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Bakgrund: Avdelningen International Manufacturing (IM) vid Volvo Group Trucks Operations (Volvo) i Göteborg är ansvarig för försörjning och leverans till Volvos internationella produktion. Detta genomförs genom en knock-downprocess, där färdigställda lastbilar skickas i kit för att sedan bli monterade på plats, vid den lokala fabriken. Denna försörjningskedja kräver annan anpassning och hanterar mBackground: The International Manufacturing division (IM) at Volvo Group Trucks Operations (Volvo) in Gothenburg handles the supply of Volvo’s international manufacturing efforts. This is done using knock-down manufacturing where complete trucks are sent in pieces to be assembled at location. IM’s supply chain is nonconforming in both processes and volumes, compared to the central Volvo organizati

This study investigates the factors that influence female's labour supply and their wage forms. Human capital, demographic, social, and cultural factors were used to explore their impact on female labour supply and female wage form using a multinomial logistic model. The data for this study were employed from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in the Gambia in 2013. The result i

Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) impacts primary schools in Sweden in terms of teaching and learning practices as well as analysing how the school is affected as an organisation and social environment to the technologies. The benefits and challenges following the implementation of TEL in a learning environment is often subject to various theories and factors when it is implemented into practice.

Svenska regeringens syn på nedskräpning och engångsplast är att det är ett stort problem, både på land och i hav med ständigt ökande konsekvenser och miljöutmaningar. I Sverige har det på flera håll genomförts försök att belysa problemet vad det gäller nedskräpning. Naturvårdsverket är en organisation som gav uppdrag för en skräpmätning 2020 till Håll Sverige Rent som gäller 75 kommuners centraloThe Swedish government's view of litter and disposable plastic is that litter is a major problem, both on land and at sea, with ever-increasing consequences and environmental challenges. In Sweden, attempts have been made in several places to shed light on the problem of littering. Naturvårdsverket is an organization that commissioned a waste survey in 2020 for Håll Sverige Rent, which applies

Måltidsplanering för storkök, så som skolor och äldreboenden, är en mödosam och tidsödande process. Då det finns många olika villkor och restriktioner som måste beaktas i planeringen, dessa kommer i form av en budget, näringsinnehåll, tillgängliga resurser för tillagning och förvaring etc. Detta leder ofta till en slumpartad "prova sig fram"-teknik när en ny matsedel ska skapas. Likväl fTraditional meal planning for large kitchens is a laborious and complex affair with multiple external constraints imposed on the meal plan, such as a healthy nutrition profile and a low environmental impact, which should be fulfilled while being under budget. This is a tough task for humans but by modelling the process with a Markov Decision Process and using Reinforcement Learning an agent can be

This study investigates the role of Industry 4.0 as an enabler of circular business models within the clothing industry. The research was conducted based on a thorough investigation of the clothing industry through both an ethnographic content analysis and two interviews. Both the concepts of circular business models and Industry 4.0 are relatively new and more importantly, Industry 4.0 is a conce

Titel: ”Det är alltid den stora lastbilen på vägen som är miljöboven och i vägen för alla andra” - En kvalitativ studie om små och medelstora åkeriföretags situation i södra Sverige relaterat till minskade växthusgasutsläpp Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management Utbildning: Logistics Service Management Kurs: SMKK65 Service management: Examensarbete

Syfte: Studiens syfte var att bidra med information om sommarlovets påverkan på den svenska muntliga narrativa förmågan hos flerspråkiga skolbarn. Metod: Inspelningar av 74 flerspråkiga skolbarns muntliga narrativer till MAIN:s sekvensbilder utförda precis före sommarlovet och precis efter sommarlovet transkriberades och bedömdes på mikro- och makronivå. De mikromått som undersöktes var MLU, gramPurpose: The aim of this study was to contribute further information regarding the effect of the summer holiday on narrative ability in bilingual children. Method: Audio recordings of oral narratives from 74 bilingual children of two sequential picture series of MAIN were administered and recorded before and after the summer holidays. The oral narratives in Swedish were transcribed and analysed on

This master’s thesis is about the role of the civil society in contemporary Sweden, during a crisis of solidarity and care. The crisis of solidarity refers to the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, and the events following after. The crisis of care refers to a crisis of social reproduction that is inherent to the capitalist system. Swedish welfare politics have gone through a process of changing

Galectin-3 is a protein that is involved in many physiological processes such as metastasis, T-cell regulation etc. which makes it a good drug target for the medicinal chemist. In a paper made by Doak ete al (2015) macrocyclization emerged as an interesting strategy for new drug design as macrocycles remained orally active in chemical space previously thought of as “unsuitable” as per the classica

Plastic pollution is a cross-national environmental and societal challenge that needs to be addressed from the point of view of global supply chains. The circular economy (CE) has emerged as an alternative paradigm to the traditional “take-make-waste” models of production and consumption to create a closed-loop system so that plastic is trapped in the economy and not in the environment. This resea

This paper is a study of how users on Instagram interact on Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. American Dirt was the book we studied for interaction between users and Oprah. A lot has happened with the digitalization since Oprah’s Book Club went from announcing the monthly book on TV to announcing it on social media. The outcome of the Book Club 2.0 has welcomed all kinds of opinions, both positive and negati

Technical advancements and changes to the environment imply that industries may experience technology shifts. During those times, mature manufacturing companies are vulnerable, and it is of outmost importance they can respond to the new circumstances. To do so, mature manufacturing companies need to know which consequences they will experience to their offer, business model, resources and capabili

Obesity rates have been increasing at an alarming pace across the globe however, little has been done to address the issue even in high income countries. To further problematize this issue, many researchers and public health officials have conceptualized obesity as being individually based, rather than analyzing it from a structural perspective. This challenge will be extended to developing countr

This thesis thesis explores what desires and motivations lay behind employees’ succession to managerial positions in a store environment. Previous research focuses on how to develop good leaders, rather than how to make people want to become leaders, which is why this is an important topic. The method used is a qualitative case study at IKEA in Sweden, where a combination of qualitative questionna

Drilling is an essential hole-making operation in the modern industrial world. Drilling operation is comparatively challenging in composites when compared to metals. Composites are heterogeneous and possess a high strength-to-weight ratio which makes it a challenge in composite drilling. The hole quality has two major defects affecting the reliability of CFRP composites: Uncut fibers and Delaminat

This thesis examines women’s subcultural participation based on ethnographic fieldwork and 73 interviews with women within the skateboarding and rave cultures. The study explores and develops how we view female participation. From a theoretical perspective, subcultural scholars have a tradition of assuming subcultures as masculine, viewing masculinity as the norm for authenticity. These assumption

Many consider organic farming to be a solution to agriculture’s potential agricultural crises. Accordingly, the European Union’s Organic Action Plan aims to increase the share of organically farmed acreage drastically over the next decade. Research concerning the drivers of organic farming expansion could prove vital, and a wide range of empirical literature explores the topic. However, previous s

Given the fact that experimental studies have found an influence on legal decision making by the court’s impression of the defendant, while at the same time the defendant has been foreseen in research on courtroom interaction and emotion, it is highly significant to study the way the defendant interact during criminal trials. This thesis is based on an ethnographic-inspired study conducted in Swed

The recent growth of the Swedish prison population and police force suggests a stark reversal from the small, rehabilitation oriented criminal justice system described in the “Nordic penal exceptionalism thesis.” This paper is based on a narrative analysis of documents published by the Government Offices of Sweden in the collection titled “A Safer Sweden” from 2013 to 2021. This research aims to u