This Study has been carried out in co-operation with SJ AB, Banverket, Västtrafik and the department for Production Management and Economics at the Faculty of Engineering of the Lund University, LTH. The Study has been based on a requirement specification from SJ AB, (the major railway traffic operator in Sweden). The objective of the study is to: · clarify the importance of methodically working w

Contemporary business trends are more and more shifting focus to the requirements of the customers. One of the most important factors for the customer is quality, both in the interface with the selling company and in the products sold. Tetra Pak is a pioneer within the packaging of diaries and food. The company has been profitable in most situations which have created a state of mind where quality

Sociala medier är idag en stor mötesplats för människor över hela världen. Användningsområden för sociala medier har ökat de senaste åren. Från att ha använts nästan exklusivt för kommunikation mellan vänner och bekanta har nu företag, organisationer och även musikartister börjat använda sociala medier som ett verktyg för marknadsföring. Denna uppsats lägger fokus på musikartisters användande av s

During the Heian period the Japanese writing system consisted of Japanese characters, hiragana and Chinese called kanji. Chinese characters were used in formal and academic situations by men. The socially accepted way for women to write was with hiragana, at that time called onnade – the woman’s hand. The purpose of this essay is to examine if traces of the gender differentiated writing system sti

Cash and credit cards are no longer considered to be the obvious methods of payment. During the last ten years mobile payments has been predicted as the next method of payment. Many methods exist but none of them has managed to become the standard way of paying. NFC, a further development of the RFID-technology, has been seen as the strongest contestant in the field. Security is considered to be o

The public library is an institution with multiple tasks and with different parts to play in the society. The aim of this Master’s essay is to illustrate one of the many activities that libraries utilise to reach their users and to keep up with the modern society - film screening. We have studied the phenomenon mainly through case studies at four different public libraries in the Region of Skåne i

During the last years Ericsson Mobile Platforms (EMP) has seen increasing industry consolidation and that their position in the value chain was threatened. To avoid extinction from the market a merger was necessary to strengthen their position in the value chain, avoid margin stacking and reclaim the competitive edge needed for survival. A thorough analysis of the different players on the market s

Sedan ratificerandet av Europakonventionen om mänskliga rättigheter (EKMR) måste svenska domstolar respektera rätten till domstol vid privata rättsförhållanden och en fair trial enligt artikel 6.1 EKMR, också vid prövningar av ansökningar om civilprocessuella säkerhetsåtgärder. Det huvudsakliga syftet med de civilprocessuella säkerhetsåtgärderna i svensk civilprocessrätt är vidare att de ska komplSince the enactment of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) national courts must consider the right to court in private legal relationships and a fair trial in article 6.1 ECHR, also at hearings of applications for interlocutory injunctions. The object of interlocutory injunctions in Swedish Civil Procedure Law is furthermore to supplement and facilitate the practical litigation, not to

The main purpose of the thesis is to provide Syncron with guidelines regarding how to modify their software for logistic planning in order to meet future customer needs. Furthermore, the thesis serves as input to the research project supported by NGIL, named Design and Control of Sustainable Supply Chains. Problem Formulation: Transport costs have not been a significant cost driver in the past, wh

Uppsatsen syfte är att undersöka huruvida det går att finna ett samband mellan fonder med eller utan prestationsavgift och deras riskjusterade avkastning. Detta för att undersöka om prestationsavgift som incitament till förvaltare faktiskt fungerar. Vidare avser studien undersöka huruvida det finns stöd för att hedgefonder faktiskt kan sägas bära lägre risk i form av volatilitet. Datan som används

A multidisciplinary scientific research center harnessing the world’s most powerful neutron source is going to be built in Lund: ESS, The European Spallation Source. Researchers will be able to study the materials of everyday life in all their rich diversity – from plastics and proteins to medicines and molecules – in order to understand how they are built up and how they work. ESS will become a h

In 2007, the Company launched a continuous reactor in Europe used for producing chemicals. The Product intends to replace the batch reactor for certain chemical processes, which would involve a major change for the customer. The Company wishes to launch the Product in India, but as the technology and the Indian market is young, there are uncertainties regarding how to launch it. Purpose: The purpo

The study examines a supporting female film character in drama film since 2006 until today. She is characterized through their work as a prostitute, stripper or dominatrix, and the lack of dramatic development that is often replaced by a contributory to the main character’s development. Where earlier studies of this character type has confirmed their role as a bad example, this essay emphasizes th

Background: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is believed to contribute to the socio-economic growth of developing countries. However, many ICT-related development projects in developing countries are short-lived, i.e., they fail to sustain. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to study what factors influence the sustainability of ICT-projects in developing countries. Method: The s

Oatly is a company that produces and sells oat based products. Their most selling product is the oat drink, which is a substitute to milk, and over 80 percent of the annual sales volume comes from this product. Since the foundation of Oatly, the main idea has been to sell their products on markets with low milk availability and milk consumption. Most recently, Oatly identified the Chinese market a

With a current financial crisis and a tough competitive environment, all units and departments within the companies have to keep up with the market and its demands. Every time Sandvik sells a machine to a mining company, the buyer faces the fact that they normally have to educate their operators from scratch. This, implicitly, means a period with high risks of failures and mistakes. Training with

Absorption chillers are energy saving, but low-capacity applications are not available yet. To become competitive with the established vapor-compression chillers, compact and inexpensive main component heat exchangers are required. In the respective capacity range, the conventionally used tube bundle heat exchangers can hardly fulfill that requirement - plate heat exchangers, however, could. The p