Title: Inventory management as prerequisite for an efficient warehousing managementstrategy during expansive growth Authors: Oskar Siggesson, Mattias Hedendahl, Anton Olsson & Max Sandstedt Examinator: Hana HulthénTutor: Petra Andersson Background: The company is in a period of strong growth and is suffering from growingpains. The company is moving to a new location with a larger storage space in 2024 butsomething has to be done before the move. Because of high storage levels there is a lack offree storage space and the warehouse is soon reaching its breaking point. Objective: The report investigates how a change in warehousing strategies can helpMicropower cope with the growth in production until 2024. A forecast is created for thefuture need for storage space on a selection of products in a portion of the warehouse. Methods: This study is a case study of Micropower Group. The study uses secondary data inthe form of quantitative data from the company's business system, but to some extent also theauthor’s own observations. The data is used to perform an ABC/XYZ-analysis on thecompany's incoming inventory that forms the basis for segmentation of the articles. The studyalso conducts a sensitivity analysis of the company's storage space needs. Conclusions: By segmenting articles based on the ABC/XYZ-analysis, appropriateinstruments can be presented for the company's articles. The analysis forms a framework forMicropower's inventory management strategy but also for companies in similar situations.Based on the segmentation, information about the article's characteristics and appropriateinstruments. The study's sensitivity analysis of the forecast for storage space requirementsgives the company an indication of what increase in inventory turnover rate is required tomanage production growth. The study finds that in order to manage production growth therewill need to be an equally large increase in inventory turnover rate. Key words: ABC/XYZ-analysis, item management, inventory management strategy,differentiation, classification, forecast, sensitivity analysis, storage space

Under de senaste åren har investeringsintresset ökat kraftigt, och i synnerhet intresset för att investera i fonder. Detta medför en problematik då valet att investera i aktivt eller passivt förvaltade fonder inte är självklart. Tidigare studier pekar åt olika håll när det kommer till detta dilemma. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilken förvaltningsstrategi som har gett mest avkastning i förhållande till den tagna risken och avgiften. Då marknaden under de senaste åren har varit volatil ger detta mer relevans till studiens syfte. Studiens valda tidsperiod sträcker sig mellan 2017-04-21 och 2022-04-21. För att vidare undersöka om det lönar sig att investera i aktivt förvaltade fonder med högre avgift, formuleras två hypoteser. Studien undersöker ett urval på totalt 110 aktivt och passivt förvaltade svenska aktiefonder som enbart är exponerade mot svenska bolag.           Studiens resultat av de två förvaltningsstrategiernas genomsnittliga prestations- och riskmått skiljer sig inte avsevärt gentemot varandra. Studiens resultat pekar på att indexfonderna har presterat marginellt bättre än de aktivt förvaltade fonderna och i genomsnitt har dessa gett högst avkastning till lägst tagen risk. Studiens båda hypoteser förkastades då samtliga korrelationskoefficienter påvisade svaga icke-samband samt att de inte var signifikanta på en 5% signifikansnivå. Sammanfattningsvis medför en högre avgift nödvändigtvis inte en högre avkastning eller riskjusterad avkastning. / In the recent years, the interest in investing on the stock market has increased sharply, and in particular the interest to invest in funds. This entails a problem as the choice to invest in actively or passively managed funds is not self-evident. Previous studies point in different directions when it comes to this dilemma. The purpose of this study is to examine which management strategy has given the most return in relation to the risk and the fee. As the market in recent years has been volatile, this gives the purpose of why this study is relevant. This study's investigates the market from 2017-04-21 and 2022-04-21. To further investigate whether it is profitable to invest in actively managed funds with a higher fee compared to index funds, two hypotheses are formulated. The study investigates a sample of 110 actively and passive managed Swedish equity funds that are only exposed to Swedish companies.  The conclusion of the performance and risk measures of the two management strategies do not differ significantly from each other. Marginally the result of this study indicates that the index funds have an average higher return at the lowest risk. Both hypotheses of this study were rejected when all correlation coefficients showed weak non-correlations and that they were not significant at a 5% significance level. In summary, a higher fee does not necessarily lead to a higher return or a higher risk-adjusted return.

