Essays about: "service contracts challenges"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words service contracts challenges.
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1. A case study on Trucks’Crossmembers at Volvo Group
University essay from KTH/ProduktionsutvecklingAbstract : This thesis aims at investigating the crossmember business within the context of Volvo Trucks, with a focus on identifying standardization opportunities and optimizing the supply chain for improved efficiency and cost savings. The objectives of this study include mapping commonalities in design, raw material grade, surface finish, and thickness across different trucks and brands. READ MORE
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2. Exploring the conditions for a shift to Continuous Cover Forestry in Sweden : a practice-based approach to understanding what enables and challenges forest management practitioners to practice Continuous Cover Forestry
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This thesis investigates the adoption of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) in response to mounting environmental concerns stemming from conventional forestry in Sweden. Utilising a social practice-based approach with qualitative interviews and observations of forest managers who engage in CCF “on the ground”, the study uncovers a complex of practices connected to CCF, encompassing policy and regulation, research, advice, services, and forest ownership. READ MORE
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3. The Reverse Supply Chains of the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods : The Impacts of Product Returns on Reverse Supply Chains in Sweden
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : The unceasing ambition of companies to enhance their profitability, capture novel markets, and address the diverse and evolving needs of customers has led to an irrational surge in production and the exploitative depletion of natural resources. This unwarranted increase in production has, in turn, been accompanied by a rise in product returns by consumers, which, upon reverting to their original sources through the supply chain, has compounded the complexities of the supply chains and precipitated new pressures and burdens on the companies and their supply chains, necessitating their adept management. READ MORE
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4. Development and application of a tool for assessing the impact of failure modes on performance of underground drill rigs.
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknikAbstract : Trends such as increasing awareness of sustainable production, shorter product life cycles and personalised products create challenges for the mining industry. A solution to these challenges may be a functional product business model, where the provider sells the hardware’s function under a service contract and is responsible for delivering the combination of hardware and services over the duration of the contract. READ MORE
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5. How firms can reduce the risks with fixed price contracts
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : Firms have had difficulties in dealing with the risks that occur when providing fixed price contracts (FP) for both small – scale and large – scale projects to involved customers. This is general for the most companies surveying customers with the development for a product or service in the IT – industry. READ MORE
