Background: For several decades companies have had their focus on automation and to make the processes more effective. Today's companies are thinking about how to streamline and automate processes with upcoming new technology. A new way to automate processes is to use automation in combination with employees, this can be done with the help of HRC. At the moment HRC is something that Scania CV AB would like to have in order to be able to automate and improve its working methods. Scania CV AB want to investigate how HRC can be used most effectively as a step in their automation and digitization roadmap. Research questions: 1. What are the advantages, limitations and requirements for human robot collaboration to be able to be implemented in line feeding in the automotive industry's assembly process? 2. In which activity at Scania CV AB Oskarshamn truck cab assembly factory in line feeding could human robot collaboration be implemented and why? 3. What can an implementation process look like for human robot collaboration in the selected activity at Scania Oskarshamn's truck cab assembly factory? Purpose: The purpose of the work has been to discuss the advantages limitations and requirements of implementing human robot collaboration in line feeding in the automotive industry. Furthermore, a decision basis has been produced in the work to implement human robot collaboration as a step in that Scania CV AB wants to automate and improve its working methods. With the help of the decision basis, a suitable activity has emerged. An implementation model has been created for the selected activity at Scania CV AB Oskarshamn. Implementation: This work is a case study at Scania CV AB in Oskarshamn. The authors have used goal-directed selection and snowball selection where semi-structured and unstructured interviews have been conducted. The work has used the deductive approach and used the qualitative research as method Conclusion: In this case study, three research questions have been analyzed. The first research question is aimed at the entire automotive industry, while the other two are aimed at Scania CV AB, however, all three research questions can provide value to stakeholders both internally at Scania CV AB and externally. The first research question has discussed the advantages, limitations and requirements for implementing HRC. Furthermore, in connection with the work’s second research question, a decision basis has been produced for the classification of suitable articles to be handled by HRC. Finally, the third research question has led to the development of an implementation model for activity for the selected article. Contributions/value: This work has contributed to both theoretical and contributions in the form of the authors having developed an implementation model that can be used by both Scania CV AB and other companies in the automotive industry. It also contributes by giving stakeholders a broader perspective, including benefits, limitations and requirements that should be borne in mind when implementing HRC.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-113837 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Anderfors, Tilly, Bjuringer, Maja |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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