The importance of pipe tracking operation at Wasco Coatings Finland : ways to improve the eficiency during tracking operation
Anita, Aranyász (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019101119873
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019101119873
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Tracking of items, shipments, and everyday commodities are getting more and more important in these days. Business environments include tracking and tracing operations to bring competitive advantages in planning, execution, and coordination of the whole business process.
The purpose of the following research was threefold: first, to find out the importance of pipe tracking in the company and understand the main theory which is to have a constant link between the information system and the physical reality. Second, to investigate what kind of methods and practices could help to create more accurate and effective mapping and tracking operations and third, to propose a solution for the research problem which was the missing pipe verification.
The thesis used both primary and secondary data collection methods in order to meet the thesis objectives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty field specialists to promote the creditability of the collected data. The outcome of the research showed that tracking as the operation is an essential part of Wasco`s overall business environment. Eventually, the majority of the respondents stated that Wasco has a good tracking operation in place, however, more automation and newer technologies are required in order to promote quicker, effective and more reliable tracking activities.
The findings of the research served as a strong base for the recommendation part. The implementations of GPS reach stacker tracking; automatic pipe scanning and automatic pipe positioning can achieve more solid tracking and tracing operations. Considerably, further research and investigation will be required, as the current research met with several limitations. Lack of time and physical implementation of the recommended tracking practices had not been performed during this thesis work. The objective of the further research process could investigate if the recommended tracking innovations could achieve an extra competitive advantage for the company. Moreover, it could contain the detailed documentation of the piloting process of the new tracking methods
The purpose of the following research was threefold: first, to find out the importance of pipe tracking in the company and understand the main theory which is to have a constant link between the information system and the physical reality. Second, to investigate what kind of methods and practices could help to create more accurate and effective mapping and tracking operations and third, to propose a solution for the research problem which was the missing pipe verification.
The thesis used both primary and secondary data collection methods in order to meet the thesis objectives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty field specialists to promote the creditability of the collected data. The outcome of the research showed that tracking as the operation is an essential part of Wasco`s overall business environment. Eventually, the majority of the respondents stated that Wasco has a good tracking operation in place, however, more automation and newer technologies are required in order to promote quicker, effective and more reliable tracking activities.
The findings of the research served as a strong base for the recommendation part. The implementations of GPS reach stacker tracking; automatic pipe scanning and automatic pipe positioning can achieve more solid tracking and tracing operations. Considerably, further research and investigation will be required, as the current research met with several limitations. Lack of time and physical implementation of the recommended tracking practices had not been performed during this thesis work. The objective of the further research process could investigate if the recommended tracking innovations could achieve an extra competitive advantage for the company. Moreover, it could contain the detailed documentation of the piloting process of the new tracking methods