Denna uppsats undersöker om aktiv eller passiv fondförvaltning har presterat bättre under coronapandemin på den svenska fondmarknaden. Med hjälp av Refinitiv Eikon och Morningstar har vi hämtat relevant veckodata för 20 aktivt förvaltade fonder och 12 passivt förvaltade fonder mellan 2020-03-06 och 2022-02-11. Efter noggrann beräkning av de olika prestationsmåtten i Microsoft Excel kan vi konstatera att den passiva förvaltningen presterade bättre under coronapandemin men att detta inte är en garanti för framtida val av fonder under kommande kriser eller ekonomiska chocker. / This thesis examines whether active or passive fund management has performed better during the corona pandemic in the Swedish fund market. With the help of Refinitiv Eikon and Morningstar, we have collected relevant weekly data for 20 actively managed funds and 12 passively managed funds between 2020-03-06 and 2022-02-11. After careful calculation of the various performance measures in Microsoft Excel, we can state that the passive management has performed better during the corona pandemic, but this result is not a guarantee for future fund choices during future crises or economic shocks.

Studien fokuserar på att identifiera utmaningar och lösningar för hantering av hyresgästernas avfallhos fastighetsägaren, Rikshem. Arbetet att identifiera och undersöka Rikshems utmaningar medavfallshantering på nationell nivå baserades på intervjuer med olika medarbetare i bolaget samtundersökning av kostnader och andra interna dokument. Tre utmaningar identifierades: felsortering,översopor samt nedskräpning och dumpning av grovavfall. Orsakerna och konsekvenserna till dessautmaningar sammanställdes. Intervjuerna med andra fastighetsägare bekräftades utmaningarna somåterkommande hos fastighetsägare i vissa av deras områden. I syfte att lösa dessa problem identifierades olika lösningar från intervjuerna och delades upp ipraktiska och strategiska lösningar med hjälp av tematisk analys. Lösningarna undersöktes senareutifrån Rikshem hållbarhetskompass. De strategiska lösningarna som att ta fram mål och vision samtsammanställa kostnader rekommenderades att utföras på bolagsnivå. De praktiska lösningarnainkluderar bland annat olika former av miljöhus, tekniska lösningar i form av TV-skärmar, sensoreroch kärlpress, alternativ för grovsoprum, personlig service och nudging. Dessa lösningar måstedäremot undersökas vidare då de utförs utifrån varje områdes enskilda förutsättningar och behov. / The study focuses on identifying challenges and solutions for managing tenants' waste living inRikshem’s houses. The work to identify and investigate Rikshem's challenges with waste managementat the national level was based on interviews with various employees in the company as well as anexamination of other internal documents. Three challenges were identified: incorrect sorting,overloaded waste containers and dumping of bulky waste. The causes and consequences of thesechallenges were compiled. The interviews with other property owners confirmed that these challengesrecur with other property owners. In order to solve these problems, different solutions from the interviews were identified and dividedinto practical and strategic solutions using thematic analysis. The solutions were later examined basedon Rikshem's sustainability compass. The strategic solutions such as developing goals and vision andcompiling costs were recommended to be carried out at a company level. The practical solutionsinclude various forms of environmental houses, technical solutions in the form of TV screens, sensorsand container-press, alternatives for bulky waste rooms, personal service and nudging. Thesesolutions, on the other hand, must be further investigated as they would be carried out on the basis ofeach area's individual conditions and needs.Keyword

