Essays about: "lean thinking"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 83 essays containing the words lean thinking.

  1. 11. Potentials, Enablers and Barriers of a Circular Production System in a Lean Manufacturing Context : A Case Study at Scania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Thomas Konstantin Schmitt; Christopher Wolf; [2019]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Circular Production System; Lean Manufacturing; Sustainability; Recycling; Remanufacturing; Reusing; Reducing;

    Abstract : Exploitative and profit-oriented business operations are unsustainably depleting the world’s resources and extensively harm the environment. Linear production systems within the manufacturing industry are partly held responsible for this ongoing issue as materials and waste are not getting reused but dumped. READ MORE

  3. 12. Identifying factors that cause inventory build-ups and how to solve it

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Anders Eriksson; Anes Music; [2019]
    Keywords : Lean; KANBAN; Internal logistics; FIFO; Inventory build-ups; standardized work;

    Abstract : Companies have put much focus on production systems to generate and maintain competitiveness which has contributed in less focus to logistics. The material flow is the process after the main processes and has therefore been regarded as “unimportant”. READ MORE

  4. 13. Platform Thinking: Considerations for establishing third-party developer-centric ecosystems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Sylvia Karanja; Björn Arvesen; [2018]
    Keywords : platform business models; boundary resources; third-party developers; platform governance; developer marketing; external innovators; lean communication; complementors; integrators; organizational identity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There has been a dramatic growth in organizations aiming to leverage the power of platform business models and capture the vast amounts of value stemming from external innovation. Thus, actors are required to open up their innovation processes to third-party developers, and make sure these external resources are incentivized to both enter and remain in the ecosystem. READ MORE

  5. 14. Opportunity Recognition, Evaluation and Exploitation in the Context of Prototyping

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Antonia Mühlbauer; René Heinrich; [2018]
    Keywords : Prototyping; Opportunity recognition; Opportunity evaluation; Opportunity exploitation; Entrepreneurial process; New venture creation process; Design Thinking; Lean Startup; Pretotyping; MVP; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research advances the theoretical knowledge of the entrepreneurial process by investigating opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation in the context of prototyping. In particular, this thesis studies if, how and why the phenomenon changes the new venture creation process. READ MORE

  6. 15. Introducing a Framework for Innovation Readiness Levels – A Framework to Evaluate Innovation Efforts

    University essay from KTH/Integrerad produktutveckling

    Author : Carl-Magnus Lunner; Emelie Worrmann; [2018]
    Keywords : Technology Readiness Level TRL ; Innovation process; Design Thinking; Lean Start-Up; The Innovators Method; Business Model Innovation; User-Centred Design; Technology Readiness Level TRL ; innovationsprocesser; Design Thinking; Lean Start-up; Innovators Method; affärsmodellsinnovation; användar-fokuserad design;

    Abstract : When developing new products, it is important to be able to evaluate their readiness as this helps organizations manage three major challenges of product development, performance, schedule, and budget. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) discovered this in 1990 and developed a nine-level framework to measure the progression of technology development, Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). READ MORE