Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Strandhagen, Jan Ola"
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A Digital Product-Offering Platform in Construction Supply Chains: An Exploratory Study of the Potential Effects on a Pipe Manufacturer’s Business Model
Strømseng, Ida Marie (Master thesis, 2019)En digital produktplattform for bygg- og anleggsnæringen er under vurdering for å forbedre synlighet og koordinasjon i en verdikjede mellom rørprodusent og entreprenør på anleggsprosjekt. Formålet med denne masteroppgaven ... -
A framework for production rescheduling in sociotechnical manufacturing environments
Arica, Emrah; Haskins, Cecilia; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)No plan survives contact with reality. Despite the rich research base regarding handling uncertainty in production planning and control systems, there is an intellectual gap between theory and practice with regard to ... -
A New Set of Principles for Pursuing the Lean Ideal in Engineer-to-order Manufacturers
Powell, Daryl; Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Tommelein, Iris D.; Ballard, Glenn; Rossi, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)For many years, lean production has been successfully applied in large companies producing high volumes of standardized products. However, companies which operate in dissimilar environments have yet to expose a suitable ... -
Achieving Balanced Workload Distribution Amongst Cross-Trained Teams
Olaitan, Oladipupo; Alfnes, Erlend; Vatn, Jørn; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This research is focused on improving the flow of items through the cross-trained teams of a leather furniture manufacturing company, which manufactures a high mix of products. Presently, a Push control strategy is applied ... -
Addressing the Performance of Order Acceptance
de Man, Johannes Cornelis; Andersen, Bjørn Sørskot; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)While there are many mathematical approaches to order acceptance (OA), the performance of OA in practice is overlooked. This paper assesses current OA methods and performance measures that could measure OA. The outcome is ... -
Aligning Supply and Demand in Grocery Retailing
Kiil, Kasper (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:366, Doctoral thesis, 2017) -
An Agent-Based Simulation Approach To Model Hospital Logistics
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Zhang, Cevin; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The increasing rate of hospital admissions has resulted in a commensurate increase in the number of treatments and surgeries performed, as well as resource and material usage, and requires planners to improve hospitals’ ... -
An Empirical Study of the Relations Between Supply Chain Relationships and ICT
Andreassen, Ninni Kristina (Master thesis, 2019)Motivasjonen for å gjennomføre dette prosjektet har vært tredelt. 1) Min personlige motivasjon, 2) Hoved-case bedriftens utfordringer og ønske om forbedring, og 3) Funn fra aktuell forskning, som skaper en mulighet for ... -
An investigation on handling events in production scheduling and control
Arica, Emrah (Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:209, Doctoral thesis, 2016)This thesis investigates the question, “How can manufacturing companies effectively handle events that are unavoidable in real life uncertain and complex manufacturing environments?” within the context of production ... -
Analyzing the factors affecting engineering change implementation performance in the engineer-to-order production environment: case studies from a Norwegian shipbuilding group
Iakymenko, Natalia; Brett, Per Olaf; Alfnes, Erlend; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Engineering changes (ECs) are unavoidable in the engineer-to-order (ETO) environment. ECs improve products and bring additional profit to ETO companies if effectively negotiated and implemented. Despite the abundant relevant ... -
Applicability of ERP for Production Network Planning: A Case Study
Nehzati, Taravatsadat; Romsdal, Anita; Dreyer, Heidi Carin; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2014)A production network enables a company to develop capabilities to respond to diversity in national or regional demand, while at the same time integrate and coordinate their activities. Many companies have implemented ... -
Aspects for Better Understanding of Engineering Changes in Shipbuilding Projects: In-Depth Case Study
Iakymenko, Natalia; Semini, Marco; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Engineering changes are driving forces of product development and improvement in any company. In shipbuilding projects, engineering changes are introduced throughout the project duration and cannot be planned or introduced ... -
Assembly Line Balancing Based on Beam Ant Colony Optimisation
Huo, Jiage; Wang, Zhengxu; Chan, Felix T. S.; Lee, Carman K M; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)We use a hybrid approach which executes ant colony algorithm in combination with beam search (ACO-BS) to solve the Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem (SALBP). The objective is to minimise the number of workstations for ... -
Autonomous material transportation in hospital intralogistics
Fragapane, Giuseppe Ismael (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:247, Doctoral thesis, 2021) -
Autonomous Mobile Robots in Hospital Logistics
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Chapter, 2020)The recent advances in technology have increased flexibility in indoor mobility and human-robot collaboration, opening up new opportunities to perform material handling tasks, especially in narrow, dynamic environments, ... -
Autonomous mobile robots in sterile instrument logistics: An evaluation of the material handling system for a strategic fit framework
Fragapane, Giuseppe; Hvolby, Hans-Henrik; Sgarbossa, Fabio; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The logistics activities of sterile instruments are both labour- and cost-intensive. Automating sterile instrument transportation offers an excellent opportunity to reduce staff members’ responsibilities and time committed ... -
Benchmarking of Norwegian Shipbuilding Projects - A Conceptual Platform and an Initial Benchmarking Study
Sørensen, Andreas (Master thesis, 2016)This thesis was motivated by a challenging market situation for Norwegian shipbuilders, and an expected need to improve performance if Norwegian shipbuilding companies are to remain competitive in the future. With this ... -
Can differentiated production planning and control enable both responsiveness and efficiency in food production?
Romsdal, Anita; Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Dreyer, Heidi Carin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This paper addresses the complex production planning and control (PPC) challenges in food supply chains. The study illustrates how food producers' traditional make‐to‐stock (MTS) approach is not well suited to meet the ... -
Capability Maturity Model for Organizational Competence in Production Scheduling and Control
Buer, Sven-Vegard (Master thesis, 2015)Literature on production planning and control has focused almost exclusively on technical aspects, addressing the development and implementation of new or existing analytical models for different types of production ... -
Causes of Delivery-Time Variance in Maritime-Equipment Manufacturing Supply-Chains: An Empirical Study
Oluyisola, Olumide Emmanuel; Salmi, Tuomo Eero Olavi; Strandhagen, Jan Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The overall performance of manufacturing companies has become increasingly dependent on their ability to coordinate a network of suppliers effectively. For manufacturers of customized equipment, it is even more important ...