Purpose: The purpose is to map current measures in the main process Supplying and to select those that can be used to support the core process Plan & Secure Supply. Further, recommendations of new suitable measures for Plan & Secure Supply shall be given. Method: This is a qualitative study, mainly based on answers from semi-structured interviews with employees at IKEA. 51 interviews, with

Organizations have over the latest decades seen a growing need for new multi-dimensional measures for evaluating their business performance, since traditional accounting models for long have proven not to be applicable to the modern business environment. Together with the need for timely information this has caused extensive requirements on the ERP-systems which often do not meet the needed requir

Background: Increasing cost effectiveness and productivity are key issues for Haldex. These improvements are obtained through Haldex Way, the overall management and process improvement framework. Haldex Way‟s deployment, progression and assessment are based on a five level Tier model, the concern with Haldex Way Tier model is that its evolution has been inconsistent and the Tier levels have been a

Bakgrund: Tillgängligheten på text i elektronisk form har exploderat, framförallt med utvecklingen av internet. Även beräkningskpaciteten hos datorer de senaste 20 åren har haft en otrolig utveckling. Detta tillsammans har gjort det möjligt att analysera textmassor på ett mycket enklare sätt. Kairos Future har i ett joint venture tillsammans med IT-konsultföretaget A3J under det senaste året utvec

The purpose of this study was to analyze how parents of children with neuropsychiatric disorders experience their parenthood. More specifically the aim was to allow parents of children with the neuropsychiatric diagnosis ADHD to share their experiences of parenting related to a variety of themes. These themes, family situation, school, knowledge, positive experiences, problems and difficulties, he

Due to recent accidents involving goods wagon axle failure, there is an increasing international focus on axle safety. One way of increasing the safety of goods wagon axles is monitoring the distance traveled by the axle and using this information to improve maintenance of the axle. This fact has sparked the belief that regulations regarding monitoring distance covered by goods wagon axles will be

Denna uppsats undersöker hur varuexporten har förändrats för WTO medlemmarna sedan deras inträde i organisationen. Genom att jämföra handelsdata från WDI angående hur varuexporten har förändrats mellan de två inkomstgrupperna, utvecklade länder och utvecklingsländer före och efter medlemskapet till WTO kan vi bedöma om ett inträde i världshandelsorganisationen gynnar länderna. Genomgående under up

During this master thesis work that was conducted as a case study together with SWEP International, we have investigated marking standards and marking technologies that support handling of varying customer demands and increased information density. We also studied SWEP’s internal information handling and traceability. We were asked to specifically look at the usefulness of RFID for SWEP, and came

The purpose of this study is to examine the optimal hedge ratio for the currency exposure of foreign investments. The optimal hedge ratio is determined after evaluating our portfolios from the three perspectives; ex-ante, ex-post and profit/loss. The ex-ante perspective is examined by the usage of historical simulation to calculate VaR on 11 portfolio pairs. Each pair consists of a portfolio with

Lantmännen är en av Nordens största koncerner inom livsmedel, energi, maskin och lantbruk med en omsättning på 35 Miljarder SEK. Lantmännen har under senare tid sett ett ökat behov av att minska sitt operativa rörelsekapital i ledet att frigöra bundet kapital och öka sin lönsamhet. Som en del i detta större projekt har Lantmännen insett behovet av att ha en väldefinierad lagerränta för att på ett

Purpose: To identify important and crucial geographical establishment aspects for an entering in the Chinese market and propose an establishment suggestion for the company Tactel. Method: The establishment is viewed from three different perspectives: In general, high-tech and service perspective. This will create a comprehensive study that examines a wide range of aspects for the company Tactel. T

The aim of this study was to evaluate a modified form of cognitive behavioural grouptherapy (CBGT). The therapy, started by a private care institute, is based on a method in which traditional CBT methods for groups are used but are modified in that it has an open format, meaning that different patients can take part in or drop out from sessions. And also that it is transdiagnostic, meaning that pa

Abstract: Albania during Communism 1945-1990, had a combination of optimistic policies in population growth and scarce availability of agricultural land. The fertility rate was the highest in Europe and the government believed that fast population growth was good. In the mean time, the government decided to follow self-reliance policy and attempted to eliminate food imports by imposing harsh measu

ABB Machines in Västerås, Sweden develop, sell, and manufacture generators and large electric motors worldwide. During the past years new competitors have emerged from a lower output range and some customers have reduced their demands in order to reduce the generator costs. In order to meet these changes in the market ABB Machines has developed a new pre-engineered standardized generator that allo

Underhållsverksamheten på Roslagståg kan ses som reaktiv och reparationsorienterad. För att kunna ta nästa steg i utvecklingen av ett mer proaktivt och funktionssäkerhetsorienterat underhåll bör följande åtgärder genomföras: Den övergripande målsättningen med underhållet bör förändras till att fokusera på ökad driftsäkerhet och ökad kostnadseffektivitet. Detta för att skapa långsiktighet och belys

Background: Welfare projects using applications of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have proven to deliver significant results in a cost efficient way. Despite this a strong majority of project still fail to sustain once the initial welfare resources are depleted. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to identify applications of ICT that can be valuable for society and at the same

IKEA is currently in the progress of integrating Business Process Management (BPM) into the current functional organization. In order to investigate how to increase the accuracy of the capacity planning, IKEA saw a need of examining the processes connected to Plan & Secure Capacity, a sub process to the main process Supplying. The purpose of this master thesis is to by using Network Planning m

Abstract Author: Ylva Nilsson Title: A study of a psychosis unit within open psychiatric care from a holistic-view perspective. Supervisor: Frans Oddner Assessor: Anna Angelin The purpose of this study is to examine a new method of working with patients with a mental disability according to a holistic-view perspective. The aim is to find out how the employees at one psychosis unit at a Swedish h

Purpose The master thesis highlights improvements potentials that exist in the Psychiatric ER in Stockholm County and the resource-saving measures that can be realized in the medical logistics through by producing a simulation model of the system. Methodology In order to fulfill the purpose of the master thesis qualitative methods such as interviews has been used successfully. To make the simulati

As an international actor it is preferable to make an effort to understand how your performance affects the long-term sustainability, both in local and global terms. Sustainability includes subjects such as integration between economical, social and environmental spheres. It can be achieved by reorganizing living conditions, reappraising economic sectors and work practices, develop technologies in