Crane’s information system in operations management
Siitari, Eero (2022)
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022052211066
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2022052211066
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Upcoming crane information system’s impact on production and materials management, logistics and transportation in Boliden Harjavalta was studied in this thesis. In addition, information system’s capabilities and benefits on other areas was studied also. Thesis aimed to clarify the current situation including limitations and challenges of each topic studied, as well as to find out how information system could be utilized in these topics. Also, it aimed to identify other influences of the information system.
Backgrounds of the project was found out and theory on different subjects was studied to ensure good base for the research since wide span of the subject. Based on the theory of each topic and gathered knowledge of the project an interview was conducted with people associated with the information system in smelter as well as in refinery. A content analysis was done to the data gathered from the interviews and a thematic analysis was used to classify the content into three predetermined themes from the topics, and to other themes derived from recurrence of other topics in the data. Eventually each theme was addressed as its own when the data from interviews was interpreted into text. Conclusions and further development proposals were derived from the identified impacts and themes from the data.
Thesis managed to answer how the information system can be utilized in different topics in both smelter and refinery. Impact on materials management, especially inventory control, was found out to be major in both facilities, whereas transportations had the lowest impact. As for production management, it was noted that system is not straightly applicable in smelter but instead was found out to add value in refinery by various ways.
Also, thesis managed to identify information system’s capabilities and other benefits of the system, such as quality control and internal circulation clarification.
Backgrounds of the project was found out and theory on different subjects was studied to ensure good base for the research since wide span of the subject. Based on the theory of each topic and gathered knowledge of the project an interview was conducted with people associated with the information system in smelter as well as in refinery. A content analysis was done to the data gathered from the interviews and a thematic analysis was used to classify the content into three predetermined themes from the topics, and to other themes derived from recurrence of other topics in the data. Eventually each theme was addressed as its own when the data from interviews was interpreted into text. Conclusions and further development proposals were derived from the identified impacts and themes from the data.
Thesis managed to answer how the information system can be utilized in different topics in both smelter and refinery. Impact on materials management, especially inventory control, was found out to be major in both facilities, whereas transportations had the lowest impact. As for production management, it was noted that system is not straightly applicable in smelter but instead was found out to add value in refinery by various ways.
Also, thesis managed to identify information system’s capabilities and other benefits of the system, such as quality control and internal circulation clarification.