyzed.

Människor som lever som papperslösa, det vill säga utan uppehållsrätt i Sverige, är en mycket utsatt grupp människor som lever under svåra och osäkra förhållanden. Det råder idag en stor kunskapsbrist och osäkerhet, både på socialtjänsten, bland papperslösa själva och även bland frivilligorganisationer vilka rättigheter de papperslösa faktiskt har och vilken hjälp de kan få från socialtjänsten. Vi har i vår studie, genom intervjuer med både socialsekreterare och människor som lever som papperslösa, undersökt vilka anledningar det kan finnas till att dessa två grupper sällan möts. Genom intervjuerna med socialsekreterarna, samt en juridisk kartläggning har vi även undersökt vilka juridiska och praktiska möjligheter respektive hinder socialtjänsten har att bevilja bistånd till papperslösa. Vi har även frågat om förändringar som de båda grupperna vill se.

The idea for the thesis ?Construction and implementation of a mobile prototype; The Lovebomb? originates from doctoral candidates Rebecca Hansson and Tobias Skog from PLAY Research Group at the Interactive Institute in Gothenburg. The object of the master thesis is to construct two working LoveBomb prototypes, one mother console belonging to the LoveBomb and blueprints for both. The LoveBomb (the picture to the right shows a possible design) is intended to encourage people to express themselves emotionally when situated amongst strangers in public spaces. Two buttons control the device, which contains a radio transceiver.

Husqvarna AB operates two warehouses located in the area of Jönköping. The most important task is to manage the large volume fluctuations during the peak season. DHL Exel Supply Chain (DESC) run the warehouses and the domestic transportations is outsourced to DHL Express. A number of forwarder agents are responsible for distributing the export gods. In the present situation a bottleneck occurs at the warehouse loading section, and the consequence is fulfill the time of delivery for all customer orders.

Renal dysplasi (RD) is a congenital chronic renal disease affecting young dogs. It is a rather common disease that occurs in a large number of dogs and in some breeds there is a familiar incidence or suspected hereditary background. Both the etiology and pathogenesis are still unknown, but a theory about the cause of RD is that the two components that form the kidney, the uretheric bud and the metanephrogenic blastema, don´t interact normally in the embryo. Kidneys affected by RD contain fetal (immature) structures that are inappropriate for the state of development/age of the dog and abnormal structures caused by an abnormal differentiation. Affected dogs usually are under .