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- Alvekrans, Anna-Lena, et al.
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From Knowledge to Decision - A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning in Health Care
- 2016
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Ingår i: Production planning & control. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0953-7287 .- 1366-5871. ; 27:12, s. 1019-1026
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One of the most important challenges in health care management is balancing resources with fluctuating and uncertain demand. This study examines whether introducing a standardised process for Sales and Operations planning at a large university hospital improved specialty department managers’ knowledge of planning conditions and if so, whether decisions were made based on this knowledge. Using responses from a survey of 30 specialty department managers at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden, the analyses indicate that operational knowledge strengthens insights about the needs for strategic decisions, and vice versa. Moreover, knowledge is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for making decisions at the department level. An overall planning and decision structure is required and should be implemented first at the hospital level to effectively allocate resources.
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- Andersson, Roy, et al.
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Total productive maintenance in support processes : an enabler for operation excellence
- 2015
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Ingår i: Total Quality Management and Business Excellence. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1478-3363 .- 1478-3371. ; 26:9-10, s. 1042-1055
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to stay competitive in today's marketplace, it is vital to reduce activities that do not create value. Lean production has in the last decade been seen as a philosophy to reduce non-value time. The office environment often presents a major improvement opportunity to reduce non-value time. Lean contributes positively to business performance applied in a manufacturing context and is also suggested to do the same in a service context. The purpose of the paper is to analyse and determine how total productive maintenance (TPM) can be applied within the support process and to identify effects from an employee and business perspective. A case study has been performed and a qualitative research approach was selected. Empirical data were gathered by using semi-structured interviews at one case company, but from several teams that had applied TPM. The result was then used as an inductive approach to explore how TPM can be applied in a support process. To implement and apply TPM within an office context, it should be structured in three steps (i) define, (ii) implement and (iii) sustain. TPM should be conducted as a part of the ordinary day-to-day work. The planning and discussions connected to TPM can be included in regular daily departmental stand-up meetings' involving everybody. The work with 5S and maintenance should also be a part of the TPM structure, connecting it as a system and not as an isolated activity. TPM can create value from both a business and an employee perspective. In the employee perspective, TPM reduces the risk of missing/forgetting areas of responsibility and creates more involvement. In the business perspective, objectives such as cost and quality are improved, but TPM also enables the reduction of waste.
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- Edh Mirzaei, Nina, 1984, et al.
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Strategic consensus on manufacturing strategy: operators' and managers' perceptions
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings for the 22nd International Annual EurOMA Conference | Operations management for sustainable competitiveness | 26 June - 1 July 2015, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.. - : International Annual EurOMA Conference.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper joins the discussion on the need for trade-offs among competitive priorities inmanufacturing strategy (MS) and builds on earlier works on strategic consensus on MSby addressing the purpose to examine the level of strategic consensus between differentorganisational levels regarding the competitive priorities quality, delivery, flexibility andcost. Survey data from 96 employees at one Swedish assembly plant show that theemployees rank the priorities significantly different. Further, white collar workers ranksix of the 16 studied competitive priority abilities significantly higher than blue collarworkers do.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974, et al.
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Cargo theft at non-secure parking locations
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management. - 0959-0552 .- 1758-6690. ; 43:3, s. 204-220
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the patterns of reported cargo thefts at non-secure parking facilities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with respect to stolen value, frequency, incident category, and modi operandi.Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on a system-theoretical approach that emphasizes on a holistic rather than an atomistic view. The research method used in this paper is deductive; the analysis is based on data obtained from the incident information service (IIS), a database of transport-related crimes from the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) in the EMEA region. The results are analysed and discussed within a frame of reference based on supply chain riskmanagement (SCRM) and criminology theories.Findings – We found that 97 per cent of all attacks during a stop occur at non-secure parking locations. Cargo thefts at these locations are more of a volume crime than high-value thefts. Seasonal variations were seen in these thefts, and the most common type was an intrusion on weekdays during winter.Research limitations/implications – This study is limited by the content of and the classifications within the TAPA EMEA IIS database.Practical implications – This paper is directly relevant to the current EU discussions regarding the creation of a large number of secure parking facilities in the region.Originality/value – This is one of the first papers in the field of SCRM that utilizes actual crime statistics reported by the industry to analyse the occurrence of cargo theft by focusing on the non-secure parking aspect in the transport chain.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974, et al.
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Cargo theft risk and security: Product and location
- 2017
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Ingår i: NOFOMA 2017, Lund.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the study is to explore cargo theft risk and security for different product types at different locations along a transport chain.This study is based on a system-theoretical approach. The research method is deductive as the analysis is based on secondary data and results from a questionnaire. The results are analyzed based on supply chain risk management (SCRM) theories.Due to substantial interaction effects, the type of product and transport chain location must be considered to determine the correct level of security. Specifically, the product type is more significant since the general cargo theft risk is higher. Furthermore, the transport industry has three perspectives of security responses to cargo theft: demanded, needed, and actual security, which differ depending on the product type and transport chain location.This study is limited by the content and classifications of the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Incident Information Service (IIS) database as well as by the attendees of the 2015 TAPA EMEA Q4 conference.This paper has both research and practical implications as it studies security within freight transport from three perspectives as linked to general cargo theft risk and goods owners’ requirements.This paper addresses the contemporary SCRM problem of cargo theft using actual crime statistics and the industry understanding of generic required security levels.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974-, et al.
