Utvecklingsmöjligheter för kvalitetsarbetet på LKAB

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this master’s thesis is to help the chosen organizations’, Luossavaara Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB), quality workers with at least one proposal on work procedures, as well as a plan to implement the procedure and a plan on how to do the follow up. The proposals shall take form with the support of relevant theories, previous research and the needs and desires of the quality workers’ most important customers. A survey was sent to the quality workers most important customers, co-workers within the organization and more specific managers and leaders within the production, and five deeper interviews was conducted with individuals from the same group, to establish a present state, perceived problems and a desired state. Next, the results of the mapping were put in a GAP-analysis to clarify where improvements need to be done. Three gaps were found: ·      Make the quality workers more visible ·      Clarify the quality workers’ role ·      Education From this basis, more concrete actions that could bridge the gaps and get more customer satisfaction was discussed between the authors of this thesis. From that brain storming, and with the support of previous research and relevant theories, came the result and the proposed actions. These are more quality workers, to allocate personnel within the organization, a common process and Quality days. None of the actions rule out the others and a combination can be for the best.