Essays about: "lean manufacturing and environment"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 essays containing the words lean manufacturing and environment.

  1. 16. Value Stream Mapping as a Basis for Process Improvement in the Pharmaceutical Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

    Author : Jesper Manning; Filip Sörlin; [2017]
    Keywords : Lean manufacturing; Value stream mapping; Lean production; Pharmaceutical industry; cGMP; Good Manufacturing Practice; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background - The company is a Swedish manufacturer, developer and contract manufacturer of pharmaceuticals. In the last couple of years, the company has entered a growth phase which has led to issues with the internal processes such as material flow, warehouse operations and processes related to the production. READ MORE

  3. 17. SALES-ORIENTED MINDSET IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT : - Organizing customer service operations for higher quality and efficiency

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Viktor Frisk; [2017]
    Keywords : Efficiency; Sales; Customer Service; Lean; TQM; Six Sigma;

    Abstract : Efficiency in the manufacturing industry is not a new phenomenon; Toyota andMotorola were to companies that early found a way to eliminate waste by inventing theefficiency models Lean and Six Sigma. For Sweden’s economy, the manufacturingindustry plays an important role in which the forestry industry accounts for around70,000 employees. READ MORE

  4. 18. Service Data Management : How data around services can help to manage services internally - a case study at the Volvo Group

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Logistik- och kvalitetsutveckling

    Author : Sebastian Braun; Eicke Leffers; [2015]
    Keywords : service data management; servitization; portfolio management; lifecycle management;

    Abstract : Traditional manufacturing firms today are on the way to extend their product portfolio with services in order to broaden their offering and to strengthen the relation to their customers. New services are being developed, old services are substituted and replaced and existing services adapted, while the amount of services tends to increase in total. READ MORE

  5. 19. Lean Innovation towards Flexibility and Productivity increase : A Case study in Ericsson’s filter manufacturing system

    University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

    Author : KONSTANTINOS SOFOS; DIMITRIOS TSANOULAS; [2015]
    Keywords : Lean Innovation; Innovativeness; Productivity; Flexibility; Manufacturing Systems;

    Abstract : In the recent years, substantial shifts of advanced technologies have enabled more and more companies to adopt and implement innovation strategies within their products and operations. Industries tend to behave more flexible in order to stay updated to new significant technological shifts. READ MORE

  6. 20. Impact of Lean Thinking and Practices on Architectural/System Architectures Level Innovation in Swedish Manufacturing Industry

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Abdul Samad Shaikh; Ahmad Ali Khalifeh; [2014]
    Keywords : Lean; Architectural Innovation; Standardization; Value Stream; DFM; HRM;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes and argues how implementing lean principles and tools affect an organization’s architectural innovation. Introducing new product architectures and modifying existing architectures is often difficult for companies. Architectural innovation requires extensive company resources for experimentations and new learning. READ MORE