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Modi operandi for cargo theft in EMEA—A seasonality analysis
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Transportation Security. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1938-7741 .- 1938-775X. ; 8:3-4, s. 99-113
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper identifies patterns and trends in cargo theft by analysing seasonalvariations (by time of year and time of week) in the relationship between value(reported stolen value) and various reported modi operandi. This research is exploratoryin nature; it is based on theories derived from criminology and logistics as well assecondary data related to cargo theft. For practical purposes, the research is geographicallylimited to EMEA; however, the frame of reference is applicable to the analysis ofantagonistic threats to transport worldwide. Though patterns differ across categories,for some modi operandi, seasonal patterns are found across both months of the year anddays of the week. Despite variations in hot spots, incident categories, stolen andendangered objects, and handling methods, the basic theoretical framework is generallyapplicable. This research is limited by the content and classificatory scheme of the TAPAEMEA IIS database. However, this is the best available database and it contains anonymousreports that are mainly from TAPA member companies that are in the industry itself.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974-, et al.
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Seasonality of incident types in transport crime - Analysis of TAPA statistics
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Transportation Security. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1938-775X .- 1938-7741. ; 15, s. 193-222
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines weekly and annual seasonality in incident categories to find patterns and trends in transport crime globally, concerning the value of stolen goods, incident frequency and incident category. Secondary data is utilized to analyse a contemporary challenge in logistics and supply chain research, namely theft and robbery of goods during shipment. The research is based on the TAPA global IIS transport-related crime database. Incident frequencies and mean values are analysed primarily with chi-square tests and analyses of variance (ANOVAs). The results are analysed and discussed within a frame of reference consisting of theories from logistics and criminology. The main conclusion is that there is an annual as well as a weekly seasonality of most incident categories, but the patterns vary among incident categories. The results are primarily limited by the content and classification within the TAPA IIS database.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974, et al.
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Supply chain risk analysis and assessment: Cargo theft
- 2016
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Ingår i: Transportation Journal. - : The Pennsylvania State University Press. - 0041-1612 .- 2157-328X. ; 55:4, s. 400-419
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Academic understanding of risk (e.g., numbers, causes, and classifications) is insufficient to enable risk prevention or management. Each risk depends upon its environment and context; thus, for risk managers to prevent or manage risks, they must understand them within a broad context. This paper provides a detailed analysis and assessment of supply chain risks related to cargo theft. The research method is deductive, with the analysis based on the data in the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) transport-related crime database. The results are analyzed and discussed within a frame of reference based on supply chain risk management literature and on the premise that cargo theft risk is a function of both impact and probability. The findings show that practitioners can understand and address cargo theft risks more effectively when they examine the frequency and impact of such theft separately. The paper also concludes that risk and related theft should be considered in the context of criminological theories.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974-, et al.
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The moderating role of transport chain location in cargo theft risk
- 2020
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Ingår i: The TQM Journal. - : Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.. - 1754-2731 .- 1754-274X. ; 32:5, s. 1003-1019
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore cargo theft risk and security for different product types at different locations along a transport chain. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a system-theoretical approach. The research method is deductive, as the analysis is based on secondary data and results from a questionnaire. The results are analysed based on supply chain risk management (SCRM) theories. Findings: Due to substantial interaction effects, the type of product and transport chain location must be considered to determine the correct level of security. Specifically, the product type is more significant, since the general cargo theft risk is higher. Furthermore, the transport industry has three perspectives on security responses to cargo theft, namely, demanded, needed and actual security, which differ depending on the product type and transport chain location. Research limitations/implications: This database is structured according to the global Transported Asset Protection Association organisational structure, which implies that there are three main databases: Europe, Middle East and Africa, Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Practical implications: This study has both research and practical implications, as it examines security within freight transport from three perspectives, linked to general cargo theft risk and goods owners’ requirements. Originality/value: This study addresses the contemporary SCRM problem of cargo theft using actual crime statistics and the industry understanding of required generic security levels. © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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- Ekwall, Daniel, 1974, et al.
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The relation between impact and probability in supply chain risk management
- 2018
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 30th Annual NOFOMA Conference: Relevant Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of the study is to provide a better understanding of cargo theft risk by analyzing the relation between probability and impact for different combinations of incident type and transport chain location type. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a system-theoretical approach, which emphasizes a holistic rather than an atomistic view. The research method used in this paper is deductive; the analysis is based on the data taken from IIS (Incident Information Service), a transport-related crime database of TAPA (Transported Asset Protection Association) EMEA; and the result is analyzed and discussed within a frame of reference based on risk management theories from a supply chain perspective. Findings: The total risk may be the same for either a frequency-intensive risk with low impact or a high-impact risk with low probability, but different combinations of risks require different risk management strategies. As we show in this paper, the general pattern for cargo theft incidents is that a larger impact risk often corresponds with a lower probability risk, as one might expect, but there are also several exceptions to this typical relation. Regressing probability on impact gives an estimated effect of about -0,5 instead of the theoretically expected -1. This implies that focusing on impact risk reduction may be a better risk management strategy in terms of total risk than focusing on probability reduction. Research limitations/implications: This study is based on theoretical deduction using official statistics regarding cargo thefts from a risk management perspective. Its geographical limitation and focus on cargo theft is mainly linked to the limitations of the utilized database, although the frame of reference as well as the general discussion can be utilized in all supply chain risk management issues. Practical implications: The result in this study signals that an impact reducing strategy may reduce the total risk more from cargo theft then a probability focused strategy. This conclusion follows the traditional understanding in risk management that a higher impact is normally more serious than a higher possibility; therefore shall higher impact risks be prioritized before high probability risks. Originality/value: This paper utilize actual crime statistics reported by the industry itself to analyse on supply chain risk management effects by focusing on the two main dimensions in risk management, namely probability and consequences.
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