Search for dissertations about: "moving costs"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words moving costs.
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16. Cost-conscious manufacturing – Models and methods for analyzing present and future performance from a cost perspective
Abstract : Manufacturing is an industry in which the effects of globalization are obvious. Manufacturing costs are a key factor in this respect and affect, for example, decisions about offshoring, i.e., moving production abroad. READ MORE
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17. Dynamic train/track interaction : hanging sleepers, track stiffness variations and track settlement
Abstract : Trains have been operating on ballasted tracks for over 150 years. During this time demands from the railway organisations and from the industry to increase axle loads and train speeds on the existing railway lines have increased. The reasons for this are both economial and environmental. READ MORE
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18. Automation and traction control of articulated vehicles
Abstract : Articulated machines such as load-haul-dump machines, wheel loaders and haulers operate in many different environments and driving conditions. In particular they need to be able to perform well with road conditions and loads that can change drastically, setting hard requirements on performances and robustness. READ MORE
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19. Behaviour and metabolic rates of brown trout and Atlantic salmon : Influence of food, environment and social interactions
Abstract : For Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (Salmo trutta), the decision to migrate or when to migrate is believed to be influenced by the individual’s metabolic rate (MR) relative its food intake. As MR was expected to be related to behaviour, the potential links between behaviour and metabolic costs was studied. READ MORE
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20. Outsourcing of new product development : a decision framework
Abstract : The focus of the thesis is the outsourcing of activities in the New Product Development (NPD) process. Outsourcing of NPD refers to the outsourcing of development activities for developing new products (goods and/or service), where all or the innovative part of the NPD process is purchased externally according to a contract from organizational units separate from the outsourcing firm. READ MORE