Produktionsstyrning av cylinderbricka
För Atlas Copco, Tierp.
The component workshop at Atlas Copco inTierp intends to reduce the costs inorder to increase their competitiveness.This thesis examines how the productionmanagement around cylinder washersshould be managed in a way that meetsthe customer needs. The customer to thecylinder washer is Atlas Copcos assemblydepartment in Tierp.The purpose of this thesis is to providean alternative way of managing theproduction. A chapter of theory is addedto give the reader an insight ofdifferent types of production managementsystems as well as the underlyingknowledge needed to get a better readingexperience. An introduction of kanbancan in theory help Atlas Copco in thedirection they strive. It should beclear how the purpose of this thesisaffects the cost for the componentworkshop and also how it relates to thecurrent production. The currentsituation is described by explaining howthey use SAP, EOQ and an analysis of how EOQ determine the batch size. Thencalculations on a kanban system is madeand also an idea of how the logistics ofthe kanban system should be managed.From this thesis, conclusions how animplementation of a kanbansystem wouldaffect the component workshop can beshown. By using the overcapacity withthe machine to increase the frequency ofchangeovers leads to reduced batch size.The reduced batch starts a chain of goodconsequences like reduction ofinventory. Changing from a productionmanaged by EOQ to a kanbanflow makes theproduction planning more transparent andrequire less resources. In a complexprocess there?s a lot of factors thatdetermine how the production is managed,a kanbansystem reduce the complexitywith an easy signal when the productionshould start.