Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Alfnes, Erlend"
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A Nested Configuration of POLCA and Generic Kanban in a High Product Mix Manufacturing System
Olaitan, Oladipupo Azeez; Fragapane, Giuseppe; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The work presented in this paper is part of a project aimed at streamlining and improving the process flow at a leather furniture manufacturing company. The manufacturing throughput time is highly variable, and this makes ... -
A new Manufacturing Planning and Control System using Sales and Operations Planning and Last Planner System in Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing Environment
Sharma, Nakul (Master thesis, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this research work is to propose a new type of Manufacturing Planning and Control system, depicting different levels of planning and control for ETO manufacturing environment. Design: The research ... -
Offshoring Strategies in Norwegian Ship Production
Semini, Marco; Brett, Per Olaf; Hagen, Arnulf; Kolsvik, Jørund; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)For the past several decades, Norwegian shipyards have focused on innovative, customized, and technologically advanced ships, often serving the offshore oil and gas industry. Usually, a significant part of the ship production ... -
Operationalizing lean principles for lead time reduction in engineer-to-order (ETO) operations: A case study
Strandhagen, Jo Wessel; Vallandingham, Logan Reed; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing approach is used in companies developing and producing highly customized products. ETO operations include some characteristic business processes such as the sales and tendering ... -
Optimal master production scheduling in ERP systems for ETO companies - A maturity model
Niedzieluk Filho, Pedro (Master thesis, 2015)Due to the high competitiveness in the complex ship-components market, Norwegian companies are pursuing for new ways to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in order to remain competitive. This sector that has an ... -
Optimizing Leather Cutting Process in Make-to-Order Production to Increase Hide Utilization
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Olaitan, Oladipupo; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2018)The growing trend of customization in the leather furniture industry has increased the need for many companies to switch from Make-To-Stock (MTS) to Make-To-Order (MTO) strategy. The shift to high-mix and low-volume presents ... -
Order Release in Mass Customization; Can Card-Based Production Planning and Control systems be used?
Heine Hammersland (Master thesis, 2019)I denne masteroppgaven undersøkte jeg bruken av fire Production Planning and Control (PPC) systemer, nemlig KANBAN, CONWIP, POLCA og COBACABANA, og deres applikasjon til Mass Customization (MC) produksjon. Denne formen for ... -
Prerequisites for Successful Production Transfers in the Electronics Industry
Mogos, Maria Flavia; Alfnes, Erlend; Swahn, Natalia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to identify prerequisites for successful production transfers i.e. for achieving a stable production at the receiver at targeted supply-performance levels. The research findings consist of a ... -
Product configurators for engineer-to-order products
Johansson, Ludvig Lilleby; Skjetne, Johanne Bjørnsen (Master thesis, 2020)Produktkonfiguratorer (PCer) er systemer som automatiserer arbeid i salgs- og ingeniørprosesser og gir fordeler som tids- og ressursreduksjoner og kvalitetsforbedringer. Selskaper som produserer Engineer-to-Order (ETO)-produkter ... -
Product configurators for engineer-to-order products
Skjetne, Johanne Bjørnsen; Johansson, Ludvig Lilleby (Master thesis, 2020)Produktkonfiguratorer (PCer) er systemer som automatiserer arbeid i salgs- og ingeniørprosesser og gir fordeler som tids- og ressursreduksjoner og kvalitetsforbedringer. Selskaper som produserer Engineer-to-Order (ETO)-produkter ... -
Production Control for Operational Excellence: Trenda, Cases and Research Areas
Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Romsdal, Anita; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Alfnes, Erlend; Arica, Emrah; Powell, Daryl (Chapter, 2012)Industrial companies must strive to achieve operational excellence; and developing and deploying concepts, principle and tools for production control is essential in this. Globalization, sustainability and ICT development ... -
Production Logistics 4.0 - A Conceptual Multiple Case Study Exploring Industry 4.0 in Different Production Environments
Strandhagen, Jo Wessel (Master thesis, 2016)This project report is the result of a master project conducted within the master s degree program Mechanical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). It was conducted as case studies of ... -
Production Planning and Control in Make-to-Order Manufacturing - Selection Criteria
Strøm, Ruben Eide (Master thesis, 2018)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to identify appropriate Production Planning and Control (PPC) methods in a Make to Order (MTO) manufacturing environment. This is done through two steps. First, the MTO environment ... -
A Production Transfer Procedure Based on Risk Management Principles
Mogos, Flavia Maria; Fredriksson, Anna; Alfnes, Erlend (Journal article, 2018)Purpose This paper aims to develop a procedure for preparing production transfers based on risk management principles. The procedure should help companies reduce the amount of supply chain disruptions during transfers and ... -
Rearticulating supply chain design and operation principles to mitigate uncertainty in the Norwegian engineer-to-order shipbuilding sector
Alfnes, Erlend; Gosling, Jonathan; Naim, Mohamed; Dreyer, Heidi Carin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Engineering-to-order (ETO) systems are especially prone to high levels of uncertainty in demand, as well as from internal processes, supply side sources and their own control systems. Understanding and categorising the ... -
Requirements for Sales and Operations Planning in an Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing Environment
Bhalla, Swapnil; Alfnes, Erlend; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Oluyisola, Olumide Emmanuel (Chapter, 2021)Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is the process through which enterprises develop tactical plans for aligning supply and demand management activities, usually with the objective of maximizing profitability. Demand-supply ... -
Rock physics assessment of overburden stratigraphic sequences in the offshore Rovuma Basin, East African margin
Nhabanga, Oscar Jose (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:258, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The overall goal of this PhD research is to investigate production planning and control challenges in the semi-process industry and to develop an approach for addressing these challenges based on lean production and Industry ... -
Sales and Operations Planning for Delivery Date Setting in Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing
Bhalla, Swapnil (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:62, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Engineer-to-Order (ETO) production entails designing or redesigning, engineering, fabricating, and assembling products for specific customer orders. Companies manufacturing big-sized, high-value, and heavy-duty industrial ... -
Sales and operations planning for delivery date setting in engineer-to-order manufacturing: a research synthesis and framework
Bhalla, Swapnil; Alfnes, Erlend; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Oluyisola, Olumide Emmanuel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has emerged as a planning approach that integrates tactical level decisions across functions and supply chains while aligning day-to-day operations with long-term strategy through these ... -
Sales and Operations Planning for Delivery Date Setting in Engineer-to-Order Maritime Equipment Manufacturing: Insights from Two Case
Bhalla, Swapnil; Alfnes, Erlend; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik (Chapter, 2022)Delivery date setting (DDS) is a challenging and competitively critical tactical decision in engineer-to-order (ETO) environments, which requires integrated planning for effective decision-making. Despite the variety of ...