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The increasing globalization of the market has rendered the competitive situation for companies worldwide more fierce than ever with order winners becoming order qualifiers and the demand continues to rise. Especially, the situation has become more complex for SME´s that are suppliers to large global companies. To ensure themselves that the suppliers are conforming to the high standards set by the large companies. In mediating the quality of the production as well as having a well-performing production, practitioners are using the term industrial look and feel to encapsulate a production that both deliver and looks the part. However, this term is loosely used, and a clear definition of it is missing, hence creating problems when the term industrial look and feel is used in production line design. In this study, the authors aim to investigate the possibilities of providing a clear definition of the term industrial look and feel and what it involves. Further, the authors want to investigate what are the important aspects to consider when designing a production line considering industrial look and feel. The study was directed by these three research questions: * How can Industrial Look and Feel be defined? * How does Industrial Look and Feel contribute to increased performance of a production line? * What is important to consider when designing a production line considering industrial look and feel in an HMLV environment? To answer the research questions a case study has been conducted at a company producing the robust data communication equipment and a literature review was conducted with the aim of understanding the concepts included in the term industrial look and feel. The study resulted in a definition of industrial look and feel, how industrial look and feel may contribute the production performance and important aspect to consider and include in the design of a production line considering industrial look and feel. Taking the newly defined concept of industrial look and feel into consideration, a concept assembly line was developed at the case study company.

abstract: Workplaces are the place where people spend mostly half of their life there. It is not exclusive to office buildings and companies; indeed, in each department in every building there are individuals working behind the scenes in an attempt to better the society. The workplace environment must accomplish workers’ requirements that vary between physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. Thus, the employees can provide high performance and be more productive, which leads to a successful group, corporations, society, and world generally. The aims for this study were to explore the different strategies that big companies used to attract new employees and to ensure the well-being of the current workers within workplaces. In addition to investigating the effects of the workplace environment on the workers’ well-being in the previous studies, this research analyzes six cases of good examples for companies' headquarters and evaluating their design techniques. The results showed that these companies share the same factors to increase their workers’ well-being. Flexible workspaces that provide workers the ability to choose where, how, and when to work is the first factor. Promoting body movements, reducing stress and depression, and building private spaces or facilities to energize workers are other factors. However, most of the cases involved the inspirational encouragement in interior design as major factors to enhance workers’ well-being. Furthermore, some of the applied techniques in the buildings are similar, like offering a flexible workplace, while others vary following the company industry, image and location. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Design 2019

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Contemporary product and production development is typically carried out with the support of computer tools where the design of products and workstations are originated and evaluated within virtual environments. Ergonomics addresses factors important to consider in the product and production development process to ensure a good fit between humans and the items being designed. Digital human modelling (DHM) tools enable simulations and analyses of ergonomics in virtual environments. Anthropometry is central when using DHM tools for product and production development to ensure that the design fits the intended proportion of the targeted population from a physical perspective. Several methods have been prescribed to consider the anthropometric diversity that exists within human populations. Still many DHM based simulations in product and production development processes are done with approaches that are poor in representing anthropometric diversity. Hence, there is a need for better tools and methods that would support DHM tool users to more effectively and efficiently consider anthropometric diversity in the design process. In this thesis current methods for anthropometric diversity considerations have been reviewed and new methods and functionality have been developed and implemented in a DHM tool. Mathematical models have been developed to consider three specific parts important to the consideration of anthropometric diversity: generation of suitable test cases, prediction of missing anthropometric data and implementation of more diverse anthropometric variables such as strength and flexibility. Results show that the proposed methods are accurate and advantageous compared to approaches often used in industry today. The mathematical models for generation of suitable test cases and prediction of missing anthropometric data have been implemented in an anthropometric software module. The module has undergone usability testing with industry DHM tools users. The developed anthropometric module is shown to answer to relevant needs of DHM tool users and fit into the work processes related to DHM simulations and ergonomics analyses utilised in industry today.

The diploma thesis deals with the design of a workplace with robots designed for spot welding of wire reinforcement of the car seat. After analyzing and description of the given task, the workplace concept is chosen based on the input parameters. Subsequently, sub-systems of the production cell are designed and selected for this concept. For example the design of clamping fixtures, rotary table, input and output storage magazines or the selection of welding guns and robots are solved. The workplace is designed to ensure operator safety and protection. The production cycle of the designed workplace is simulated in Siemens Process Simulate to verify functionality and required productivity of the production line. Technical and economic evaluation of the proposed solution is also included in this diploma thesis.

