This thesis has been done in collaboration with Peab Stockholm Building 3, which is a region within the Peab Sverige AB. The report is based on a survey and studies of Peab business management systems and production literature. For general information gathering has literature from well-known sources collected in libraries and through the Internet. It shows through the work that Peab has routines for experience feedback in the construction process, but that these procedures work in a small scale and the practical work experience feedback does not work at all. This is also something the construction industry in general also perceived as problematic. The questions in the report are of a wide scale and concerns construction errors cost, how the employees perceive that the company takes advantage of the skills and the mental stress in production line. The goal is to find how Peab Stockholm Building 3 will work on the experience feedback to allow for better productivity. In conclusion, the report author tries to demonstrate what can lead to increased productivity and improved work experience..

The purpose of this study is to analyze and specify the characteristics of servicescapes in the hotel industry and its role when building a brand. Further, the aim is to put forward how Management in this sector strategically utilizes the location to manage the staff in order to help build a strong lasting brand. To fulfill our purpose we have targeted one overall question - What purpose does servicescape have when building a solid brand name in the hotel sector?In today?s society brands play an integral part in influencing our buying behavior and are now considered to be a new business tool to communicate a business trough. Also services have become a widespread phenomenon, which is seen as a competitive tool not only for companies in the service sector.

Managementmoden är svängningar i popularitet av managementkonceptoch sprids med hjälp av utbudsaktörer. Managementmodenslivscykel kan liknas vid en klockformad kurva och visar hurpopulariteten för ett managementkoncept ser ut under dess livslängd.Ett managementkoncept som blivit mycket uppmärksammatär lean som fick sitt genombrott inom bilindustrin i mitten av1990-talet. Inom tillverkningsindustrin har leans livscykel avvikitfrån den teoretiska definitionen och uppvisat en livscykel med tvåklockformade kurvor (Larsson 2012). Konceptet har idag spriditstill andra kontexter och eftersom leans livscykel inom tillverkningsindustrinavviker från den traditionella definitionen finns detanledning att undersöka hur att leans livscykel ter sig inom andrakontexter.Frågeställning ? Förekommer det underliggande livscykler för leankoncepteti olika kontexter?MetodUppsatsen bygger på en pmi-studie som omfattar svensk populärpressunder åren 1990-2012.

In order to continue to be competitive in the current industrial climate, producers must increase efficiency at their plants. Several Swedish companies choose to utilise the principles of Lean production. Tour & Andersson AB (TA) has elected to create their own model using Toyota?s productions system which has been named TAPS (Tour & Andersson Production System). Following two years of working with TAPS the company has decided to introduce Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Most of the work carried out in the maintenance department today is in form of repairs to already faulty equipment.

To be allowed to sell Z-suspended vehicles with dipped beam Xenon or LED lighting, Scania have to develop automatic headlight level control. This master?s thesis aims to be the foundation to that development.The thesis consists of several parts; a market analysis of how competitors to Scania and the general vehicle industry solve this problem; several available principles for detecting the amount of control needed; the construction of a test station for sensors, a control unit and components connected controlled by the control unit; a further theoretical and practical development of one principle ? one rotational sensor connected between the chassis and the back drive axis; a state flow model programmed in Simulink that produces the control signal for the headlight leveling from the sensor input.Lastly the thesis gives some recommendations to the further development and implementation of automatic headlight level control on Scania vehicles..

From the customer?s perspective the only reason for a firm to exist is the value it creates. However, a problem within manufacturing companies is that of the total lead time, only a small part can be considered as value adding. It has further been discovered that when working with improvements businesses often sub-optimizes single processes instead of considering what benefits the entire company. Thus, when improving processes and activities it is important to have knowledge about and understand which factors that affect how the flow can be designed.Several studies have been performed with a wide perspective on process flows in order to obtain a more resource-efficient and value added flow.

The purpose of this master?s thesis was to find problems that occur in the production line at Atlas Copco Rocktec Division, in order to decrease the costs of defect in quality. When the problems were distinguished, the authors ought to choose the problem with the highest improvement potential. One request from the constituent at Atlas Copco Rocktec Division was to connect the improvement to the document The Way We Produce. The document provides information and values about Atlas Copco and consists of 10 principles to be able to reach their vision.

