<p>Post och telestyrelsen (PTS) har gett ett allmäntråd om att alla brevinkast ska ersättas med postfack från och med den 1 januari 2011. Med denna rekommendation kommer brevinkasten på dagens dörrar att bli överflödiga. Många kommer att vilja ta bort sitt brevinkast och ersätta det med en produkt som ger en tystare och säkrare miljö i hemmet.</p><p>Detta examensarbete syftar till att finna en eller flera lämpliga lösningar för att ersätta brevinkasten på dörrarna. Denna lösning är tänkt att vara ett billigare alternativ för att lösa problemet, jämfört med att köpa en ny dörr.</p><p>Olika metoder för att finna idéer har använts och flera alternativ framkom. Det gjordes utvärderingar för att finna den lösning som var mest lämplig för att lösa problemet. Detta förslag vidareutvecklades och testades i praktiken.</p><p>Det förslag som till slut valdes kommer att fungera som en lösning för problemet</p> / <p>The Swedish authority Post och telestyrelsen PTS has made a recommendation that all letterboxes on doors should be replaced by postboxes from the first of January 2011. This recommendation is going</p><p>to make the letterboxes on the doors unnecessary. Some people want to replace the letterbox on their door so that they will have more silent and safe environment in their home.</p><p>With this project, the goal was to find at least one good solution for this problem; a solution wich would cost less money than to change the whole door to a safety door.</p><p>Some different methods have been used to find ides and a lot of alternatives have came up. The most suitable solution was chosen with the help of some methods. This solution was tested if it would work in reality.</p>

<p>In the last century there have been drastic changes in the way products are developed and manufactured – manufacturing technologies have advanced and at the same time global competition has increased tremendously. For companies to survive, the name of the game has been to offer greater product variety, in more frequent intervals, and for a lower price. Mass production has been replaced by mass customization, where the basic rule is that the customers should get exactly what they want, at the time they want it.</p><p>A partial remedy to concurrently lower cost as well as provide customers with a greater number of variants has been to use platforms*. Platforms in the manufacturing industry have at times been highly advantageous while in other instances they have caused more problems than benefit. Platforms exist in different contexts and scope, and it has been found that companies need to improve their platform management skills in order to increase the general level of competitive advantage.</p><p>This dissertation proposes that a company can considerably improve the management of its platforms by increasing its holistic understanding of them. To do this, platforms are viewed from different viewpoints that aim to both display the effect a platform has on its surroundings, as well as the effect its surroundings has on it. This approach has been incorporated into a method called the PAMatrix (Platform Assessment Matrix) that uses a synthesis of cross-functional, subjective expert opinion and consensus based decision making.</p><p>The PAMatrix method uses already existing implicit and explicit knowledge to improve decision making on how to manage each individual platform. First a set of platforms are identified that the company views as key enablers for creating a competitive advantage. The platforms are then assessed from several different viewpoints – each capturing a partial evaluation of the platforms’ status or effect. After an assessment of a viewpoint, each stakeholder individually suggests a specific strategic action plan along with a weight factor of how important the viewpoint is to the overall assessment of the specific platform. Finally, the discrete action plan suggestions are collected and jointly assessed and debated – based on which, a final strategic action plan can be made.</p><p>The method has been tested in three industrial situations, where its use has been considered beneficial and platform understanding has increased.</p><p>* In this dissertation, a platform is defined as the set of core assets that are reused to create a competitive advantage.</p>

In the last century there have been drastic changes in the way products are developed and manufactured – manufacturing technologies have advanced and at the same time global competition has increased tremendously. For companies to survive, the name of the game has been to offer greater product variety, in more frequent intervals, and for a lower price. Mass production has been replaced by mass customization, where the basic rule is that the customers should get exactly what they want, at the time they want it. A partial remedy to concurrently lower cost as well as provide customers with a greater number of variants has been to use platforms*. Platforms in the manufacturing industry have at times been highly advantageous while in other instances they have caused more problems than benefit. Platforms exist in different contexts and scope, and it has been found that companies need to improve their platform management skills in order to increase the general level of competitive advantage. This dissertation proposes that a company can considerably improve the management of its platforms by increasing its holistic understanding of them. To do this, platforms are viewed from different viewpoints that aim to both display the effect a platform has on its surroundings, as well as the effect its surroundings has on it. This approach has been incorporated into a method called the PAMatrix (Platform Assessment Matrix) that uses a synthesis of cross-functional, subjective expert opinion and consensus based decision making. The PAMatrix method uses already existing implicit and explicit knowledge to improve decision making on how to manage each individual platform. First a set of platforms are identified that the company views as key enablers for creating a competitive advantage. The platforms are then assessed from several different viewpoints – each capturing a partial evaluation of the platforms’ status or effect. After an assessment of a viewpoint, each stakeholder individually suggests a specific strategic action plan along with a weight factor of how important the viewpoint is to the overall assessment of the specific platform. Finally, the discrete action plan suggestions are collected and jointly assessed and debated – based on which, a final strategic action plan can be made. The method has been tested in three industrial situations, where its use has been considered beneficial and platform understanding has increased. * In this dissertation, a platform is defined as the set of core assets that are reused to create a competitive advantage.

