Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), recently interests many major industrial companies, for the need to maintain the physical assets and the continuity of work. According to the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIMP), the (TPM) is based on eight principles: focused improvement, autonomous maintenance, planned maintenance, training and skills development, initial phase management, quality maintenance, TPM in Office, and safety environment. Through the implementation of those principles, an increased productivity can be achieved by reducing faults, improving quality, delivering times when specified, improving working conditions and raising the morale of the workers. This Research focused on factors and obstacles that effect this program. The research aims to design a framework that identifies the most important factors that affect the success of the application of TPM, as well as the tools and techniques that help in the application process. To determine the factors and obstacles when applying TPM, Libyan Iron and Steel Company LISCO has been selected as case study. This study analyzed impediments and obstacles to the implementation procedure and revealed key success ranked factors concluding with a conceptual framework for a successful TPM implementation along with the identification of tools and techniques to support implementing TPM. Also, TPM cannot be applied unless there is cooperation and coordination between the maintenance department and other sections of the company. Accordingly, this research also provided several recommendations, including the application of the concepts and principles of TPM in the company and make it the responsibility of everyone, and work in light of the proposed improvement plan.

Abstract Throughout the engineering in Taiwan, due to the rapid development of engineering technology, engineering increasingly large scale, business has been facing ever faster and greater impact; however, SMEs have long played the Taiwan's driving force in economic growth. Therefore, facing the situation of global competition, companies how to respond to times changing and overcome difficulties then evolve, strategically transformation is even more important. The researchers involved in heavy machine engineering professional installation industry up to thirty years long. In the professional installation of mechanical engineering project management experience, have deeply realized that the heavy machine construction industry is largely impacted by the economic cycle and national policies. Heavy machine engineering industry is the services provider in the industry supply chain for the steel industry, shipbuilding and petrochemical industry, energy industry and environmental protection products industry. The current Taiwan industrial development status in today's perspective, the petrochemical industry is the heavy machine construction industry to the biggest support industry. Case studied company is a local medium-sized heavy mechanical machine installation company provides functional products for the industrial market. Because the client faces international risk management and international competitiveness thinking, the future business risk changes and uncertainties will be bound by potential clients and constraints. Such as South Korea's Samsung, Japan¡¦s CHOYOTA, etc., as a long-term business perspective, they will definitely affect and raise this company's international operations threshold and entrance barriers. Furthermore, medium-sized engineering company as like large engineering companies is also required constantly cost-price competition. Resources are not as much as large companies in economies scale financial size and human resources, how to find core competition of medium-sized engineering manufacture company and implement transformation of organizational change strategies are the main motivations of this thesis study. This thesis study takes the interview to study the case company, first of all to understand of the domestic small and medium sized engineering manufacture industry profile, case company operating situation, finally analysis the transformation operate strategy of the case company, the result appears that the case company "the problems change faced by the company" and the "Innovation Challenge of Development " are two key factors for the company transformation strategy. The research result is sufficient to provide small and medium sized engineering manufacturing industry as a future strategic policy reference. For the medium-sized engineering manufacturing industry in the industry sector in the value of the core competitiveness, supply chain management for reviewing source of corporate competitiveness. Keywords¡G Engineering industry, business transformation strategy, heavy industry, industrial development

There are many challenges when automating industrial processes. Successful automation projects can lead to several benefits such as lower manufacturing costs, improved quality and reduced lead times. The purpose of this study is to identify the biggest challenges when automating processes within heavy industry and then, find ways to solve these. The study has an abductive approach, where focus has shifted between literature and empirical data. Empirical data has been gathered through a case study. The case study is carried out at a company that operates within heavy industry. It’s a pre-study before an automation project. The case study has followed methods presented in literature. Challenges that proved most difficult during automation within heavy industry were: Adapting a product for automatic manufacturing and product variations. The conclusion drawn from the results and experiences during the case study, is that the most comprehensive solution to these challenges is continuous improvements of products and processes.

This Diploma thesis is telling the story of the village Kralupy u Chomutova that had to be demolished because of coal mining. It is following the life of people of the village from the time before World War I untill the 70's. It is the time when the village was demolished. Kralupy u Chomutova were located in so called Sudetenland. Therefore its rezidents where changing during 20th century. In the end It was them who were witnesses of the demolition and their stories are part of this thesis.

Leadership, innovation and culture are three aspects identified by previous research to have an impact on the organization's sustainability work. Sustainability work is something that today almost all organizations engage in, in order to both survive long term but also to limit their impacts on the planet and the humans living there. Sustainability work as defined in this thesis to consist of three parts which are economic sustainability, environmental sustainability and social sustainability. In order to perform successful work, all parts must be included.  This thesis is investigating what role leadership, innovation and culture have in organizations' sustainability work, with a focus on Swedish organizations within the heavy industry. To do this the thesis is using previously presented theories in combination with eight semi-structured interviews. The interviews are performed with sustainability managers and advisors operating within the Swedish heavy industry. The result of this thesis is presented using a thematic analysis where 11 themes are identified and presented. These themes are furthermore analyzed and connected to the theory with the aim to answer the research question.  The purpose of the thesis is furthermore to create a deeper understanding and knowledge about these factors and their role in organizational sustainability work. The goal of providing a deeper understanding and knowledge is that it will lead to more successful sustainability work.  The conclusion of this thesis is the identified themes that could be connected to all three factors, leadership, innovation and culture. These themes were found to play an important role in organizational sustainability work. It is important for Swedish organizations within the heavy industry to be aware of the factors and themes are well as knowing how to handle them, in order to reach successful sustainability work.  In the conclusion of this thesis, there is also provided a few practical recommendations for organizations based on this research. As well as advice for further research and limitations in the thesis.

