Development of the flow of packing in Bluefors Oy: Standardizing packing materials
Hemming, Iida (2020)
Hemming, Iida
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020052613633
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020052613633
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Bluefors Oy is the world’s leading manufacturer of ultra-low temperature dilution refrigerators. For a manufacturing company, such as Bluefors, processes are the key to success. The lack of them, or having inoperative ones, is therefore, the key to wasting both time and money. Since the company in question has been rapidly growing to its current magnitude, the processes have not been able to keep up with the pace. Thereby, the need for improvement was obvious. The logistics department managers decided to begin the development from the packing process, which then led to research in the form of a thesis work. The main goal was to develop the flow of packing in Bluefors by standardizing the packing materials and clarifying the packing process.
Qualitative research methods were used, and with the help of interviews, questionnaire, observations and theoretical research on the upcoming issues, a clear picture of the current situation and its challenges was formed. The results and conclusions of the study were focused on two aspects: standardizing and optimizing the packing materials and creating a working process with the help of Lean methods. Implementing these methods was deemed to make the packaging easier for the operators, up to 75% faster to perform, and therefore, overall more cost-effective for the company.
The results gotten are mainly suitable for any manufacturing company that wants to develop its processes with the help of optimization, standardization and Lean process development methods. Further development is also possible based on the results, but the company must first create and practically implement an applicable basic process for packaging before it can be developed further.
Qualitative research methods were used, and with the help of interviews, questionnaire, observations and theoretical research on the upcoming issues, a clear picture of the current situation and its challenges was formed. The results and conclusions of the study were focused on two aspects: standardizing and optimizing the packing materials and creating a working process with the help of Lean methods. Implementing these methods was deemed to make the packaging easier for the operators, up to 75% faster to perform, and therefore, overall more cost-effective for the company.
The results gotten are mainly suitable for any manufacturing company that wants to develop its processes with the help of optimization, standardization and Lean process development methods. Further development is also possible based on the results, but the company must first create and practically implement an applicable basic process for packaging before it can be developed further.