Debates referentes aos aspectos que levam determinadas regiões a crescerem e se desenvolverem tornam-se cada vez mais frequentes, principalmente os relacionados aos indicadores sociais. Diante disso, o presente estudo tem como objetivo verificar os efeitos da industrialização nos municípios de Goiatuba (GO) e Morrinhos (GO) refletidos no crescimento e desenvolvimento desses municípios na década de 2000. O processo de industrialização brasileiro teve impulso no governo Vargas, na década de 1930, e seguiu por longo período com taxas expressivas de crescimento. Enquanto isso, a região Centro-Oeste, enfatizando o estado de Goiás, passou por um processo de desenvolvimento ligado à expansão agrícola e pecuária. Face ao exposto, esta pesquisa busca demonstrar o processo de industrialização em Goiatuba (GO) e Morrinhos (GO), apresentando, também, os indicadores econômico, de desenvolvimento e social, que contribuíram para evidenciar o que de fato ocorreu em cada um desses municípios. O estudo foi desenvolvido a partir de pesquisa descritiva, bibliográfica, documental e qualitativa, com tratamento dos resultados pela análise documental mediante a comparação dos dados coletados do período entre 2000 e 2010. Os resultados encontrados demonstram que a industrialização foi imprescindível para o crescimento econômico do município de Morrinhos (GO) em relação ao de Goiatuba (GO), entretanto, no que tange ao desenvolvimento local, a industrialização não foi um fator crucial. As políticas públicas implementadas tiveram seu grau de importância no período objeto de estudo, fazendo com que os indicadores socioeconômicos se mantivessem próximos entre os municípios, como o aumento de emprego e renda, redução do número de pessoas pobres e extremamente pobres, aumento da população atendida com água encanada, energia elétrica e coleta de lixo, além da melhoria do Índice de Gini e dos indicadores IDH e IFDM. / Discussions on aspects that lead certain regions grow and develop; they become more frequent among researchers, especially in relation to social indicators. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the reflection of the industrialization in the municipalities of Goiatuba (GO) and Morrinhos (GO), in order to assess the relationship between growth and development during the decade of 2000. As reported by the Economic History, the Brazilian industrialization process, had momentum in the Vargas government in the 1930s, and followed for a long period with significant growth rates. Meanwhile, the Midwest region, emphasizing the State of Goiás, stood out for the agricultural and livestock expansion, before that, the goiano industrialization process was predominantly marked by agro industrialization. Given the above, the research sought to demonstrate the process of industrialization in the cities of Goiatuba (GO) and Morrinhos (GO) also presenting economic indicators, development, and social, which contributed to show what actually happened in each County. The study was developed from descriptive research, bibliographical, documentary and qualitative research, with analysis of the results made by documentary analysis, by comparing the data collected from the period 2000 to 2010. The results demonstrated that industrialization was essential for the contribution of economic growth of the municipality of Morrinhos (GO) in relation to the municipality of Goiatuba (GO), however, when it comes to local development; it was not a crucial factor. In addition to industrialization, the implemented public policies have had their level of importance in the cities during the 2000s, they made with the socio-economic indicators remained close between the municipalities, as the increase in the number of jobs and income, reducing the number of people poor and extremely poor, increased population served with piped water, electricity and garbage collection, as well as improving the Gini index and the HDI and FMDI indicators.