This diploma thesis deals with the design of a robotic workplace for deburring of a given part. The robot's task is to remove the machined part from the production machine, create a blank workpiece ready for machining, and finally deburr the the machined part. There are several proposals for the layout of the robotic cell, as well as the design of the end effector, the input tray for semi-finished products and a stand with tools for deburring. Subsequently, a simulation model of the designed robotic cell is created in the Siemens Process Simulate software. Using RSC modules, the exact resulting cell clock is determined. The whole process of creating a simulation model is detaily described. At the end of this thesis is an economic evaluation of the proposed solution.

Två företag inom verkstadsindustrin har önskemål att få hjälp med att ta fram ett stöddokument att använda i projektarbete där det idag generellt är fokus på prestanda och kostnadseffektivitet, ofta inom begränsade och snäva tidsramar. Arbetsmiljö som en faktor att ta med tidigt i projekten glöms lätt bort och uppfattas ibland som lite abstrakt och svårt att greppa av projektledare och övriga i projektgruppen. Syftet med examensarbetet är att fylla gapet mellan teori och praktisk verklighet vid utformning av nya eller förändrade arbetsplatser inom verkstadsindustrin. Målet är att ta fram en informativ checklista med stor tyngdpunkt på användbarhet som på ett självklart sätt kommer att användas i installations- och ombyggnadsprojekt. På längre sikt är målet att skapa ett naturligt samarbete mellan projektorganisation och produktionsorganisation samt företagshälsa. Checklistorna är utarbetade så att projektgruppen ska förstå problematiken om man inte tar hand om dessa arbetsmiljöfrågor. Inför varje frågeställning har litteratur granskats och en fördjupning inom ämnet för respektive faktor görs, erfarenheter från tidigare projekt samt vanliga problem i befintliga anläggningar har tagits om hand. Sammanvägningen av dessa erfarenheter och kunskap har sedan lett till ett antal kontrollfrågor med tillhörande råd. En enkätundersökning visade att det finns ett stort intresse för denna typ av rådgivande checklista och resultatet var övervägande positivt med några funderingar kring efterlevnad och vidare utveckling av dokumenten. De personer, intressenter, som deltagit i utvecklingen och utvärderingen av checklistorna menar att de är ett bra komplement till de dokument som används idag. Det finns goda förutsättningar att implementera en rådgivande checklista idag. Medvetenheten ökar bland personalen och få vill utsätta sig för ohälsa och olycksfall. Arbetet med checklistorna kommer fortsätta efter avslutat examensarbete i syfte att säkra efterlevnaden, utvecklingen samt känslan av ägandeskap. En viktig aspekt för att denna checklista ska hållas levande och utvecklas är att den förs in i företagens anskaffningsprocess och att efterlevnaden styrs därifrån. Sökord: arbetsmiljö, checklista, rådgivande, arbetsplats, lean, AFS. / Two companies in the manufacturing industry wishes to develop a supporting document to use in project work where there today is generally focused on performance and cost, often within limited and tight deadlines. Work environment as a factor to be considered early in the projects are easily forgotten and are sometimes perceived as a bit abstract and difficult to grasp by the project manager and other members of the project team. The aim of the degree project is to fill the gap between the theory and practical reality in the design of new or changed workplaces in the manufacturing industry. The goal of this thesis is to develop an informative checklist that will be obvious to use in the installation and renovation projects. In the longer term, the goal is to create a natural collaboration between the project and production organizations and also make the company health service more involved in these projects. The checklists are designed to bring the project team to understand the problem if we do not take care of working environmental issues. For each issue literature was reviewed, and a deeper knowledge for each factor was collected. Experiences from previous projects and common problems in existing facilities have also been taken care of. The balancing of these experiences and knowledge led to a number of questions with associated advice. A survey showed that there is a great interest for this kind of advisory checklist and the results were largely positive with some concerns about compliance and further development of the documents. The persons, stakeholders, who participated in the development and evaluation of the checklists says that they are a good complement to their documents they are using today. There are good opportunities to implement an advisory checklist today. Awareness is increasing among the staff and few wishes to expose themselves to illness and accidents. Work on the checklists will continue after completion of the degree project in order to ensure compliance, development and sense of ownership. An important aspect for this checklist to be kept alive and further developed is to implement it in the corporate acquisition process and that compliance will be controlled from there. Keywords: working environment, checklist, advisory, workplace, lean, AFS.

