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JS McMillan Fisheries Ltd. (JSM) is a Vancouver-based company with operations in nearly all levels of the commercial fishing industry, from supply through distribution. The heart of the operation is the processing facilities where freshly caught Pacific salmon are prepared for sale to end consumers and institutional buyers. As the operations of JSM evolved, the decision making for allocating a catch of salmon with varying characteristics amongst a set of final products has become too complex and time consuming. The focus of this study is to determine an effective and efficient method for JSM to allocate daily a fresh salmon harvest between the various products they produce on a daily basis. The goal is short-term production planning, to allocate the catch among the products in such a manner that the profit potential of the catch is maximized, i.e. prepare a production schedule that maximizes the total profit over the planning horizon. Additional goals of this project include: automation of the decision making process for the catch allocation, "what if" planning, decreasing expert dependency, reducing decision making time, and building a practical and innovative decision support tool. In order to solve this problem efficiently and effectively, optimization models were developed for allocating the catch to the end products. A corresponding decision support tool was built for the end-users at JSM. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

Organizações de diversos portes e segmentos, antes orientadas somente à fabricação e comercialização de produtos, encontram­se agora em um novo contexto, onde adicionar serviços e soluções ao bem manufaturado é sinônimo de vantagem competitiva. Este fenômeno é conhecido como servitização da manufatura. A servitização agrega valor ao produto, inibe a entrada de concorrentes e, consequentemente, proporciona melhores resultados financeiros a longo prazo. Todavia, modificar uma cultura organizacional focada no produto para uma estratégia centrada no serviço exige adequado alinhamento das tradicionais práticas e operações utilizadas pelas organizações. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal propor uma análise das práticas de servitização e seu impacto em organizações de manufatura. Para isto, foi realizada uma revisão da literatura abordando os conceitos de manufatura, serviços e suas relações, bem como os conceitos teóricos de servitização. Sendo assim, foram identificadas seis principais práticas e operações utilizadas para entrega de serviços. Diante desse contexto, o presente estudo compreende uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória de casos múltiplos, realizada em quatro empresas de manufatura atuantes no segmento automotivo. Utilizando­se de entrevistas em profundidade com profissionais diretamente relacionados a entrega de serviços, atuantes nos setores de engenharia, front-office, back office e tecnologia da informação, foi possível analisar como cada empresa organiza as suas instalações, atividades e operações de servitização e, posteriormente, relacioná­las com a teoria. Desta forma, foi possível propor um roteiro para implantação das práticas de servitização, considerando o contexto e as peculiaridades do ambiente de pesquisa. Por fim, sugere­se para estudos futuros a replicação da pesquisa em empresas de diferentes segmentos, bem como com profissionais de outros departamentos, como forma de validar os resultados obtidos e refinar o roteiro de implantação proposto. / Organizations of various sizes and segments, once oriented exclusively to the manufacturing and commercialization of products, are now inserted in a new business context, where add services and solutions to the manufactured goods is synonymous of competitive advantage. This conception is well known as servitization of manufacturing. The servitization strategy enhances value to the product, inhibits entrance of new competitors and, therefore, provides better long­term financial results. However, shifting from a product­focused organizational culture to a service­centric strategy requires adequate alignment of traditional practices and operations used by organizations. In this way, this research aimed to propose an analysis of the servitization practices and their impact on manufacturing organizations. Thus, a review of the literature was carried out addressing the concepts of manufacturing, services and their relations, as well as the theoretical concepts of servitization. To this end, six main practices and operations used to deliver services were identified. Given this context, the follow study comprises a qualitative exploratory research of multiple cases performed in four manufacturing companies in the automotive segment. Through in­depth interviews along with professionals directly related to the delivery of services, acting in the engineering, front­office, back office and information technology departments, was possible to analyze how each company organizes its facilities, activities and servitization operations and subsequently relate it with theoretical concepts. By the results acquired, was possible to propose a guidance for implementation of the servitization practices, considering the context and peculiarities of the research environment. Finally, it is suggested for future studies the replication of this examination in companies belonging to different segments, as well as using professionals from other departments, as a way to validate the findings and refine the proposed implementation guidance.

