Search for dissertations about: "Operations"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1612 swedish dissertations containing the word Operations.

  2. 6. Simulation of construction operations

    Author : Per Sagert; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; construction planning; construction; discrete-event simulation; activity cycle diagram; modeling; construction operations;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE

  4. 7. Toward the Sustainable Development of Operations: Improving Energy Efficiency as a Means to Sustainability as Practice

    Author : Naghmeh Taghavi Nejad Deilami; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainable operations management; Operations management; Operations strategy; Energy efficiency;

    Abstract : Addressing the challenges of sustainable development demands companies to understand the “how” to actualize sustainability-related objectives and cultivating conditions that encourage practicing sustainability. It also demands companies to structure their operations around less costly economic processes while maintaining the efficient use of resources and standards for workers’ well-being at the operational level. READ MORE

  5. 8. Organizing project-based operations : The interplay of content, context and social processes

    Author : Maxim Miterev; Mats Engwall; Anna Jerbrant; Joana Geraldi; KTH; []
    Keywords : project-based operations; project-based organization; PBO; contingency; new institutionalism; organization theory; organization design; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : Project-based organizations (PBOs) are becoming increasingly widespread and important for the modern economy and society. Thus, they attact significant scholarly attention to their distinctive features. The unit of analysis employed by the majority of the studies is the project-based organization as a whole. READ MORE

  6. 9. Adapting manufacturing strategy to industrial after-sales service operations

    Author : Pontus Johansson; Jan Olhager; Sergio Cavalieri; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Manufacturing strategy; Operations strategy; Service operations; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

    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

  7. 10. Towards Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Operations - A Process Based Framework

    Author : Dag Näslund; Teknisk logistik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Logistics; Strategy; Operations; Organizational Change; Middle Manager; Teknik; Technological sciences; Process;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about bridging the gap between strategy and operations in organizations. To bridge that gap, processes are viewed not only from an operational perspective but also from conceptual, as well as a hierarchical perspectives. READ MORE