Introduction: Today, effective flow is of great importance in companies in heavier industries to get the maximum capacity out of their resources. Automating their flows can prove extremely important to get the maximum capacity you capable of. RFID is a smart technology for achieving an automated flow built for the future. Importance of logistics is becoming increasingly important for competitive companies that want to create the greatest possible profitability. More developed processes in flow can be a way for companies to move towards becoming more efficient and competitive. RFID can be a way of working as technology to quickly and efficiently simplify processes while ensuring that information is read managed faster.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to create a broader knowledge of RFID as a technology and its opportunity to create value for and to improve the flow and processes of companies that choose to apply this tool within their business.Method: To achieve the objectives of the study and answer the purpose of this thesis project, observations have been made at a case company and interviews with carefully chosen personnel at the case company were made. This has since been critically reviewed against data collected in the theoretical reference framework. Theory has been critically reviewed in most databases and compared with several sources to ensure credibility. Interviews that belong to the qualitative data collection consist of varying interview questions that are available in the study. This is a general approach the authors have used to achieve the purpose of the study.Result: The result of this study was conducted through the qualitative survey conducted through the case company, where it was founded that the case company is manual in its processes and way of working. Based on data and previous research investigated it has been suggested that a more automated approach would be more optimal and create a higher value for a larger company in heavier industry.Conclusion: The study identifies and detects the challenges that manual a flow and processes have in comparison to more automated flow and processes when it comes to eliminate wastes that arise. RFID is a good and useful technology when it comes to reading different amounts of data in a fast and efficient way. / Introduktion: I dag är ett effektivt flöde av största vikt hos företag inom tyngre industrier för att få ut maximal kapacitet ur sina resurser. Att automatisera sina flöden kan visa sig vara ytterst viktigt för att få ut högsta möjliga kapacitet. RFID är en smart teknik och ett bra verktyg för att nå ett automatiserat flöde. Betydelsen av logistiken blir allt mer viktigare för konkurrenskraftiga företag som vill skapa största möjliga lönsamhet. Mer utvecklade processer i flöden kan vara ett sätt för företag att ta i riktning mot att bli mer effektiva och öka konkurrenskraften. RFID tekniken kan vara ett bra arbetssätt för att snabbt och effektivt förenkla processen samtidigt som man säkerställer att information läses av och hanteras snabbare.Syfte: Studiens syfte är att skapa en bredare kunskap kring RFID som teknik och dess möjligheter att skapa värden för och förbättra flöden och processer hos företag som väljer att applicera denna teknik inom sin verksamhet.Metod: För att uppnå studiens mål och besvara syftet i detta examensarbete har observationer ute hos fallföretag samt intervjuer med noggrant utvald personal hos fallföretaget genomförts. Detta har sedan kritiskt granskats mot data som samlats in i den teoretiska referensramen. Teorin har kritiskt granskats i flertalet databaser och jämförts med flera källor för att säkerställa trovärdigheten. Intervjuer som tillhör den kvalitativa datainsamling består av varierande intervjufrågor som finns att ta del av i studien. Detta är ett generellt arbetssätt författarna har använt för att uppnå studiens mål och syfte.Resultat: Resultatet i denna studie togs fram via den kvalitativa undersökningen som utfördes hos fallföretaget där det framkom att man inom fallföretaget är väldigt manuella inom sina processer. Utifrån data och tidigare forskning som undersökts har man tagit fram att ett mer automatiserat arbetssätt skulle vara mer optimalt och värdeskapande för ett större företag inom tyngre industri. Slutsats: Studien identifierar och upptäcker de utmaningar som manuella flöden och processer har i jämförelse med mer automatiserade flöden och processer när det gäller att eliminera slöseri som uppstår. RFID är en bra och användbar teknik när det gäller att läsa olika mängder data på ett snabbt och effektivt sätt.

The intensifying value of learning, competence, and knowledge motivates decisions toward implementing knowledge management systems (KMS) to capitalize on the potential benefits of facilitating knowledge sharing, collecting, storing, and dissemination on a global scale. However, these systems frequently remain underutilized, and organizations encounter obstacles to achieve their proposed outcome. The case company experienced practical problems regarding a newly implemented KMS. The system was largely unused for a specific process. Therefore, this case study investigates the factors affecting KMS adoption and utilization for the technical training process by capturing the perspectives of the intended system users and management. A combination of KMS success factors and The Theory of Affordances were applied to generate knowledge regarding how factors affected the usage of the KMS. It was found that Management Involvement, Organizational Culture and Structure, Employee Commitment, Perceived Benefits, System Complexity, and Compatibility and Conformity influenced the users' KMS utilization outcomes. A conceptual framework was developed to show how these factors affected individuals' affordances process.