The banking sector is an important sector and needs constant change to keep up with global and domestic competition. Given the importance of human resource management strategies for their effective role in influencing the organization as a whole, it is necessary to determine the role of human resource management strategies in influencing personnel in the organization. Therefore, it became necessary to determine the nature of human resource management strategies and to identify their strengths and weaknesses, as well as to determine the impact of these strategies on the employees' productivity in this sector. As an object of study, the human resource management strategies of Kuwaiti commercial banks are identified. The subject of the study is the impact of the human resource management strategy on the performance of employees in terms of: 1) the amount of work performed, 2) the quality of the work performed, 3) commitment to the cause. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of human resource management strategies (recruitment and selection, training and development, motivation, performance evaluation, digital technologies and digitalization of jobs) on employees' productivity (quantity of work performed, quality of work performed and commitment) in Kuwaiti commercial banks. As a result of the study, the level of knowledge of managers of Kuwaiti commercial banks in the field of strategic human resource management was revealed, the influence of human resource management strategies on the volume and quality of work performed in Kuwaiti commercial banks was studied, recommendations were developed to overcome the problems and obstacles faced by management in Kuwaiti commercial banks. banks. / Банковский сектор является важным сектором и нуждается в постоянных изменениях, чтобы идти в ногу с глобальной и внутренней конкуренцией. Учитывая важность стратегий управления человеческими ресурсами для их эффективной роли во влиянии на организацию в целом, необходимо определить роль стратегий управления человеческими ресурсами во влиянии на персонал в организации. Поэтому возникла необходимость определить характер стратегий управления человеческими ресурсами и выявить их сильные и слабые стороны, а также определить влияние этих стратегий на производительность труда работников в этом секторе. В качестве объекта исследования определены стратегии управления человеческими ресурсами кувейтских коммерческих банков. Предметом исследования является влияние стратегии управления человеческими ресурсами на производительность сотрудников с точки зрения: 1) объема выполненной работы, 2) качества выполненной работы, 3) приверженности делу. Цель исследования – изучить влияние стратегий управления человеческими ресурсами (подбор и отбор, обучение и развитие, мотивы, оценка эффективности, цифровые технологии и оцифровка рабочих мест) на производительность сотрудников (количество выполненной работы, качество выполненной работы и обязательства) в кувейтских коммерческих банках. В результате исследования выявлен уровень знаний менеджеров кувейтских коммерческих банков в области стратегического управления человеческими ресурсами, изучено влияние стратегий управления человеческими ресурсами на объем и качество работы, выполняемой в кувейтских коммерческих банках, разработаны рекомендации по преодолению проблем и препятствий, с которыми сталкивается менеджмент в кувейтских коммерческих банках.

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In order to address the growing waste concerns facing South Africa, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) published the National Waste Management Strategy in 2012. The ultimate aim of the strategy is to effect the realisation of the objectives of the National Environmental Management Waste Act (NEMWA). The NEMWA is a sector environmental law based on the waste management hierarchy and its provisions apply to waste management activities in all three government spheres amongst others. The NWMS provides for eight distinct goals with accompanying targets to be met by 2016. Some of these goals and targets speak directly to the solid waste management mandate of local government. Concerns about the capacity of municipalities to see the execution of this mandate however, raise questions about the likelihood of some NWMS goals and targets being met by 2016. The North West Province serves as a case in point where recent reports by the office of the Auditor General have highlighted significant non-compliance in local government with the provisions of the existing waste law and policy framework of South Africa. It appears form these reports that a number of performance gaps and capacity constraints exist as far as it concerns municipal solid waste management. Against this back ground the study questions the governance strategies necessary within the municipalities of the North West Province to: a) address the existing performance gaps and capacity constraints and b) progressively move towards meeting the NWMS goals and targets as far as it concerns solid waste management. The study will explore the objectives, goals and targets of the NWMS against the background of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) and NEMWA, with a specific focus on solid waste management. The study will further review the documented performance gaps and capacity constraints as a far as it concerns solid waste management in municipalities in the North West province, specifically. / M. Environmental Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

