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Simulation of Finished Goods Inventory - Next Step Towards Factory Simulation

Purpose: This Master Thesis has the purpose of creating a simulation model of a finished goods inventory at one of the Company’s factories. In addition, an improved layout should be proposed. Design/Approach: A simulation study using discrete-event simulation has been performed in the recommended steps by various literatures. A thorough study was made to identify the stakeholders and the relevant

Exploration of Creativity in HCI - An interplay between freedom and structure

Creativity has become a modern concept. In several job advertisement, organisation state that they are looking for an employee of ‘creative’ nature. There is however several perspectives on what creativity is and is achieved. The purpose for this thesis was to explore the perception of creativity in Human computer interaction (HCI), and how HCI-professionals working in organisations relate to and

Att sprida kristendom i Afrikas mörker : Svensk missionsverksamhet i Kongo runt sekelskiftet 1900

Denna uppsats handlar om svenska missionärer i Kongo och hur de såg på och framställde sitt uppdrag i samtida litteratur under början av 1900-talet. Jag har valt att fokusera på hur lokalbefolkningen framställdes, hur arbetet på missionsfältet fortgick efterhand som tiden gick, hur missionärerna såg på sitt uppdrag och vilken bild av livet på missionsfältet som spreds till de svenska läsarna.

Outsourcing Innovation: Factors influencing firms’ decision to outsource IT development to consulting organizations

THESIS PURPOSE: The present thesis aims to describe and generate new insights about the factors that foster or inhibit the decision to outsource IT development services in addition to the factors considered to decide the extent and form of an outsourcing initiative in Sweden. Furthermore, this study aims to determine the differences in outsourcing practices across various proposed company categori

Influence of geometry and ventilation boundaries on simulation of the flow outside a room set-up in laboratory environment

In this study, the results from simulations of two sets of a 1/2 scale ISO room (ISO 9705) experiments are presented. In the experiments, heptane in a tray was burned in the middle of the room. Five models with various levels of complexity and geometric detail are used. The comparisons between simulations and experiments show that the fourth model provides the most accurate results with deviation

Fully developed fires in “low-energy” and “energy-efficient” buildings

Buildings use approximately 40% of the total amount of the consumed energy in EU and USA. New design approaches and materials are used to reduce the energy consumption for space heating, ventilation, lightning and other domestic necessities. There is a need to investigate effect of these design features on the fire safety. Increased compartment size can contribute to the fire duration and non-unif

Fire safety education for staff members - case study

Changing people's attitude towards fire safety is the most important goal in this research. Looking closely how the fire safety education effects the peoples response in unannounced evacuation drill was the aim of the study. Constant changes in the process of the training made the improvements possible and weaknesses were identified. The staffs' attitude towards fire safety changed to the

Allt mitt kött ska bli till ord. Om jaget och texten i Martina Lowdens Allt

Uppsatsen behandlar Martina Lowdens debutbok Allt och syftar till att skapa en helhetsförståelse av verket genom att belysa det som självskrivande med relation till dagboken och dagboksromanen. Samtidigt problematiseras ett sådant jag-fokuserat perspektiv genom en diskussion av bokens arbete med sampling, listor och konkretism.

Population aging and enrollment ratios in tertiary education: does population aging elevate the enrollment ratio in OECD countries?

This study examines possibility of positive contribution of population aging to enrolment ratios in tertiary education of 32 OECD countries from 1970 onward. It estimates an equation with fertility, life expectancy, GDP per capita, schooling age population for tertiary education and expenditures to education. In the equation, the variables reflect demand, supply and constraints on education identi

Valuation Using Multiples - Accuracy and Error Determinants

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how accurate multiple valuations are in relation to the DCF. Furthermore, the accuracy of equity and entity multiples will be compared. Finally, we will try to determine the factors underlying the valuation errors. Our results suggest similar performance from the multiples approach in relation to the DCF model in estimating corporate value with eight

Explaining differences in educational spending in rural Sweden in the 1870’s

This thesis gives a historical perspective on current debates on growing inequalities in Swedish schools, by analysing explanations to differences in educational spending between rural municipalities in Sweden in the 1870s using a multi-variate regression model. The results indicate that both absolute wealth and the size of the middle-class are good predictors of school spending at local level. Th

Bostadspriserna och läget - tillämpning av den monocentriska stadsmodellen

Forecasts and analysis on real estate values and house prices are an ever-present problem for several different players. Often there is debate about the values of housing prices or housing bubbles in the Swedish cities. The difficulty with the valuation of housing, compared with other products, is their unique location. No housing is another comparable, and because of this there is no certain mark

CO2 emissions from freight transport in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2008: main drivers and problems in accounting for the international perspective

The share of transport sector green house gas emissions has been increasing in the EU-15 in the recent decades. Moreover, the development in passenger and freight transport subsectors has diverged. This thesis provides drivers of freight transport carbon emissions in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2008 by conducting Log Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) decomposition. It differentiates between structure, inte

Evaluating urban traffic planning schemes in their effect on air quality: A policy comparison between Stockholm’s congestion charges and Berlin’s low emission zone.

Despite the large theoretical corpus on approaches to dealing with negative externalities of road transport, there is a remarkable lack of connection to practically implemented road transport schemes. This thesis gives two implemented road transport management systems, the congestion charging scheme as introduced in Stockholm and the low emission zone as introduced in Berlin, their place in the li