Search for dissertations about: "production management 2011"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the words production management 2011.

2. 1. On Incentives affecting Risk and Asset Management of Power Distribution

   Author : Carl Johan Wallnerström; Rajeev Thottappillil; Patrik Hilber; Ulf Sandberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; asset management; correlation studies; incentives; investment planning; maintenance planning; power distribution; reliability analysis; risk management; statistical validation; tariff regulation; vulnerability analysis; weather states; Electric power engineering; Elkraftteknik; Mathematical statistics; Matematisk statistik; Industrial engineering and economy; Industriell teknik och ekonomi;

   Abstract : The introduction of performance based tariff regulations along with higher media and political pressure have increased the need for well-performed risk and asset management applied to electric power distribution systems (DS), which is an infrastructure considered as a natural monopoly. Compared to other technical systems, DS have special characteristics which are important to consider. READ MORE

4. 2. Waves of fashion : The consuming production of management control

   Author : Andreas Backlund Björke; Ulf Johanson; Stefan Tengblad; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Management control; SMEs; fashion; happiness; rhetoric; aesthetics; theorization; innovation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Organisations;

   Abstract : The responsiveness of organizational leaders regarding suggestions related to various managerial techniques has led to the coinage of the ‘management fashion’ idiom. It has been convincingly argued that phenomena like management control systems are prone to trends, and that such trends permeate into the daily life of managers through the use of persuasive rhetoric. READ MORE

5. 3. The Impacts and Requirements of Consumer-Focused New Product Development on Supply Chain Management

   Author : David Eriksson; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; consumer-focused business strategy; supply chain management; value gaps; demand creation; new product development;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the impacts and requirements of a consumer-focusednew product development on supply chain management. The issue is examined in a large indepthcase study of the Swedish furniture industry, with one wholesaler as the main casecompany. READ MORE

6. 4. Automation of Input Data Management - Increasing Efficiency in Simulation of Production Flows

   Author : Anders Skoogh; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Discrete Event Simulation; Input data management; Sustainable Production;

   Abstract : Production is of significant importance for the social welfare and economic growth in societies worldwide. In Europe, more than 30% of all job opportunities are related to the manufacturing industry. READ MORE

7. 5. Landlocked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. and trout Salmo trutta L. in the regulated River Klarälven, Sweden : Implications for conservation and management

   Author : Johnny R Norrgård; Eva Bergman; Hans Lundqvist; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; Biologi;

   Abstract : Conservation and management of migratory salmonids requires an understanding of their ecology at multiple scales, and a holistic view, including assessment of historical and present anthropogenic impacts. In the regulated River Klarälven, with 11 hydropower dams, populations of landlocked Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and migratory brown trout Salmo trutta have declined due to human activities. READ MORE