Sweden has a long tradition of process improvements, productivity increments, waste reduction in manufacturing, continuing a mode of industrialization that helped achieve prosperity. With growing urban centers, mechanization of agriculture, outsourcings by manufacturing and the public sector with subsequent acquisitions, large service firms have appeared in an ever-growing service sector. Some firms with a previously simple operation have become employers of hundreds of thousands of people in what can be described as a Nordic phenomenon in its origin when looking at the roots of the largest firms. With this development in mind, the aim of the thesis is to explore the factors that can be found in the case study of industrialization of services in Nordic based firms. Using an abductive approach and mixed methods, the theoretical focus has been on the organization, routines, and knowledge. The data used in this thesis originates from three embedded contexts ranging from power and telecom infrastructural services, facility management, and a payment service provider. Summarily, the research questions touch upon (1) tacit knowledge and its transfer; (2) technology adoption; and (3) the grander implications of technology and industrialization in services. The thesis has four main contributions. First, the first paper provides a unique empirical insight into firms that rarely see any academic attention, a domain dominated by craftmanship to some degree, and with that an environment saturated with tacit knowledge. Secondly, the results indicate that while tacit knowledge is a significant part of service firms, recent technological advancement can overcome difficulties of transferring certain somatic aspects it. Capturing tacit knowledge digitally and transforming it into rich data, turns it into a crystallized artifact that is separated from time and space. High bandwidth enables the transfer of these crystallized artifacts of rich data, to any place, at any time. Thirdly, looking at the adoption of automation technology in various firms, it becomes clear that firm leadership has the pivotal role when it comes to technology adoption in contrast to the user. Depending on firm characteristics the readiness varies. Furthermore, technology itself may provide more opportunities than it originally intended. However, there are further dimensions that come into play such as network effects. Finally, the thesis can summate that technology has an incredible importance in industrializing services, but also posits that it may change the concept of what services truly are. For practitioners it is important to appreciate that technology has an increasingly important role in Services. Service firms that are geographically dispersed, or plan to become so via growth, do not necessarily need to be constrained in terms of knowledge transfer. However, adoption of technology requires a deliberate strategy from an enabling and proactive senior leadership. / I Sverige finns en lång tradition inom tillverkningsindustrin i att utveckla processer, öka produktivitet, minska spill och på sätt vidare industrialisera verksamheten, vilket delvis legat till grund för svenskt välstånd. Med växande städer, mekaniserat jordbruk, outsourcing från tillverkningsindustri och offentlig sektor och med följande företagsförvärv har stora tjänsteföretag uppstått i en ständigt växande tjänstesektor. Några företag har vuxit till att bli arbetsgivare åt hundratusentals människor världen över, i vad som kan beskrivas nordiskt fenomen sett till de allra största företagens rötter. Med detta i åtanke är avhandlingens syfte är att utforska faktorerna som ligger att finnas i en fallstudie i industrialiseringen av tjänster i nordiska företag. Med en abduktiv approach och blandade metoder, ligger det teoretiska fokuset på organisation, rutiner och kunskap. De data som används i denna avhandling har sitt ursprung från tre inbäddade kontexter bestående av ett el- och telekom-underhållsföretag, ett facility managementföretag och ett kort- och betallösningsföretag. Kortfattat berör forskningsfrågorna (1) tyst kunskap och dess överföring; (2) införskaffande av teknologi; och (3) den större innebörden av teknik och industrialisering inom tjänster. Denna avhandling har fyra huvudsakliga bidrag. För det första ger det första pappret en empirisk inblick i företag som sällan får akademisk uppmärksamhet, en domän där hantverksmässig yrkesfärdighet är en stor faktor och med det en miljö som är mättad med tyst kunskap. För det andra indikerar resultaten att även om tyst kunskap är en betydande del av tjänsteföretag, kan teknologi övervinna svårigheter i att överföra vissa somatiska aspekter av kunskapen. Att spela in tyst kunskap digitalt och omvandla det till rika data, gör det till en kristalliserad artefakt som är separerad från både rum och tid. En hög bandbredd möjliggör sedan överförandet av dessa kristalliserade artefakter till vilken plats som helst, när som helst. För det tredje, om man ser till införskaffande av teknologi är det uppenbart att företagets ledarskap har den absolut avgörande rollen i kontrast till användaren. Beroende på företagets karakteristika kan ledarskapets initiativförmåga variera. Teknologin i sig kan även generera fler möjligheter än vad den ursprungligen var ämnad för. Nätverksexternaliteter spelar dock även en stor roll. Slutligen kan avhandlingen summera att teknologi har en otrolig betydelse i industrialiserandet av tjänster på olika sätt, men att det också har en innebörd i att tjänster som vi definierar dem kan upphöra och förvandlas till någonting annat. För aktörer inom näringslivet är det viktigt att förstå att teknologi har en ökande roll inom tjänster, även med ökad tillgänglighet och sjunkande pris på existerande teknologi i åtanke. Tjänsteföretag som är geografiskt utspridda, eller planerar att bli, behöver heller inte nödvändigtvis vara förhindrade i mån om att kunna överföra viss tyst kunskap. Men införskaffande av teknologi kräver en medveten strategi från ett möjliggörande och proaktivt ledarskap.