The purpose of this report was to identify the current waste management of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste in a few Swedish construction companies, based on the different steps in the waste hierarchy with a focus on waste prevention, reuse and recycle. Additionally, the purpose was to attempt identifying opportunities, obstacles and as well as to propose possible solutions from an environmental perspective. The method used was a qualitative study using interviews conducted through emails and phone with employees occupying positions that could answer this reports questions. The results of this report indicates that waste management of construction and demolition waste has improved, and less waste goes into landfills. The concern is that the overall amount of waste being produced is not decreasing, thus calling for actions preventing the production of waste.

The purpose of thesis was to investigate and compare how two companies within pharmaceutical industry and nuclear power industry are currently working with quality development regarding continuous improvement and Lessons Learned in business processes. In addition, a simple comparison was made with the automotiveindustry.McNeil AB are improving their processes continuously and are according to the findings of this report performing well in their pursuit of world-class pharmaceutical production. They have a well functioning process regarding improvements proposed in weekly improvement meetings engaging all employees. However, during interviews it was made clear that the functionality of the process which administer improvement proposals generated in addition to, or beside the weekly improvement meetings, were inadequate. McNeil AB is proposed to administer this through an IT solution instead of by paper and e-mail, that simplifies the process of adding, implementing and follow up an improvement proposal.The nuclear power plant Ringhals AB recently made major improvements in their business processes as well as the plant itself.

Flertal små företag med stor produktflora i små volymer har uttryckt en vilja för att implementera Lean-verktyg i deras företag och ofta har det inte genererat de goda resultat de förväntat sig. För att dessa företag ska bli framgångsrika i sitt implementerande av Lean gäller det att de utvärderar vilka verktyg som gynnar företaget och vilka som inte medför förbättring.Problematiken som uppstår i detta är kulturella förändringar där det är vanligt att arbetare inte visar motivation eller intresse för att förändra sin tidigare arbetsrutin och här har ledningen stort ansvar att motivera arbetarna till att vara delaktiga och välkomna förbättringar. För att kunna undersöka detta utförligt har en fallstudie och litteraturstudie utförts för att studera: 1) Hur HMLV-företag bör gå tillväga för att arbeta med Lean, 2) vilka Lean-principer som går att implementera i HMLV-miljön och slutligen 3) hur man övertygar medarbetarna att ändra sitt befintliga arbetssätt till en mer standardiserad arbetsform.Resultat från litteraturstudien visar hur viktigt det är att studera vilka verktyg som passar in i ett specifikt företag och att man ska samla information om hur man ska gå tillväga innan man beslutar sig för något. Litteraturstudien visar även att ledningen har en stor roll i att övertyga medarbetarna till att engagera sig i förändringsarbetet. Resultat från fallstudien styrker litteraturstudiens påståenden om hur viktigt det är att studera vilka verktyg som passar in i ett specifikt företag och hur dessa företag bör gå tillväga.

Most of the goats in the world exist in the developing countries where they are important in the meat industry. In Europe, goats are mostly kept for milk production although the interest for meat is growing. Goats have a thin carcass with only small amounts of intramuscular fat, which gives a lean meat. This thin subcutaneous fat cover can cause cold shortening when chilling the carcass. By using electrical stimulation cold shortening can be prevented.

Munksunds sågverk är ett högeffektivt furusågverk fokuserat på tillverkning av kundanpassat trä. Årsproduktionen 2004 var cirka 417 000 m3 sågad vara vilket motsvarar omkring 2430 m3 per anställd och år. Munkssundssågens mål för år 2009 är att öka sin produktion till 3300 m3 per man och år. Det innebär en ökning med cirka 36 procent jämfört med produktionen 2004. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att verifiera och prioritera parametrar som påverkar sågens effektivitet, samt att ta fram en åtgärdsplanering för att nå en produktionsökning med 36 procent till 2009.

The study set out to find how artists organize and use their personal collections from a Personal Information Management (PIM) perspective, and how that use affects their practice and their art production. A secondary object of the study was to articulate the ways that personal collections are utilized as tools by creative users.  The empirical data consisted of five qualitative, semi-structured interviews with Swedish and Norwegian sound artists. The constant comparative method was used for analysis, and Activity Theory was used as a theore- tical framework for the study. The study concluded that artists? personal collections, while diverse in content and structure, serve the same functions as tools in creative processes, and that attention to the uses of personal collections highlight needs that could be better met by integrated PIM-functionality.

There is limited research done in the area of management control in the relationship between companies. This study investigates management control in outsourcing relationships and the decision to change sourcing strategy and to insource functions. The empirical research was conducted at an international company, which in this study has been anonymized. The research is mainly based on interviews. To extend and verify the conclusions drawn, another company, AB Ph.

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