Essays about: "material handling strategy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words material handling strategy.

1. 1. Optimising material handling to analyse behaviour in change management : Material handling implementations & Change management: A case study

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

   Author : Persson Martin; [2023]
   Keywords : Lean tools; Lean principles; Change management; Supply operations planning; Supply chain; Material handling; storage; optimisation; Business strategy;

   Abstract : One way to increase capacity is to optimise production. This research focuses on optimising material handling using Lean principles, factory layout analysis and supply & operation planning. The purpose is to see how the strategies found in these theories effect the change. READ MORE

3. 2. A framework for the implementation of real-time location systems in material handling : A case study at Scandia Transmission

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Gladis Mauri; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Real-time location systems (RTLS) have been applied on material handling to provide positioning and tracking in a warehouse of forklifts and other mobile entities, such as AGVs (automated guided vehicles). The purpose of this research is to develop a structured analysis to evaluate the impacts, potential benefits and challenges for implementing a real-time location system in the material handling for automotive industry, as well as a recommendation of preparation steps to the companies when integrating RTLS into their production systems, seeing that has a significant potential to improve efficiency. READ MORE

4. 3. Cost Efficient Scrap Metal Sourcing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Sophia Sandström; Sofia Ivarsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Scrap sourcing; Scrap logistics; European scrap market; Sea freight strategies; Bulk shipping; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The steel industry in Sweden is responsible for 10% of the annual Swedish CO2 emissions. As a way to abate this sector, H2 Green Steel are establishing a new green steel production site in Boden. Their way of producing steel, through the EAF route and by using hydrogen-reduced DRI will reduce the CO2 emissions by over 90%. READ MORE

5. 4. RAISING A NEW COLLECTIVE VOICE THROUGH GREENFIELD UNION ORGANISING : The mobilisation and unionisation of workers and the establishment of a collective agreement at Foodora in Sweden

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

   Author : Sophie Banasiak; [2021]
   Keywords : workforce fragmentation; food-delivery platforms; greenfield organising; unions; collective agreement; agency; structures; interactions; resources mobilisation; learning; strategy; institutional change; fragmentation du travail; plateformes de livraison de repas; implantation syndicale; syndicats; accord collectif; agence; structures; interactions; mobilisation des ressources; apprentissage; stratégie; changement institutionnel; fragmentering av arbetsstyrka; matleveransplattformar; greenfield-organisering; fackföreningar; kollektivavtal; mänskligt agentskap; strukturer; interaktioner; mobilisering av resurser; lärande; strategiskt handlande; institutionell förändring;

   Abstract : Following an actor-centred approach to institutional change, the aim of the study was to explore the process of ‘greenfield organising’ through which unions and collective bargaining structures are established in workplaces where there are none initially. A qualitative theory-oriented single case study, using some principles of the grounded theory, analysed the organising process and negotiations at Foodora in Sweden that resulted in a collective agreement. READ MORE

6. 5. ATT ARBETA PÅ EN KVINNOJOUR UNDERCORONAPANDEMIN -En kvalitativ studie om jourkvinnors upplevelser av arbetet med våldsutsatta kvinnor

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Freja Björk; Jonna Lindström; [2021]
   Keywords : Emotional labor; coping strategy; emotions; women’s shelter workers; women’s shelter; Covid-19 pandemic; Hochschild; Emotionellt arbete; hanteringsstrategi; känslor; jourkvinnor; kvinnojour; Covid-19; coronapandemin; Hochschild;

   Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic has put Sweden in a new and challenging situation. Several of thewomen's shelters in Sweden have reported an alarming pressure as a result of increased casesof women and children in vulnerable situations. READ MORE