Implementing data analytics for improved quality in manufacturing: a case study
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Production engineering (MPPEN), MSc
Publicerad
2022
Författare
Lundén, Nils
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Sammanfattning
The possibilities for extracting important information from big data have accelerated
over the last few years. More manufacturing companies are realizing the potential
of advanced data analytics, such as machine learning, and how this can be used
to improve productivity and sustainability for future competitiveness. It is how ever often not clear how to approach the adoption of data analytics and overcome
the necessary challenges before real value can be created using these techniques.
This thesis proposes what some of the most relevant challenge areas are to improve
the conditions of conducting successful pilot projects for data analytics in manu facturing. A suitable methodology for the implementation of data analytics is also
presented, which is evaluated in a case study at a machining department at Volvo.
The problem being solved in this case study was related to product quality improve ment, where to goal was to derive which influencing factors in a machining process
have the highest importance for the quality outcome. A state-of-the-art literature
review was performed to evaluate which requirements are necessary efficiently uti lize data analytics and which methodologies can be used for the performing use
cases. An adapted version of an implementation methodology, the Cross Industry
Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM), was developed to be better suited
for the specific challenges in manufacturing. This methodology was thereafter used
and evaluated in the case study. A combination of interpretable machine learning
models was used in conjunction with association rules to describe which influenc ing factors are the most relevant for the quality outcome. From the results, it was
possible to identify improvement areas that Volvo needs to address for better use
of data analytics. Important findings were that the internal knowledge needs to be
increased and that certain technical challenges need to be further developed, such
as connectivity, system integration, and traceability. These results can help Volvo
and other manufacturing companies in a similar development stage to understand
how to prioritize efforts for succeeding with the implementation of data analytics. It
especially gives insights into how to deal with use cases related to quality improve ment and how to increase the interpretability during the implementation of data
analytics.
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Data analytics, machine learning, manufacturing, quality improvement.