Search for dissertations about: "Process mapping"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 373 swedish dissertations containing the words Process mapping.

  2. 16. Enhancing the process of environmental improvement in manufacturing industry

    Author : Karin Höckerdal; Christer Johansson; Monica Bellgran; Glenn Johansson; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : Lean production; Environmental management; Manufacturing industry; Improvement process; Employee involvement involvement; and Explorative case study; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Abstract : To enable competitive industrial production, it is crucial to understand how to design and operate competitive production systems. Today, much operations management research focuses on the environmental dimension of sustainable manufacturing. READ MORE

  4. 17. Initial steps toward human augmented mapping

    Author : Elin Anna Topp; Henrik Christensen; Kerstin Severinson Eklundh; Andreas Birk; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Robotics; Mapping; Human-Robot Interaction; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : With the progress in research and product development humans and robots get more and more close to each other and the idea of a personalised general service robot is not too far fetched. Crucial for such a service robot is the ability to navigate in its working environment. READ MORE

  5. 18. A History under Siege : Intensive Agriculture in the Mbulu Highlands, Tanzania, 19th Century to the Present

    Author : Lowe Börjeson; Mats Widgren; Yusufu Lawi; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Landscape; Environmental history; Geography; Land use change; Population pressure; Incremental change; Landesque capital; Self-reinforcing processes; Detailed mapping; Participatory mapping; Oral history; Farming practices; Aerial photographs; Landscape photographs; Iraqw; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the history of the Iraqw’ar Da/aw area in the Mbulu Highlands of northern Tanzania. Since the late nineteenth century this area has been known for its intensive cultivation, and referred to as an “island” within a matrix of less intensive land use. READ MORE

  6. 19. Process management in R&D - Doom or Salvation for Creativity?

    Author : Katarina Lund; Mats Magnusson; Antonella Martini; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; creativity; efficiency; process management; R D;

    Abstract : R&D organizations of today must constantly seek ways to becomemore efficient in order to stay competitive. To accomplish thismany organizations turn to process management approaches suchas lean product development. READ MORE

  7. 20. Borderline archaeology : a practice of contemporary archaeology - exploring aspects of creative narratives and performative cultural production

    Author : Fiona Campbell; Jonna Ulin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; BorderLine Archaology; rhizome; border theory; contemporary archaeology; performance art; performance studies; performativity; material culture; cultural production; the archaeological; performative writing; creative narratives; mapping; parasite; eventscape; walkscape; site-seeing; site-specificity; subjectivity; otherness; excavation; repetition; re-presentation; past-present; labyrinth; movement; croft; family-landscape; postmemory; family album; home;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a joint dissertation, written by two people about the connectivity of two practices; archaeology and performance. Its contents focus upon the creation of a hybrid field of study that has only just begun to exist. READ MORE