Optimering av emballage för bänkskivor: En undersökning om utformning av emballage förbänkskivor till Elgiganten logistik.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Optimization of packaging for worktops (English)
Abstract [en]
How companies choose to distribute their products is becoming increasingly importantin an ever-evolving market. Today, Elgiganten logistics is one of the leading departmentstore chains in Sweden with a wide range of home electronics, white goods and entirekitchens. The electrical giant strives to improve its current way of distributing kitchencountertops to the distribution center and then on to the end customer. The problemunderlying the study is that Elgiganten distributes its kitchen worktops in packagingthat is far too large for the worktop. This leads to unused space in the truck thatdistributes the goods to the distribution center. The reason the company uses thismethod of distribution is to ensure that the countertop reaches the distribution centerwithout damage.The purpose of the study is to improve the handling of kitchen worktops of differentsizes, which can save the company resources. The thesis has been carried out atElgiganten's warehouse in Torsvik. All empirical evidence has been collected in thewarehouse in the form of interviews, observations and literature studies. In order to getan overall picture of Elgiganten's operations in Torsvik, a current situation mapping hasbeen carried out. A flow analysis of Elgiganten's three main suppliers for worktops withpackaging has been carried out, where the suppliers' different ways of distributingworktops with packaging have been identified. Based on the collected data as well ashelp from relevant methods and theories, action proposals have been designed whichcan give the company better opportunities to handle worktops with packaging. Thesuggested measures that have been given have included a new design for the packagingfor worktops, suggestions for how the degree of filling in the packaging can beincreased and changing the material on the packaging to reduce waste.Finally, there is a discussion about conclusions and recommendations, implications aswell as further research and work for the company.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 36
Keywords [sv]
Lean, Design, Fyllnadsgrad, Emballage
National Category
Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-61662ISRN: JU-JTH-MTA-1-20230327OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-61662DiVA, id: diva2:1775906
External cooperation
Elgiganten AB
Subject / course
JTH, Mechanical Engineering
Supervisors
Examiners
2023-06-272023-06-272023-06-27Bibliographically approved