Distance trading and industrialization. A study in the swedish early mail order emergence and expansion 1866-1895. Petrus Forsgren, Economic History, Magister Degree, Umeå University Spring 2021. The meaning, preconditions, actors with their background, in the early swedish mail order growth and expansion have been studied between the period 1866-1895. Entrepreneurship and structural change have been the underlying theme. The meaning of mail order pointed to a focus on especially the swedish postal service as an important factor. It was found that important preconditions such as railways, consumer markets, the spread of newspapers along with institutional changes in payments started to change 1866 and was fully developed 1875. Before this period, there were obstacles that made mail order only possible in a small more local scale. As a text analysis advertisements were explored in the early period 1866-1874 in regards to the term ”cash on delivery” where it was found that early advertsements came from Denmark and Germany. But results were also found that gave tendencies for a internally domestic origin for mail order in regards to the actors. It was further explored 1875-1895 where the sold items went from light to heavy which indicated that the prerequisitions for mail order were transformed. A total of 15 actors in which the background was studied. They had all similar procedure of selling nationally via advertisments and through the swedish postal service. The actors were in average born 1833, started their business 1861 at 29,5 years of age and expanded with mail order 1876. All the studied actors had previous business experience and none of them had previously been involved in pedlary. Later actors required less previous experience. It further confirms that mail order were a new fenomena that differed from previous types of retail and might have more in common with wholesale, retailing or e-commerce than earlier assumed predecessors.

This thesis deals with the phenomenon of the suburban summer resorts and the recreational activities of the inhabitants of Prague in the second half of 19th century and first decades of 20th century. At first, the work introduces the following topics: a general characteristic of the industrialization era, an origin and initial development of the middle class, a villa with the garden on the periphery of the industrial city as a specific manifestation of the middle class culture, a phenomenon of the garden cities, recreational activities as a specific way of the middle class recreation. Then, the summer resort is introduced. This summer resort is Černošice, one of the most famous summer resorts of this era, there were other famous summer resorts of the inhabitants of Prague situated in his neighbourhood, for example Všenory or Dobřichovice. This work is looking for the answers to the following questions: What kind of factors or events led to the birth of this summer resort? (for example: When was the summer resort created? Why was it atractive for the inhabitants of Prague?)? How did the life in the summer resort look like (for example: What kind of recreational activities were the visitors of the summer resort engaged in? What kind of people was building the villas here?)? What part did the...

