ÅTGÄRDER FÖR SÄNKNINGEN AV UNDERHÅLLKOSTNADER FÖR MATERIALTRANSPORTÖRER : En fallstudie på Volvo GTO Powertrain

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to investigate in the possibilities to lower the maintenance cost for material transporters without having an effect on the quality on the environment where there is a variation in quantities and versions of products. To best fulfill the requirement of the purpose of the study, following questions have been defined. 1. Which factors has the greatest effect on the cost of maintenance for the material transporters? 2. Which factor or factors have the biggest impact and how could they be tackled? 3. How can it be solved without binding to much capital? The work with the study has been done with case study at Volvo GTO Powertrain, combined with literature studies. The work with the case study has been with the method DMAIC to achieve the most satisfactory result. The field of literature is within the field of logistics with focus on flows, transports and maintenance. The study has showed the problems causing the high maintenance cost. The costs for a truck set came to an amount of 405313 SEK for the years 2013-2015. To solve the problem with the high maintenance costs, changes in packaging where made to diminish the burden of one of the trucks in the trucks set that have high maintenance costs. Several solutions were also made to improve the situation for the trucks, but there were ergonomical factors involved. Suggestions on which articles and their package solution that are affected by the solution and the effects of these changes on current production have been presented. In regards of the case study sole study object, it is desirable if a similar case studies could be made at another company. The reason lies in the unique assembly line that is elevated and therefore requires custom made trucks. Despite the uniqueness of the assembly line, the framework for continues improvements has been marked out and we strongly recommend further work and researches.