Post och telestyrelsen (PTS) har gett ett allmäntråd om att alla brevinkast ska ersättas med postfack från och med den 1 januari 2011. Med denna rekommendation kommer brevinkasten på dagens dörrar att bli överflödiga. Många kommer att vilja ta bort sitt brevinkast och ersätta det med en produkt som ger en tystare och säkrare miljö i hemmet. Detta examensarbete syftar till att finna en eller flera lämpliga lösningar för att ersätta brevinkasten på dörrarna. Denna lösning är tänkt att vara ett billigare alternativ för att lösa problemet, jämfört med att köpa en ny dörr. Olika metoder för att finna idéer har använts och flera alternativ framkom. Det gjordes utvärderingar för att finna den lösning som var mest lämplig för att lösa problemet. Detta förslag vidareutvecklades och testades i praktiken. Det förslag som till slut valdes kommer att fungera som en lösning för problemet / The Swedish authority Post och telestyrelsen PTS has made a recommendation that all letterboxes on doors should be replaced by postboxes from the first of January 2011. This recommendation is going to make the letterboxes on the doors unnecessary. Some people want to replace the letterbox on their door so that they will have more silent and safe environment in their home. With this project, the goal was to find at least one good solution for this problem; a solution wich would cost less money than to change the whole door to a safety door. Some different methods have been used to find ides and a lot of alternatives have came up. The most suitable solution was chosen with the help of some methods. This solution was tested if it would work in reality.

<p>This master’s thesis report is a summary of the analysis performed together with ITAB Shop Concept located in Jönköping, Sweden. As a last element of the Master’s program at the School of Engineering, this 20 point level D thesis project has been the final work to bring my education to an end.</p><p>ITAB Shop Concept expressed an aspiration that the Shop Counter Program B10/B11 should undergo an analysis to point out and possibly lead to improvement.</p><p>Through interviews and data collection proposals for possible improvements has been drawn up and the analysis points out current deficiencies. By following the idea generation, proposals to solutions for every individual problem is presented. These proposals are weighted and compared to specified requirements.</p><p>The result is built up through a number of changes in the Shop Counter Program, partly by suggestions on reduction of part, but also how the Shop Counter can be re-designed.</p>

This master’s thesis report is a summary of the analysis performed together with ITAB Shop Concept located in Jönköping, Sweden. As a last element of the Master’s program at the School of Engineering, this 20 point level D thesis project has been the final work to bring my education to an end. ITAB Shop Concept expressed an aspiration that the Shop Counter Program B10/B11 should undergo an analysis to point out and possibly lead to improvement. Through interviews and data collection proposals for possible improvements has been drawn up and the analysis points out current deficiencies. By following the idea generation, proposals to solutions for every individual problem is presented. These proposals are weighted and compared to specified requirements. The result is built up through a number of changes in the Shop Counter Program, partly by suggestions on reduction of part, but also how the Shop Counter can be re-designed.

I dagsläget är den hållbara utvecklingen hetare än någonsin. Det rör sig inte om en ekologisk trend utan ett faktum, vi måste ta ansvar för våra handlingar. Projektet resulterar i ett formförslag på en golvarmatur i plast som möter Svanenmärkningens kriterier.

