<p>1998 förvärvades företaget Urbis Security i Rumänien. Urbis Security blev sedermera införlivat i dotterbolaget Assa Abloy Romania. Med tiden har problem börjat dyka upp och företaget har fått allt svårare att hävda sig både kvalitets, konkurrens och resultatmässigt. Följden av detta är planer på nedläggning eller förflyttning av vissa delar i tillvekningsenheten av Assa Abloy Romania. Undersökningens syfte är att med hjälp av den framtagna modellens fyra faktorer utvärdera hur dessa påverkade situationen fram till nedskärningarna av vissa delar inom tillverkningsenheten i Assa Abloy Romania. Metoden består av en fallstudie innehållande djupintervjuer bestående av fyra områden som ska undersökas dessa är ledarskap, kommunikation, relation och invävnad. Av undersökningen framgår att vissa av problemen hade kunnat undvikts om parterna haft en mer rak och konsekvent kommunikation och ett fungerande ledarskap vilket även hade påverkat relationer och invävnad positivt. Detta skedde inte och ledde till att outnyttjade möjligheter gick förlorade.</p>

1998 förvärvades företaget Urbis Security i Rumänien. Urbis Security blev sedermera införlivat i dotterbolaget Assa Abloy Romania. Med tiden har problem börjat dyka upp och företaget har fått allt svårare att hävda sig både kvalitets, konkurrens och resultatmässigt. Följden av detta är planer på nedläggning eller förflyttning av vissa delar i tillvekningsenheten av Assa Abloy Romania. Undersökningens syfte är att med hjälp av den framtagna modellens fyra faktorer utvärdera hur dessa påverkade situationen fram till nedskärningarna av vissa delar inom tillverkningsenheten i Assa Abloy Romania. Metoden består av en fallstudie innehållande djupintervjuer bestående av fyra områden som ska undersökas dessa är ledarskap, kommunikation, relation och invävnad. Av undersökningen framgår att vissa av problemen hade kunnat undvikts om parterna haft en mer rak och konsekvent kommunikation och ett fungerande ledarskap vilket även hade påverkat relationer och invävnad positivt. Detta skedde inte och ledde till att outnyttjade möjligheter gick förlorade.

M.Phil. (Engineering Management) / This dissertation uncovers the importance of the application, utilisation and implementation of total quality management in the South African organisations specifically manufacturing industry. The study focuses on the application, utilisation and implementation of TQM at ASSA ABLOY (SA) PTY (LTD). This study need to outline ways in which total quality management, implementation and quality improvement is applied and utilized in within ASSA ABLOY (SA). The organisation believes but does not have clear understanding and commitment to implementation of total quality management and continuous improvement tools. This research seeks to come up with methods that will eventually be used to train employees on total quality management (TQM) related issues at ASSA ABLOY (SA) PTY (LTD) and in the South African manufacturing industry as a whole. The research design was both qualitative and quantitative in nature. The primary data was collected by using a structured questionnaire, interviews, surveys and observations with people within ASSA ABLOY (SA) Pty (Ltd). The secondary data was collected from library searches and access to information gathered with the organisation that supports this journey. The questions were coded up for ease of analysis and the questions gave the respondent choice to respond on the 5 point-linkert scale, where 1 -“Very dissatisfied”, 2-“Dissatisfied”, 3-“neutral or unsure”, 4-“Satisfied” and 5-“Very satisfied”. A Linkert item is simply a statement which the respondent is asked to evaluate according to any kind of subjective or objective criteria; generally the level of agreement or disagreement is measured. It is considered symmetric or "balanced" because there are equal amounts of positive and negative positions. Top management support on quality policy is a concern to the employees. Employees seem not to be getting enough training on quality related matters and their training needs are not fully addressed because they are not consulted enough when training is planned. This will mean that the needs analysis is left with the managers or the supervisors. Employees feel strongly that their level of education must be taken into consideration when training is planned for them. Employees in the organisation would like to be mixed up in continuous improvement projects and training or quality department could initiate these. They would also like to have more acquaintance of how the quality department in general functions and to play a role in the implementation of quality by good value of being trained on things that they can apply instantaneously. Top management is committed to quality management initiatives but they do not involve their employees on quality decisions and efforts. Dynamic team working is encouraged by the managers of the departments within the company. Quality training is a concern to the employees, employees are also not aware of the quality department that exists within the company.

This bachelor’s degree project that includes 15 credits at Mälardalens University has been carried out at 50% for 20 weeks, spring semester 2023.The locking principle between door and frame has for a long time been unchanged. The report describes the workflow during the project where the goal is to generate innovative concepts on different ways to lock door and frame on behalf of Assa Abloy, the goal is also for the concept to meet the requirements for safetyclass 5.The questions that will be answered in the report are what new innovative possibility to lock a door is there and does the concept fulfill security requirements for Scandinavian locks. First the report presents the theoretical background that contains the theories and tools that form the basis of the work. The work has been carried out with design-product development processes according to methods adapted to the project.The work includes an analysis of the market that together with requirements and target specificationsforms the basis for the concepts generated. The concepts have been generated through internal and joint brainstorming. A total of 48 concepts were generated and screened against three control questions. The remaining 17 concepts were screened in Pugh's matrix resulting in 4 remaining concepts. Physical models were developed for the four concepts and presented at a workshop. 3D printing was used for the conceptmodeling. With a concept selection workshop, a final concept was developed with the help of the participants opinions and ratings of the concept's properties, based on several selected questions.The project resulted in one concept including several components that were prototyped. The components were made with additive manufacturing and then implemented in an already existing lockcase. To demonstrate and visualize their function and to prove the concept itself works. Whether the concept can meet the security requirements for Scandinavian locks cannot be determined as this would require physical tests that would require a prototype made with the final manufacturing method in the final materials. This is also due to the approach of implementing the concept in a lock housing with a lower security class than the target. This is something that is interesting to investigate in future studies since testing is beyond the scope of the delimitations.