The present thesis is concerned with production process management in a small innovative and developing Czech company. The introductory part describes a selected product from both a functional point of view and a constructional point of view. The theoretical part of the thesis is followed by a section which analyzes the initial state of production process of the product. The next part comes with ideas for new approaches to production process management, respecting available company resources, which are necessary for their implementing. The final part of the thesis provides a summary of implemented solutions and solutions that the management of the company plans to implement.

Diploma thesis is dealing with the possibility of use of discrete event simulations in a production planning. The connection of the work measurement and the production planning is described. The thesis describes the modeling methodology, design and realization of the experiment with the model. The production planning part describes the processing of the data generated from the model, which are further used to demonstrate the planning method and optimization of the production plan.

Master´s thesis analyses the current state of the production scheduling in a manufacturing company in the automotive industry. It describes the setup system management of the module Advanced Production Planning by Helios Orange program, which company uses. This thesis introduces a new process of order and describes procedures for control of this module. Two essential steps of this new process were tested – creation of production orders and scheduling of production batches. In the end of the master´s thesis there are estimated financial savings after the implementation of the new process production scheduling.

This master’s thesis deals with production of grinding roller driveshaft in Bühler CZ s.r.o. in Žamberk. In the first part the attention is focused on analysis of current technology. Following chapters of thesis are focused on innovations to existing production technology, for example a technological test, CNC programming realization, machine times calculations or creating of technical documentation to ensure production of rotating part. The last chapter of the thesis focuses on economical assessment.

La industria textil tiene un mercado altamente competitivo y es uno de los principales motores económicos del país. El sector brinda más de 463 mil empleos e influye con el 7.4 % del PBI Industrial. En muchos casos; estas empresas; en su mayoría familiares; no cuentan con el conocimiento necesario para implementar un modelo productivo acorde a los estándares de productividad y el cumplimiento de entrega. El presente artículo propone un modelo de producción en la industria de la confección combinando técnicas SIPOC; VSM; 5S y un sistema de producción con gestión de proveedores dentro de la metodología Lean Manufacturing para incrementar la rentabilidad de la empresa a corto plazo y hacerla sostenible en el tiempo. El modelo se valida mediante una prueba piloto en una empresa del sector. El seguimiento de las actividades propuestas fue llevado a cabo mediante el estudio de indicadores de trabajo; los cuales muestran resultados que indican un aumento de 59% y 62% en la productividad global y el cumplimiento de las entregas, respectivamente. / The textile industry has a highly competitive market and is one of the main economic engines of the country. The sector provides more than 463 thousand jobs and influences with 7.4% of the Industrial GDP. In many cases; These companies; mostly family members; they do not have the necessary knowledge to implement a production model in accordance with productivity standards and delivery compliance. This article proposes a production model in the clothing industry combining SIPOC techniques; VSM; 5S and a production system with supplier management within the Lean Manufacturing methodology to increase the company's profitability in the short term and make it sustainable over time. The model is validated through a pilot test in a company in the sector. The follow-up of the proposed activities was carried out by studying work indicators; which show results that indicate an increase of 59% and 62% in global productivity and fulfillment of deliveries, respectively. / Trabajo de investigación

Energy production in power plants comes with both high costs and turnover whereas variations in the production strategy—that is, which boilers, coolers, or generators that should be running—have big impact on the economic result. This is especially true for a combined heat and power (CHP) plant where the production of district heating and electricity is linked, thus allowing for a higher flexibility in the production strategy and potential of increasing the revenue. Previous research states that thermo-economic optimization can have a great impact on economic result of power plants, but every power plant is operating under a unique set of conditions depending on its location, operating market, load demand, construction, surrounding, and the like, and comparable studies on CHP plants in Sweden are very few. This study aims to fill this research gap by evaluating savings potential of a CHP plant in Lidköping, Sweden by utilizing thermo-economic optimization with the approach of combining actual historical data from the power plant with mass-flow equations and constraints to construct a mathematical MODEST model that is optimized by linear programming. The result demonstrates a clear theoretical potential to improve earnings and the conclusion that the studied CHP would benefit by implementing optimization procedures or software to schedule production. The result was also comparable to previous research but varied over time, which highlights how unique conditions may impact the result.