Thesis (M. Sc. (Chemistry)) -- University of Limpopo, 2019 / The increase in industrialisation such as mining and smelting activities is among the main sources of heavy metal pollution in the environment. These potentially toxic elements may be adsorbed directly by sediments of water course and may affect the inhabiting flora and fauna. Potentially toxic elements are not permanently fixed by the sediments since changes in environmental conditions can mobilise these elements from sediments to water. Thus, analysis of sediments could indicate the degree of environmental contamination by potentially toxic elements and therefore are suitable for pollution studies. The aim of this study was to assess and quantify the levels of selected potentially toxic elements (Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu, Cr, Pb, V, Cd, As, Se and Fe) in sediments and water samples collected from Blood and Mokolo Rivers in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Water and sediments samples were collected from 10 sampling sites from each river. Water samples were filtered and acidified with HNO3 prior to analysis for preservation of elements. Potentially toxic elements in water samples were analysed by ICP-MS and the results validated by analysing standard reference material of water (SRM 1634f). Concentration levels of potentially toxic elements in samples from the water of Mokolo and Blood Rivers during low and high flow seasons were determined with ICP-MS. The levels in the water of Mokolo and Blood Rivers followed the order of Mn > Se > Zn > Cr > Pb > V > Cu > As > Ni > Cd > Fe in Mokolo River and Mn > Se > Zn > Cr > V > Ni > Cu > As > Pb > Cd > Fe during high flow season, Mn > Se > Zn > Cr > Cu > V > As > Pb > Ni > Cd > Fe and Mn > Zn > Se > Cr > V > Ni > Cu > As > Pb > Cd >Fe during low flow season, respectively. As expected, the concentrations of selected elements determined during the low flow season exceeded the high flow season for both rivers, which confirms acceptability of the analytical method performance. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed significant differences (P<0.05) in the concentrations of the elements seasonally. The concentrations of the toxic metals in the water samples of Mokolo and Blood Rivers were below the maximum permissible levels (MPLs) set by different organisations such as World Health Organisation (WHO) and Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). Comparison of concentrations of elements in sediments determined during high flow and low flow seasons was done to establish the variation on the levels of the elements between seasons. Levels of potentially toxic elements in sediments of Mokolo and Blood Rivers followed the order Fe > Cr > Mn > V > Zn > As > Ni > Cu > Pb > Cd > Se and Fe > Mn > Cr > Ni> V > Zn> Cu > Pb > As > Cd> Se during high flow season as well as Fe > Mn > Cr > V > Zn > Ni > Pb > Cu > As > Cd > Se and Fe > Mn > Cr > Zn > V > Ni > Cu > Pb > As > Cd > Se during low flow season, respectively. The ANOVA results showed significant differences in the concentrations of the elements between two seasons and that concentrations of the elements determined in sediments during low flow season were significantly higher than the high flow season levels. Compared with sediments quality guidelines (SQGs), the concentrations of Fe, Mn, Ni and Cr in the sediments of Mokolo and Blood Rivers were above the SQGs, which could pose the risk to sediments dwelling organisms. The Community Bureau of Reference (BCR) sequential extraction method was applied to extract selected potentially toxic elements (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn) in sediments samples. Microwave-assisted sequential extraction procedure was developed and employed for extraction of the selected potentially toxic elements in sediments samples. This method enables safe and fast extraction of potentially toxic elements in sediments using smaller volume of reagents. The methods employed were validated with the BCR-701 certified reference material of sediments. The Efficiency and reliability of the microwave-assisted sequential extraction method was shown by calculating the percent recoveries. The percent recoveries were within acceptable range for method validation. Following the sequential extraction analysis, the risk assessment study was done to determine the effect of the potentially toxic elements in the sediments to the water quality. The calculated individual contamination factor (ICF), global contamination factor (GCF) and risk assessment code (RAC) values of Cd, Cu, Ni and Pb indicated that the elements were mobile and may be bioavailable in the aquatic environment. vii The assessment of eco-toxicological risk indicated that the elements in sediments samples collected from Blood River are at high toxicity risk level and thus, could pose threat to sediments dwelling organisms and humans through consumption of crops irrigated with the river water. / Sasol Inzalo Foundation and NRF (National Research Foundation)