Product certificates are sent throughout the supply chain of Swedish heavy industry in order to show provenance and physical characteristics of objects such as screws. The data management of the certificates has been, and still is, a very manual process. The process requires extensive work in order to maintain a correct record of the certificates. In particular, tracing causes of errors and establishing compliance takes a long time and effort. The company Chaintraced is developing an application to automate the process by acting as a third party to digitalize and manage the certificates. Introducing a third party into a business-to-business process requires that data integrity is preserved and that information reaches its expected destination. Recent research has indicated that distributed ledger technologies showpromise to fulfill these requirements. In particular, blockchain-based systems offer immutability and traceability of data, and can reduce the trust needed between different parties by relying on cryptographic primitives and consensus mechanisms. This thesis investigates the application of distributed ledger technology to further automate the Swedish heavy industry supply chain and reduce the trust needed in a third party managing the certificates. Requirements for an industrial strength system is set up and several distributed ledger technology solutions are considered to fit the use case of Swedish heavy industry. A proof of concept based on the findings is implemented, tested and compared with a centralized database to explore its possible usage in the supply chain with regard to feasibility, immutability, traceability and security. The investigation resulted in a prototype based on Hyperledger Fabric to store product certificates. The solution provides certain guarantees to immutability and security while being developed with feasibility for deployment in mind. The proposed solution is shown to be slow compared to a centralized solution but scales linearly with number of certificates and is considered within bounds for the use case. The results also show that the proposed solution is more trustworthy than a centralized solution, but that adopting blockchain technology is an extensive task. In particular, trustworthiness and guarantees provided by the solution is highly dependent on the feasibility aspect and the investigation concludes that adoption of blockchain technology within the Swedish heavy industry must take this into consideration. / Hanteringen av produktcertifikat inom den svenska tungindustrin är en mycket manuell process vilket resulterar i att ett enormt arbete krävs för att upprätthålla en korrekt hantering av certifikaten. Att spåra orsaken till fel och att kontrollera efterlevnaden av krav inom industrin tar lång tid. Chaintraced har utvecklat en applikation som automatiserar hanteringen av certifikaten genom digitalisering och att som tredje part lagra informationen. Att introducera en tredje part i affärsverksamheter kräver att integriteten av datan bibehålls och att information anländer till korrekt mottagare. Ny forskning har visat att distribuerade liggare har möjligheten att uppfylla dessa krav. Framförallt gällande blockkedjetekniken med dess många egenskaper och garantier som företag letar efter, så som oföränderlig och spårbar data. Blockkedjetekniken reducerar också förtroendet som behövs för parter inom nätverket genom att förlita sig på kryptografi och konsensus mekanismer. Den här rapporten utreder användningen av distribuerade liggare för att ytterliggare automatisera den svenska tungindustrins leveranskedja och minska tilliten som krävs för en tredje part som hanterar certifikaten. Krav ställs upp för ett system och flertalet distribuerade databastekniker undersöks för att passa in i fallet angående den svenska tungindustrin. En prototyp är utvecklad baserad på kraven, prototypen är testad och jämförd med en central databas för att undersöka hur implementationen står sig vad gäller genomförbarhet, oföränderlighet, spårbarhet och säkerhet. Undersökningen resulterade i en prototyp baserad på Hyperledger Fabric. Prototypen lagrar produktcertifikaten och ger vissa garantier till oföränderligbarhet samt säkerhet. Möjligheten för aktörer i kedjan att använda prototypen hade stor inverkan på hur systemet utvecklades. Prototypen visar sig vara långsammare än en centraliserad lösning men mätningarna kan anses vara inom kraven för ett system inom tungindustrins leveranskedja. Skalbarheten av lösningen är beroende av kraven på säkerhet men är linjär i antalet certifikat som skickas och lagras. Resultaten visar också att den föreslagna lösningen inger mer tillit än en centraliserad lösning men att introducera blockkedjetekniken är en komplex process. Trovärdighet och garantier som ges av lösningen är till stor del beroende av komplexiteten vilket rapporten kommer fram till är det viktigaste för svensk tungindustri att ha i åtanke vid eventuell antagande av blockkedjeteknik.

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit einem Überblick über das Forschungsprojekt SiPro, im Rahmen der Förderung des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimapolitik. Ziel des Projektes ist es, einen Durchbruch in der horizontalen Datenintegration entlang der Prozesskette Gießen, Schmieden, Wärmebehandlung und den nachfolgenden Prozessen, wie Walzen, Gesenkschmieden und Ziehen zu erreichen. Ausgehend davon ist eine Optimierung der Prozesse möglich, was letztendlich zur Einsparung des Energieeinsatzes und damit zu einer verbesserten Wettbewerbsfähigkeit verbunden mit einer Reduzierung des CO2-Ausstoßes führt.