Problem Statement: How does ABB Ludvika facilitate sustainable development in technology, green production with green KPI’s? The purpose of the thesis is to develop a general concept of environmental KPIs for management and improvement in manufacturing.  Environmental KPIs can be a main driving factor for work improvement and they will be managed for the continuous improvement in company. The concentration is on the shop floor level including production management (on team levels and department levels). The capability of using different (standardized) KPIs for management and control and more flexible/dynamic KPIs on a local level for enhancing improvements on a daily basis should be investigated. This concept will be clarified to be understood by researchers and companies if they want to implement it. The aim of this thesis is to attain sustainability and to suggest possible gaps between the point of view of researchers and practitioners. The other objective is to find out the key factors involved in production processes that have significant effect on sustainable, and hence the environment.

Följande avhandlingsarbete har utförts som en fallstudie på BillerudKorsnäs tillsammans med en litteraturstudie som har gett upphov till den teoretiska referensram som grundläggande lagt grunden för mätstrukturen Key Performance Indicators (KPI) utformad för underhållsorganisationen. Vidare har datainsamling i form av intern och extern benchmarking tillsammans med dokumentstudier, semistrukturerade intervjuer och strukturerade observationer genomförts för att få en fullständig redogörelse för den aktuella situationen i enlighet med riktlinjerna för examensarbete på högskolenivå. Examensarbetet täcker ämnet för underhållsteknik och syftar till att kartlägga underhållsstrategin för att kunna utforma en Key Performance Indikator (KPI: s) mätstruktur för BillerudKorsnäs. Examensarbetet ger därefter upphov till analysavsnittet som med stöd av den teoretiska referensramen redogör för det förbättringsförslag och framtida rekommendationer att belysa för ett underhåll och driftsäkerhet i världsklass. Studien framställer underhållsverksamheten med utgångspunkt från svensk standard och en ledande och eftersläpande mätetalsstruktur som vetenskapligt underlag. Detta har resulterat i en tydligt definierat underhållsstrategi med nyckeltalsprestationer för en underhållsorganisation där underhållstrategin är kopplad till företagets vision och strategi. Frågeställningen som är kopplad till problemformuleringen genomsyrar arbetet och handlar om att redogöra för hur man kan anknyta till underhållstrategin och redogöra för vilka KPI:er som skall redovisas, för att skapa en effektiv och produktiv underhållsverksamhet som arbetar i enlighet med de mål man satt upp på BillerudKorsnäs- Sulfatfabrik. Resultatet från det bedrivna arbetet visar att KPI-strukturen inte är i enlighet med den underhållstrategi BillerudKorsnäs på koncernnivå fastställt, vidare så påvisar nyckeltalen inte ett effektmätetal relevant för underhållsverksamheten och fabriksledningen. Genom förbättringsförslaget som föreslås tas en ny KPI-struktur fram som ger en mätbarhet till underhållsverksamheten och är kopplad till BillerudKorsnäs vision och strategi för ”Bästa arbetsätt” inom underhåll och driftsäkerhet i världsklass. / The following thesis work has been carried out as a case study at BillerudKorsnäs together with a literature study which has given rise to the theoretical frame of reference which fundamentally laid the foundation for the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) measurement structure designed for the company. Furthermore, data collection in the form of internal and external benchmarking together with document studies, semi-structured interviews and structured observations has been carried out in order to get a complete view of the current situation as possible in accordance with the guidelines for scientific research approach. The research covers the subject area of ​​maintenance technology and aims to map the maintenance strategy to be able to design a (KPI’s) measurement structure for BillerudKorsnäs maintenance organization. The thesis then gives rise to the analysis section which, with the support of the theoretical frame of reference, describes the improvement proposals and future recommendations to elucidate world-class maintenance and reliability. The study presents maintenance operations based on Swedish standards and “leading and lagging” measurement structure as a scientific basis. This has resulted in a defined metric structure with key performance measures for a maintenance organization where the maintenance strategy is connected to the company's vision and strategy. The question linked to the problem formulation permeates the research and is about explaining how to link to the maintenance strategy and describing which KPIs are to be reported, in order to create an efficient and productive maintenance organization that functions in accordance to the maintenance goals set on BillerudKorsnäs- Sulfatfabrik. The results of the conducted research show that the KPI- structure has not been established in accordance with BillerudKorsnäs' maintenance strategy at a cooperation level, furthermore, the key figures do not show an effect metric relevant to the maintenance operations and the factory management. The proposed improvement proposal proposes a new KPI- structure that provides measurability to the industrial maintenance operation and is symmetrical with BillerudKorsnäs vision and strategy for "Best working methods" in world-class maintenance and reliability.

Increasing concern about global climate change has led to a growing interest in energy usage and water consumption. It is well known that changes in consumption habits lead to more efficient use of energy and water sources. Nowadays, globalization, environmental concerns, and the shortage of resources have led to an increase of stakeholder pressure on companies to expand their focus to sustainability. Also, the high impact that the savings can have in the financial status of the company. It is encouraging the headboards to study and improve the ways water and energy are being used within the processes. Significant economic savings and benefits for the environment could be achieved with slight changes in the company. As an overview, this project starts with the extraction of data from a platform for energy management in an industrial company. Then, it goes through the understanding of the energy and water usage data set. Later, a methodology to handle and process the data will be set. It is intending to extract relevant information using clustering. The idea is to compare the usage profiles between different factories, using key performance indicators and reducing the initial data set. Once the benchmarking is performed, some critical parameters will be selected to support the decision-making process related to investments to reduce the energy usage and water consumption in a specific location. Finally, the case of study will be implemented with the measurements from Alfa Laval. We will study how, from daily measurements with a very low investment and using the proper algorithms and methodologies, the main behaviours and features in an industrial location can be extracted from the utilization data. These characteristics can be used to develop strategies or productions schemes based on the interests of the energy manager and the company.