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    Dimensioneringsanalys av säkerhetslager under stora variationer i efterfrågan
    (2015-10-02) Borregaard, Benjamin; Kauppinen, Janne; University of Gothenburg/Department of Business Administration; Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen
    This Bachelor thesis was conducted in order to investigate a matter concerning inventory management at Volvo Car Corporation in Torslanda, Sweden. Specifically, what has been investigated is how variations in demand of spare parts affect the size of the safety stock of the firm’s local distribution center in Russia, as opinions within the firm have raised the question of the safety stocks used eventually being too high. Further on, the aim of the study has been to evaluate the implications of lowering the safety stock in terms of the number of weekly forecasted quantities that the safety stock is set to represent. The practical methodology of the study has been carried out in connection to the facilities of Volvo Car Corporation and the theoretical framework has been built in connection to the School of Business, Economics and Commercial Law. Using quantitative methods on data for 25 articles, re-creations of the historical safety stocks used during the analysed period have been performed. What has been found is that the safety stocks have amounted high quantities. These safety stocks have not been used during the greater part of the period, yet with shorter periods of high demand having excessive effects on inventory service levels. Conclusions and discussions from the study involve exempli gratia smoothing of demand levels, problems related to the used definition for service level measurement and above all the forecast model being harmfully affected by the high variations in demand.
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    The Performativity of Performance Management Systems A qualitative study on how performance management systems are translated within the Swedish energy sector.
    (2017-07-04) Borregaard, Benjamin; Magableh, Hamzeh; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
    This aim of this thesis is to develop an understanding of how the idea of performance management and performance management systems are utilized within the Swedish energy sector. The purpose of the study is to gain an understanding of why performance management is developed, used, and came to its realization within the companies we analyzed. In addition, we wanted to understand how the idea of performance management systems is interpreted by the various actors to take different directions than the ones that were initially intended. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach by conducting sixteen interviews in four Swedish energy companies. The collected data was analyzed in relation to previous social science studies in the field of actor network theory (ANT). This approach was taken in order to understand how performance management systems are developed and used to correspond to the companies operations and business needs. Our conclusion will demonstrate that the concept of performance management among organizations is more than just a set of tools and components, it is a consequence of how different actors interpret these tools and components to serve their own interests within the different contexts. This thesis will provide a better understanding of how performance management systems are translated to serve various business interests. Our conclusion may inspire future researchers to focus on the concept of performance management systems from a translation perspective rather a diffusion perspective.