A comparison of manufacturing companies in Sweden and their use of parameters within material planning
Ladda ner
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Supply chain management (MPSCM), MSc
Publicerad
2023
Författare
Turesson, Felicia
Bergström, Ottilia
Modellbyggare
Tidskriftstitel
ISSN
Volymtitel
Utgivare
Sammanfattning
To reach high performance in an effective and efficient way, material planning is an
aspect to consider. Material planning has different effects depending on how it is
applied within the company’s environment. Furthermore, managing parameters within
material planning is one way to balance supply and demand in an organization. How
manufacturing companies are working and using the parameters within material
planning is an interesting theme that is relevant to investigate today and hence this
theses project was requested.
This master thesis project was a collaboration with the consultant company Meridion
AB who is acting within the area of supply chain management. The focus of this thesis
project was regarding the effects of parameters within material planning and how it can
be used by companies in order to be more efficient and effective. This thesis project has
been divided into two parts, where the first part was a comparative study of 10
manufacturing companies within different industries. The analysis has been done by
quantitative analysis in the business intelligence tool Qlik for the comparative part of
the study. Furthermore, a deeper investigation was performed, and a qualitative analysis
was conducted at the case company KraftPowercon Sweden AB, this was considered
as the second part of this thesis project. The findings showed that there is a high
variation between the companies and the frequency of updating parameters and
conducting changes in their planning data, hence there is potential for development.
The items analyzed were purchased items that were considered as active for the
companies. During the analysis, different factors were taken into consideration in order
to find similarities and differences between the companies. These factors were the
items’ lead time, material planning method and sourcing strategy. Regarding the
second part of the study, where a deeper investigation was conducted at KraftPowercon,
it was possible to understand underlying causes of the quantitative data and to
understand the findings.
This master thesis aimed to find relevant conclusions and recommendations in order for
both customers and consultants to continue the work with parameters within material
planning. However, the main conclusion is that there is a need to work more with
parameters and to implement a structured way of working with it. Furthermore, due to
the high amount of data, a business intelligence tool like Qlik could be used as a helping
tool to manage the data.
Beskrivning
Ämne/nyckelord
Material planning , parameters , Qlik