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11. Procurement Contracts, Innovation and Productivity in the Construction Sector : Five Studies
Sammanfattning : With its size, large number of actors, and its impact on everyday life, the construction sector plays an important role in every nation’s economy and in the improvement of the built environment. The recognition of this fact by the sector, in combination with the reputation for being conservative, problematic, having low productivity growth, and low pressure for change leads to a focus on different strategies that can be used to improve of the sector. LÄS MER
12. Human Lean : Combining Sense of Coherence and Lean to achieve productivity and health
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to identify barriers to and supportive factors for Lean implementation and to investigate how application of the Sense of Coherence (SOC) theory combined with Lean philosophy may affect health and productivity. The thesis is based on five studies. LÄS MER
13. Communicating performance measures : Supporting continuous improvement in manufacturing companies
Sammanfattning : Manufacturing enterprises are a key driver of economic growth (Eurostat, 2016). Implementing continuous improvement (CI) is commonly used to increase competitiveness (Hyland et al., 2007), but despite the well-known theory of CI, many manufacturing companies fail in implementing it (Bhasin, 2012; Nordin et al., 2012; Tiwari et al. LÄS MER
14. Construction site productivity measurements : selection, application and evaluation of methods and measures
Sammanfattning : A construction company consists of a number of different sites where the physical production is taking place. This production is not always performed in the best possible way. There are numerous things such as organisation, logistics, co-ordination, technique, quality and others that can be improved. LÄS MER
15. Laser powder bed fusion of 316L stainless steel - Microstructure and mechanical properties as a function of process parameters, design and productivity
Sammanfattning : One of the most common additive manufacturing techniques for fabricating metallic components is laser powder bed fusion, which has demonstrated great potential in fabricating parts with properties exceeding the properties achieved via conventional methods. To fully utilize the process’s potential, a more profound understanding of the microstructure and properties of the laser powder bed fusion processed material is required. LÄS MER