In order to address the growing waste concerns facing South Africa, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) published the National Waste Management Strategy in 2012. The ultimate aim of the strategy is to effect the realisation of the objectives of the National Environmental Management Waste Act (NEMWA). The NEMWA is a sector environmental law based on the waste management hierarchy and its provisions apply to waste management activities in all three government spheres amongst others. The NWMS provides for eight distinct goals with accompanying targets to be met by 2016. Some of these goals and targets speak directly to the solid waste management mandate of local government. Concerns about the capacity of municipalities to see the execution of this mandate however, raise questions about the likelihood of some NWMS goals and targets being met by 2016. The North West Province serves as a case in point where recent reports by the office of the Auditor General have highlighted significant non-compliance in local government with the provisions of the existing waste law and policy framework of South Africa. It appears form these reports that a number of performance gaps and capacity constraints exist as far as it concerns municipal solid waste management. Against this back ground the study questions the governance strategies necessary within the municipalities of the North West Province to: a) address the existing performance gaps and capacity constraints and b) progressively move towards meeting the NWMS goals and targets as far as it concerns solid waste management. The study will explore the objectives, goals and targets of the NWMS against the background of the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA) and NEMWA, with a specific focus on solid waste management. The study will further review the documented performance gaps and capacity constraints as a far as it concerns solid waste management in municipalities in the North West province, specifically. / M. Environmental Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

中國自推動改革開放政策以來，經濟成長迅速，國民所得不斷提升，醫療需求與日俱增；再加上中國為順利加入WTO，2000年起更釋放醫療利多措施，放寬外資投入中國醫療服務市場限制。為此，旺旺集團旗下之湖南旺旺醫院搶得機先，於2005年底開業，不惟成為《中外合資、合作醫療機構管理暫行辦法》頒布後，中國第一家中外合資大型綜合醫院；亦是台商在大陸興建完成且正式營運之首家醫療機構，甚具指標性意義。 本研究除介紹中國醫療產業環境及相關政策法令外，更以個案研究法探討湖南旺旺醫院之興建動機、進入模式及經營策略。透過深入訪談並輔以次級資料分析，本研究發現，目前中外合資醫療機構由於數量少、進入時間短，尚不足以撼動公立醫院的地位，但在中國「看病難，看病貴」問題依然無法有效解決的情況下，以效率及品質著稱的民營大型醫院，應有相當之競爭優勢與發展空間。湖南旺旺醫院營運迄今已兩年餘，其透過醫院資訊系統建構整體醫療流程、以制度及人才奠定厚實根基等著重內部發展之經營策略，已逐漸獲得病人信賴並在經營實績上漸受肯定，應可供作其他跟進者發展布局參考。 至於兩岸醫療交流合作議題，由於台灣醫師薪資普遍較高，未必是符合成本的必然選項，建議應善用台灣管理經驗，就地建置系統性人才來源，方能掌握雙贏契機。總之，無論台資企業或醫療機構，唯有入境問俗、順勢而為，改變傳統思維與既有作法，才能在競爭激烈的中國醫療市場占有一席之地。 / Since China started to adopt the reforming and opening-up policy, it has seen rapid economic growth and ever-increasing medicare demand. To join WTO, China opened its medicare service industry for foreigners to invest in year 2000. Given such a background, the Want Want Group pioneered to found the Hunan Want Want Hospital—the first Chinese-foreigner joint ventured large general hospital following the dictum of “Interim Measures for Administration of Chinese-foreign Joint Venture and Cooperative Medical Institutions”. The hospital consequently sets an example of such joint ventures. In addition to discuss the environment of the Chinese medicare service industry and corresponding policies/regulations, this study explores the founding motivations, the entry mode, and the set of management strategies of Hunan Want Want Hospital. Through in-depth interviews and secondary data analysis, the study finds that owing to the still-small number and the still-short history of which, Chinese-foreigner joint hospitals have not yet gained the high ground to challenge public hospitals’ position in China. However, the study also finds that large private hospitals, renowned for their efficiency and quality, own substantial competitive advantage and expansion potentials. As an example for followers to emulate, Hunan Want Want Hospital has nurtured trust among its customers and performed well on several fronts because it developed a comprehensive information system to handle details of complicated medicare procedures, set up concrete rules for layers of management, and well-utilized human resources after more than two years’ operation. As far as the cross-straight medicare cooperation is concerned, this study finds that disparity in human resource cost across the straight may be an issue for Chinese-foreigner joint hospitals in China to address, and suggests that a win-win situation is achievable through the import of Taiwanese management expertise as well as the localization of human resource management. To conclude, Taiwanese medicare services, just like Taiwanese businesses in China, should adapt to Chinese local market environment and change accustomed management mindset so as to survive and grow in the Chinese medicare market.