Efter utbrottet av Covid-19-pandemin blev distansarbete den plötsliga normen för kontorsanställda. Trots att pandemin officiellt har förklarats vara över har många anställda fortsatt att arbeta hemifrån till viss grad. Detta fenomen har resulterat i att arbetsgivare börjat utforska nya arbetssätt för sina anställda. Vissa arbetsgivare har valt att förbjuda hemarbete då de anser att anställda inte utför sitt jobb lika effektivt hemifrån, men även på grund av de vill bibehålla eller stärka sammanhållningen genom det fysiska mötet på kontoret. Å andra sidan främjar vissa arbetsgivare distansarbete och beaktar det som en möjlighet till ökad frihet för sina anställda samtidigt som det minskar behovet av kontorsutrymme. För fastighetsägare kan ökade vakanser på längre sikt leda till sänkta fastighetsvärden. Därför är det i deras intresse att skapa attraktiva kontorsmiljöer som anpassas till det nya arbetssättet och fortsätter att locka hyresgäster. Syftet med studien var att identifiera de olika komponenterna som anses vara viktiga för framtidens kontorsutformning. För att uppnå precisa resultat valde vi att använda en kvalitativ forskningsmetod med semistrukturerade intervjuer av fastighetsägare, hyresgäster, arbetsplatsstrateger och förvaltare. Genom detta kunde vi få ett brett spektrum av åsikter och perspektiv. Resultatet visade att en behovsanalys kommer att vara avgörande vid utformning av framtidens kontor. För att locka tillbaka de anställda till kontoret är det viktigt att de upplever att kontorsmiljön överträffar fördelarna med att arbeta hemifrån. Detta kan åstadkommas genom att erbjuda möjligheter till ostört arbete i separata rum, tillgång till gemensamma servicetjänster i byggnaden och flexibilitet. Ett nyckelord som framkom i många av respondenternas resonemang var aktivitetsbaserat. Genom en analys där tre marknadsföringsteorier tillämpas på respondenternas svar och de utvalda avgörande komponenterna kunde vi i diskussionen komma fram till att det snarare kommer att växa fram en ny typ av kontorsutformning. Denna typ kan komma att kallas för “Analysbaserad” där det viktigaste är att en behovsanalys för varje enskild hyresgäst görs. / After the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, remote work became the sudden norm for office employees. Despite the official declaration of the end of the pandemic, many employees have continued to work from home. This phenomenon has led employers to explore new ways of working for their employees. Some employers have chosen to prohibit remote work, as they believe that employees are not as productive when working from homeand because they want to maintain or strengthen employee relationships through physical interaction in the office. Other employers promote remote work and see it as an opportunity to provide increased freedom for their employees while reducing the need for office space. For property owners, increased vacancies in the long term can result in decreased property values. Therefore, it is in their interest to create attractive office environments that adapt to the new way of working and continue to attract tenants. The purpose of the study was to identify the different components considered important for the future design of offices. To achieve precise results, we chose to use a qualitative research method with semi-structured interviews of property owners, tenants, workplace strategists, and facility managers.Through this approach, we were able to obtain a broad spectrum of opinions and perspectives.  The results showed that an “analysis of needs” will be crucial in designing the offices of the future. To attract employees back to the office, it is important that they perceive the office environment as surpassing the benefits of working from home. This can be achieved by offering opportunities for uninterrupted work in separate rooms, access to shared services within the building, and flexibility. A keyword that emerged in the reasoning of many respondents was activity-based office design. After analyzing the respondents' answers and determining key components, we concluded that a new type of office design is likely to emerge. We choose to call this type "Analysis-based," where the most important aspect is conducting a “analysis of needs” for each tenant.

Coworking („zusammen arbeiten“) ist ein Trend zur flexiblen Organisation des persönlichen Arbeitsumfelds, der speziell bei jungen Unternehmensgründern und Freiberuflern zunehmend Anklang findet. Sogenannte Coworking Spaces sind halböffentliche Räume, die Eigenschaften von Großraumraumbüro, konzentriertem Arbeitsplatz und Café verbinden. Ziel ist, mit atmosphärisch gelungenen und digital vernetzten Arbeitsmöglichkeiten besonders gute Voraussetzungen für Innovation, Begegnung und fachlichen Austausch zu schaffen.