Energy systems in every part of the world are experiencing accelerated shifts towards more sustainable solutions which will bring far-reaching changes to our daily lives. These rapid transitions will bring impactful and vital changes to the way we fuel our cars, heat our homes and power our industries in the approaching decades. [1] The automotive sector is in high pace to electrify their cars. The number of electric passengercar sales is expected to increase by more than a factor of 60 between 2018 to 2050. Which means by that time there could be approximately 2 billion EVs on the roads and they all need batteries to run on. [1] ManyEuropean electric vehicle manufacturers have started marketing their future models globally, but automotiveli.-ion battery manufacturing capacity in Europe is merely 2.1% of the total global automotive li-ion batteryproduction. [2] Increase in sales of EV-s and energy storage systems drives the demand for li-ion batteries. This research is conducted in collaboration with Northvolt, one of the newcomers to the li-ion batterymanufacturing market in Europe. Northvolt is a Swedish-founded company in 2016, and despite its young age, Northvolt has prominent partners including BMW Group, Epiroc, Scania and the Volkswagen Group. Northvolt is with global ambition to produce the world's greenest battery cell with minimal possible carbon footprint in its Gigafactory in Sweden with 32GWh annual manufacturing capacity. Also, together with Volkswagen a 50/50 joint venture has been established to produce batteries in a 16GWh factory in Germany. After entering in different supplier agreements, Northvolt has sold a considerable amount of its first Gigafactory NV Ett production capacity to its key customers with a united equivalent of over $13billion until 2030. [3]Setting up lithium-ion battery factories for the automotive industry is a challenging task. It requires high speed and flexibility to keep up with the growing demand in a short time and still meeting all the stakeholder's requirements while keeping the highest environmental standards in place during production. To keep up with the growing demand and customer requirements a state-of.the-art industrialization project management strategy is developed. Therefore, state-of.the-art automotive project management, new product industrialization and development practices are investigated together with the best practices from the wider industry. Furthermore, Northvolt's current industrialization project management strategies are examined, and improvement proposals and tools are developed to ramp-up the current and future factories with shorter time, less cost and highest possible quality. The main aim of the thesis is to develop a project management solutions to lead industrialization of li-ionbattery Giga-factories successfully and help Northvolt fuel our cars, heat our homes, and power our industries more sustainably and innovatively. The expected outcome of the thesis is five tools developed that support the industrialization of LIB production facilities in Europe to increase the EU LIB manufacturing capacity. / Energisystem genomgår en snabb omväxling till allt mer hållbara lösningar, vilket kommer påverka våra liv markant. Dessa snabba omväxlingar kommer påverka samt främja sättet hur vi driver våra bilar, värmer våra hus och försörjer våra industrier, flera år framåt. [1] Bilsektorn som har skiftat sitt fokus till elektrifiering av sina bilar, där antalet sålda elbilar förväntas att öka sextifaldigt mellan 2018 och 2050. Detta kommer att leda till att cirka 2 miljarder elbilar kommer att åka på vägarna globalt och alla dessabilar kommer behöva framförallt litiumjonbatterier. [1] Majoriteten av biltillverkare i Europa har börjatutveckla framtida elektrifierade bilmodeller. Tillverkningen av litiumjonbatterier för elbilar i Europa utgörendast 2.1 % av den globala tillverkningen totalt. [2] En ökad försäljning av elbilar och även av produkterför energilagring, ökar efterfrågan på litiumjonbatterier. Den här undersökningen har tagits fram i samarbete med Northvolt som är en av nykomlingarna inomtillverkningen av litiumjonbatterier i Europa. Northvolt är ett svenskt bolag som startades 2016 och trotsdess tidiga fas, har de lyckats samverka med prominenta samarbetspartners som BMW group, Epiroc, Scania och Volkswagen group. Northvolts ambition är att skapa världens grönaste batteri med ett minimalt klimatavtryck. Denna produkt utvecklas i deras så kallade Gigafactory som ligger i Skellefteå och vars årliga produktion uppnår 32 Gwh. Utöver det har Northvolt i samarbete med Volkswagen fått i uppdrag att bygga upp en batterifabrik i Tyskland, vars tillverkningskapacitet kommer att uppnå till 16Gwh årligen. Efter att ha ingått i flera leverantörsavtal har Northvolt sålt en avsevärd mängd av sin produktionskapacitet för den planerade fabriken Gigafactory NV Ett till sina nyckelkunder. Detta motsvarar en investering på 13 miljarder dollar