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Clean to be Lean: Implementering av Lean Managment hos kurir- och fraktbolag
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Clean to be Lean : Implementing of Lean Managment in courier and freight company (English)
Abstract [sv]

Detta examensarbete fokuserar på fraktterminalen som tillhör kurir- och fraktbolaget FedEx Corporation. Fraktterminalen är placerad i Landvetter, Sverige. Det finns ett antal brister och problem i terminalen och några av dessa handlar om hur pakethanteringsprocessen är strukturerad och hur berörda arbetsaktiviteter utförs. Flödet i processen är obalanserat vilket i sin tur leder till ett flertal konsekvenser såsom flaskhalsar och slöserier av tid och energi. Därmed är målet med detta examensarbete att identifiera förbättringsmöjligheter som kan effektivisera frakterminalens pakethanteringsprocess. Arbetet undersöker vilka förbättringsverktyg och metoder inom Lean management som kan effektivisera arbetsprocesserna. För att öka förståelsen av processens nuläge och dess problem, har två typer av intervjuer, flera observationer och en enkät genomförts. Den kvalitativa och kvantitativa datan samlades in och analyserades för att hitta mönster och trender av problemet. Det framkom att de största problemen handlade om onödiga transporter, obalanserad arbetsbörda, flaskhalsar, röriga arbetsstationer, hög variation på arbetssätt och låg arbetsrotation. Ett flertal förbättringsförslag har presenterats för att minska eller eliminera ovan nämnda brister och problem som förekommer idag i pakethanteringsprocessen. Förbättringsförslagen som tagits fram i denna studie är förändrad layout för arbetsstationerna vid bandet, arbetsrotation, 5S och standardiserat arbetssätt.

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This thesis focuses on the freight terminal that belongs to the courier and freight company FedEx Corporation. The freight terminal is located in Landvetter, Sweden. There are some deficiencies and problems in the terminal, and some of these concern how the packagehandling process is structured and how related work activities are performed. The flow in the process is unbalanced, which in turn leads to several consequences such as bottlenecks and waste of time and energy. Hence, the goal of this thesis is to identify opportunities for improvement that can streamline the freight terminal's package handling process. The thesis investigates which improvement tools and methods within Lean management can streamline the work processes in courier and freight companies. To increase the understanding of the current state of the process and its problems, two typs of interviews, several observations, and a survey have been conducted. The qualitative and quantitative data were collected and analyzed to find patterns and trends of the problem. It was concluded that the biggest problems were unnecessary transports, unbalanced workload, bottlenecks, cluttered work stations, high variation in work methods and low rotation between the work stations. Several suggestions for improvement have been presented to reduce or eliminate the above mentioned deficiencies and problems that occur today in the package handling process. The improvement proposals developed in this study are a changed layout for the work stations at the conveyor belt, work station rotation, 5S methodology implementation, and standardized work methods.

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2023.
Keywords [sv]
Lean managment, logistik
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Transport Systems and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-30063OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-30063DiVA, id: diva2:1781817
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