Utformning av ett materialflödessystem anpassat för HSP-Gripens produktion

Sammanfattning: Like many small-time companies there is a need to improve the flow of materials at HSP-Gripen AB. The company develops and manufactures hydraulic-powered grapples for the machine- and forest industry. By mapping the material flow in the current production and gathering necessary data, suggestions on how different parts of the production could be controlled is presented in this dissertation. This has been achieved by the study of relevant scientific literature. The suggested ways of controlling the production consist of 2-bin systems, hybrid material flow system as well as a cyclic product-planning. In the later part of this dissertation it is discussed how reliable the calculated bin-size is, the need for the suggested production system to have a headstart and the fact that 90 percent of the grapple models are handled in this dissertation.