<p>I dagsläget är den hållbara utvecklingen hetare än någonsin. Det rör sig inte om en ekologisk trend utan ett faktum, vi måste ta ansvar för våra handlingar. Projektet resulterar i ett formförslag på en golvarmatur i plast som möter Svanenmärkningens kriterier.</p>

<p>Lättviktsskivor till möbelindustrin har varit ett omskrivet tema i olika branschtidningar den sista tiden.</p><p>Detta examensarbete beskriver och undersöker en ny konstruktion av en lättviktsskiva i massivt trä.</p><p>Lättviktsskivan är uppbyggd som en sandwichkonstruktion i tre skikt. Ytskikten består av 6 mm tjocka</p><p>limfogar och kärnmaterialet av profilerade distanser. Materialet är furu och lättviktsskivan har en</p><p>densitet på 320 kg/m3 vid 39 mm tjocklek. Utifrån kontakter med utvalda tillverkare och användare av</p><p>skivmaterial, samt genom tester, har denna konstruktion granskas och förslag på förbättringar har tagits</p><p>fram. Den ursprungliga distansen som var sammansatt av två halvor med centrumhål har ersatts av en</p><p>massiv distans med en liknande profilering. Vid företagskontakter framkom det en viss tveksamhet till</p><p>synliga fingerskarvar på synliga ytor, vilka den ursprungliga prototypen uppvisade. Med det som</p><p>utgångspunkt presenteras det ett förslag till olika kvaliteter till synliga respektive osynliga och dolda</p><p>ytor vid undersökning av estetiska och produktionstekniska aspekter.</p> / <p>Light-weight panels to the furniture industry have been a well documented task in line papers the last</p><p>time. This work describes and studies a new type of a construction of a light-weight panel in massive</p><p>wood. The light-weight panel in massive wood is built like a sandwich construction in three levels. The</p><p>outer layers are made of 6 mm thick massive wood glue panels and the core material by profiled</p><p>distances. Material is pine and the light-weight panel has a density of 310–332 kg/m3. Out of contacts</p><p>with selected producers and users of board materials, as in combination with tests, has this construction</p><p>been checked and purposes for improvements have been stated. The original distances, which were put</p><p>together by two parts including a centre hole have been replaced by a type of distance in massive wood</p><p>with a similar profiling. In contacts with companies has a slightly reserve been shown to finger-joints</p><p>on visible surfaces, which the originally prototype had. I conclusion with this presents a suggestion for</p><p>different kinds of qualities for visible and not visible respectively and hidden surfaces in conclusion</p><p>with the investigation of aesthetically and production technically aspects.</p>

<p>Rapporten Designstudie av beställningsautomat -anpassad för drive through- behandlar</p><p>arbetet från produktutveckling till modellframställning. Den uppgift som gruppen tagit sig an</p><p>gäller utveckling och design av en automat anpassad för användning i en drive through. Hela</p><p>arbetet är ett examensarbete inom Produkt och Processutveckling (kurskod: KN1060) vid</p><p>Institutionen för Design och Produktutveckling på Mälardalens högskola.</p><p>Produktutvecklingen gäller en automat anpassad för användning i en drive through, i</p><p>produktutvecklingen ingår val av material, produktionsmetod, utformning samt</p><p>konceptmodeller. Arbetet har utförts med en funktionsanalys och intervjuer som grund.</p><p>Utifrån dessa dokument har sedan flertalet koncept kunnat utvecklas. Med stöd av ett antal</p><p>utvecklingsverktyg har ett urval kunnat göras för att slutligen mynna ut i ett enda slutgiltigt</p><p>koncept.</p><p>Jämförelser och urval av koncept har genomförts med hjälp av ett antal utvecklingsverktyg;</p><p>QFD-analys (Quality Function Deployment), FMEA-analys (Failure Mode Effect Analysis)</p><p>och Pugh-matris. Dessa verktyg har även varit till stor hjälp när det kom till att kvalitetssäkra</p><p>arbetet. Under arbetets gång har en nära dialog med handledare förts för att säkerställa att</p><p>arbetsprocessen flutit i rätt riktning.</p><p>Resultatet av detta arbete blev en modell i skala 1:4 som visar vilket utseende automaten får</p><p>och vilka funktioner den kan ha. Modellen visar inte hur programvaran kommer att fungera.</p><p>Den andra delen av resultatet är själva arbetet i sig som visar på hur produkten kan förenkla</p><p>beställningen för användaren samt avlasta restaurangpersonalens arbete.</p><p>För fortsatt arbete med detta projekt bör ytterligare undersökningar och djupare</p><p>konstruktionsarbete genomföras. I det djupare konstruktionsarbetet bör elektronikkonstruktion</p><p>tas med i beräkningarna. Det bör också läggas ner mycket tid på att utveckla programvaran så</p><p>att den underlättar beställningar för såväl restaurangkund som personal.</p>