fram till 2030. [3]Att etablera en fabrik som tillverkar litiumjonbatterier för bilindustrin är en utmanande uppgift. Det kräversnabba beslut och flexibilitet för att hålla jämna steg med den växande efterfrågan på batterier av denna typ. Batterierna ska hålla måttet för de krav som kunderna har, och även ska de uppfylla alla internationella standarder för ett miljövänligt batteri.För att kunna upprätthålla den växande efterfrågan och kundkraven utvecklas nya metoder inom projektledning för att effektivisera produktionen. Det allra senaste praxis i projektledning, produktion och produkttillverkning inom bilindustrin analyseras. Dessutom beaktas senaste metoderna och praxis från andra industrier. Vidare kartläggs northvolts nuvarande strategi för deras hantering av produktionsfasen för att föreslå förbättringar och verktyg, som kan effektivisera uppbyggnaden och driften av framtida fabriker. Huvudsyftet med denna avhandling är att utveckla nya metoder inom projektledning för att kunnautveckla produktionsfasen för framtida fabriker som tillverkar litiumjonbatterier. Detta kommer leda tillatt Northvolt kommer vara en del av våra framtida liv genom att hjälpa oss att driva våra fordon, värma våra hem och driva våra fabriker på ett hållbart och effektivt sätt. Det förväntade resultatet i denna avhandling är fem utvecklade verktyg som stödjer utbyggnaden av Litiumjonbatteri fabriker i Europa föratt öka dess totala årliga produktion.

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This thesis is an investigation of the current status of additive manufacturing (AM) regarding different technologies, the level of implementation in industry and the future obstacles for further implementation. As a secondary objective, an existing heatsink for electronic equipment was redesigned, adapted to and improved using the design advantages of AM, and was later manufactured through 3D-printing in aluminium (AlSi10Mg). The thesis resulted in a summarized roadmap of recommended actions for Saab Surveillance in Järfälla in the near future. And a redesigned heatsink, which was tested to hold a static pressure of 30 bar, and simulated to achieve the same pressure drop in the channel and withstand the same vibration load as the old heatsink. At the same time, the new design reduced the total weight by 20% and increased the heat transferring surface area of the channel by 100%, potentially doubling the heat transfer capability. / Detta examensarbete har undersökt den nuvarande statusen hos additiv tillverkning (AM) vad gäller olika teknologier, hur långt implementeringen i industrin kommit och framtida hinder som måste lösas för vidare implementering. Som sekundärt mål för projektet har en existerande elektronikkylare designats om och förbättrats med hjälp av designfördelarna hos AM, och tillverkades sedan genom 3D-printning i aluminium (AlSi10Mg). Arbetet har resulterat i en sammanfattad ’roadmap’ med rekommendationer för vad Saab Surveillance i Järfälla bör göra inom AM den närmaste tiden, samt en ny kylare som framgångsrikt trycktestades upp till 30 bar. Genom simuleringar visades den uppnå samma tryckfall och klara samma vibrationer som den tidigare kylaren, samtidigt som den väger 20% mindre och har en 100% ökning av kylkanalens våta area vilket potentiellt innebär en dubblering av kylförmågan.

This economic history and examination of the rubber products manufacturing industry in Peninsular Malaysia contributes to the subject of resource-based industrialization in the field of development studies. The development of the industry is traced from the 1920s to 2005 when the Second Industrial Master Plan came to an end. The findings are that local interests control 80 per cent of the industry, with foreign direct investment in the remaining 20 per cent, either as subsidiary companies of overseas manufacturers or in joint ventures with Malaysian investors. The industry has a dualistic structure, with foreign-owned and joint venture companies typically being more heavily capitalized and employing a larger workforce than wholly Malaysian-owned companies. Foreign and joint venture enterprises are more likely to export a greater volume of production than local firms. Nevertheless, the industry as a whole has a strong export-orientation and Malaysian-based exporters sell into markets worldwide. A detailed examination of the industrial components production sector by means of a questionnaire indicates that Malaysian producers rely on the Malaysian Rubber Board for the transfer of manufacturing technology. Technology transfer in the foreign and joint venture sector is from parent companies and joint venture associates overseas. The conclusion is that the rubber manufacturing industry is vertically integrated with local production of natural rubber used as raw material to produce a range of goods for sale to domestic and international markets. The 80 per cent Malaysian component indicates a stable domestic industry ably supported by local technology resources.

