Search for dissertations about: "Jan Olhager"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Jan Olhager.
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1. A Strategic Perspective on Plants in Manufacturing Networks
Abstract : This dissertation addresses the topic of manufacturing network strategies, with a particular focus on the plant perspective. Research on manufacturing networks aims at contributing decision support on how to set up and how to coordinate factories that act in a global setting. READ MORE
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2. Manufacturing Strategy, Capabilities and Performance
Abstract : This dissertation addresses the topic of manufacturing strategy, especially the manufacturing capabilities and operational performance of manufacturing plants. Manufacturing strategy research aims at providing a structured decision making approach to improve the economics of manufacturing and to make companies more competitive. READ MORE
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3. Adapting manufacturing strategy to industrial after-sales service operations
Abstract : This dissertation is initiated from an increased awareness within industry of the importance of services in general and of after-sales services in particular. The scope of this research is to analyse how the specific characteristics of after-sales services affect a company’s manufacturing strategy, which in effect should become an operations strategy not only considering the manufacturing of goods. READ MORE
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4. Supply Chain Risk Management : Identification, Evaluation and Mitigation Techniques
Abstract : Supply chains have expanded rapidly over the decades, with the aim to increase productivity, lower costs and fulfil demands in emerging markets. The increasing complexity in a supply chain hinders visibility and consequently reduces one’s control over the process. READ MORE
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5. Essays on manufacturing-related management accounting
Abstract : In general companies continuously have to improve their operations to be able to survive in the global competition. They have to be better in utilizing their resources today compared to what they were yesterday. The production systems have changed during the 20th century and factories today do not look like they did hundred years ago. READ MORE