Pandemin och den militära konfliktens påverkan på en monteringsverksamhet : Materialförsörjning, produktion och leveransförmåga till kund

Sammanfattning: The pandemic (Covid-19) has since the beginning of 2020 caused major changes for many different companies. To minimize the spread of the virus several different measures have been implemented by local authorities. Additionally, a military conflict occurred between Russia and Ukraine in the early 2022, it has caused sanctions and led to many consequences including deterioration in the supply of raw materials. This study investigates a case company that assembles trucks for sewer cleaning in purpose to identify how the consequences of the pandemic and military conflict have affected its material supply, production, and delivery capacity to customers. The purpose is also to examine how the consequences can be managed to maintain an efficient business.  The study is based on an abductive research approach and the data collection was mainly based on semi- and unstructured interviews. The collected data from the interviews has then been analyzed with relevant theories.  During the pandemic the case company was affected by delivery delays, which further caused disruptions in production and a poor delivery capacity to customers. Similar outcomes are caused by the military conflict, the delivery from suppliers have deteriorated and continued to affect the production capacity of the case company, which is expected to decrease the delivery precision to customers. These consequences have caused the need of other methods than Just-in-time (JIT) to be applied during crisis, and a different view of tied up capital is also required. Measures to reduce the impacts of the pandemic have involved larger safety stocks, standardization, and innovation by building on support frames.   The study concludes that a resilient supply chain and innovative thinking can reduce the consequences of a pandemic and a military conflict, these are some of the theoretical contributions presented by the study. Further studies are proposed for similar industries to enhance generalizability.