En ökad konkurrens i flera branscher medför större krav på företagen inom dessa, där de behöver lansera sina produkter i en snabbare takt för att förbli konkurrenskraftiga. Tiden det tar för ett företag att börja utveckla en produkt tills att den kan lanseras på marknaden, ergo Time-To-Market (TTM), är ett av de mätetal som företag idag behöver förbättra. Denna studie var på uppdrag av konsultbolaget Combitech AB, där en fallstudie genomfördes på Epiroc Rock Drill AB i Örebro, en av deras kunder. Undersökningen syftade till att undersöka hur tiden för industrialisering kan reduceras inom en monteringslina på divisionen Operations Epiroc URE genom att implementera arbetssättet Model Based Definition (MBD). Detta är ett arbetssätt där ingenjörs- och affärsprocesser hanteras med hjälp av 3D-modeller. Utöver tiden för industrialisering beaktades även aspekterna kostnader, kvalitet och hållbarhet. Genomförandet av studien inleddes med en datainsamling inom två olika delar. Den första delen är Epirocs nulägesbeskrivning, där data angående den nuvarande arbetsprocessen inom den undersökta monteringslinan eftersöks. Den andra delen är MBD och dess användning, där data angående de olika fördelar och utmaningar som generellt följer av arbetssättet eftersöks. Utifrån all insamlade data genomfördes sedan en kvalitativ dataanalys för att identifiera kopplingar mellan Epirocs utmaningar och de olika fördelarna som MBD kan bidra med.   Resultaten visar att MBD kan bidra till kortare tid för industrialisering, lägre kostnader och en förbättrad hållbarhet för Epiroc utan att deras produktkvalitet kompromissas. Några faktorer som bidrar till detta är att; tvetydigheter kan reduceras, olika aktiviteter i produktutvecklingsprocessen kan genomföras parallellt och tvärfunktionellt samt att fel och problem kan upptäckas tidigare i processen. En utmaning som har identifierats med att implementera MBD är att det kräver en god företagskultur där det gäller att få med sig hela organisationen i omställningen. Denna studie är av kvalitativ karaktär och framtida arbete skulle därför kunna vara att kvantifiera de resultat som presenteras i denna studie. / Increased competition in several industries entails greater requirements on companies in these, where they need to launch their products at a faster pace in order to remain competitive. The time it takes for a company to start developing a product until it can be launched on the market, ergo Time-To-Market (TTM), is one of the metrics companies today need to improve. This study was commissioned by the consulting company Combitech AB, where a case study was conducted at Epiroc Rock Drill AB in Örebro, one of their customers. The study aimed to investigate how the time for industrialisation can be reduced within an assembly line in the Operations Epiroc URE division by implementing the Model Based Definition (MBD) approach. This is a way of working where engineering and business processes are handled using 3D models. In addition to the time of industrialisation, the aspects of cost, quality and sustainability were also considered. The implementation of the study began with a data collection in two different parts. The first part is description of the current situation at Epiroc, where data regarding the current work process within the examined assembly line is collected. The second part is MBD and its use, where data regarding the various benefits and challenges that generally follow from the working method are collected. Based on collected data, a qualitative data analysis was carried out to identify links between Epiroc's challenges and the various benefits that MBD can contribute.   The results show that MBD can contribute to shorter time for industrialization, lower costs and improved durability for Epiroc without compromising their product quality. Some factors that contribute to this are that ambiguities are reduced; the work can take place both in parallel and cross-functionally and that errors and problems can be detected earlier in the process. A challenge that has been identified with implementing MBD is that it requires a good corporate culture where it is important to involve the entire organization in the changeover. This study is of a qualitative nature and future work could therefore be to quantify the results presented in this study.