Purpose: with this master thesis, Norway’s first learning factory was built. The purpose was to conduct a case study and find the learning outcomes students had by partaking on the activity. Approach: a thorough literature ...

Denne bacheloroppgaven er skrevet for Madshus AS. Problemstillingen for undersøkelsen er: Hvordan bryte ned organisasjonsbarrierer og sette i gang en refleksjonsprosess mot kontinuerlig forbedring? Teorien omhandler ...

This paper discusses improvements of an existing manual assembly line for roller skis when it was used as a template for a learning factory in the university. These improvements were in terms of lean philosophy and operations ...

Introduksjon: Dagens samfunn oppfordrer til fysisk aktivitet og helse. Ofte foregår disse aktivitetene utendørs, og forutsetter at man tar i bruk naturen. I denne oppgaven ønsker vi å se på om sportsbransjen opptrer holdbart ...

Many systems for process monitoring using in-process sensor measuring rely on human interpretation and reaction in order to control the process and achieve the desired effect from the monitoring. This paper reports from ...

In the field of business the social factor is just as important as the economic factor. They both are interconnected and have a significant impact on one other. Businesses acknowledge this and agree that for a healthy ...

This thesis is concerned with the question of how trade unions influence the productivity of firms and workers. To answer this question, I utilize rich administrative register data from Norway to investigate how unions ...

This paper examines the innovation process in four Norwegian companies, all supplying the automotive industry with light weight structural components. Twelve representative product projects are categorized, together with ...