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Inventory management in a customer landscape with diverse requirements on flexibility - A case study at Atria Sweden AB

Fredriksson, Annika LU and Pettersson, Andreas (2019) MIOM05 20191
Production Management
Abstract
Abstract
Title
Inventory management in a customer landscape with diverse requirements on flexibility - A case study at Atria Sweden AB.
Course
Degree Project in Production Management – MIOM01.
Authors
Annika Fredriksson and Andreas Pettersson.
Supervisor
Johan Marklund.
Background and Research Question
Atria Sweden AB manufactures meat products towards both the Swedish and Danish markets. As a result of the different products and customer requirements, Atria applies different manufacturing strategies towards the different products. Atria has access to reliable forecasts and regular orders from the Swedish market, making it possible to manufacture these products towards stock. From the Danish market forecasts are currently... (More)
Abstract
Title
Inventory management in a customer landscape with diverse requirements on flexibility - A case study at Atria Sweden AB.
Course
Degree Project in Production Management – MIOM01.
Authors
Annika Fredriksson and Andreas Pettersson.
Supervisor
Johan Marklund.
Background and Research Question
Atria Sweden AB manufactures meat products towards both the Swedish and Danish markets. As a result of the different products and customer requirements, Atria applies different manufacturing strategies towards the different products. Atria has access to reliable forecasts and regular orders from the Swedish market, making it possible to manufacture these products towards stock. From the Danish market forecasts are currently unreliable and orders are not as frequent when compared to the Swedish market. Therefore, Danish products are manufactured based on customer orders and Atria wants to be flexible enough to satisfy customer demand and achieve targeted service levels. Atria has increased their efforts in information gathering by actively collecting demand data from customers when available to improve their demand forecast. Atria wants to investigate how their processes can be improved to increase overall flexibility to satisfy customer demand.
Methodology
The study has been conducted using an abductive research approach. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative data was collected to analyze the research question. Quantitative data was collected through the database at Atria, this data was complemented with qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews.
Theoretical Framework
This study is based on established scientific literature in the area of inventory management.
Conclusion
This study has shown that flexibility and service levels can be improved for specific products by implementing an (R, Q) – policy. Additionally, the expected service level can be calculated assuming accurate knowledge of the demand. By calculating the fill rate of the gamma distributed demand, the service levels can be estimated.
Keywords
Inventory management, fill rate, gamma distribution, MTS, MTO, (R, Q) – policy, food industry, perishable goods, reorder points, process analysis. (Less)
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author
Fredriksson, Annika LU and Pettersson, Andreas
supervisor
organization
course
MIOM05 20191
year
type
M1 - University Diploma
subject
keywords
Inventory management, fill rate, gamma distribution, MTS, MTO, (R, Q) – policy, food industry, perishable goods, reorder points, process analysis.
language
English
id
8992987
date added to LUP
2019-10-15 14:36:51
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2019-10-15 14:36:51
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  abstract     = {{Abstract
Title 
Inventory management in a customer landscape with diverse requirements on flexibility - A case study at Atria Sweden AB.
Course
Degree Project in Production Management – MIOM01.
Authors
Annika Fredriksson and Andreas Pettersson.
Supervisor
Johan Marklund.
Background and Research Question
Atria Sweden AB manufactures meat products towards both the Swedish and Danish markets. As a result of the different products and customer requirements, Atria applies different manufacturing strategies towards the different products. Atria has access to reliable forecasts and regular orders from the Swedish market, making it possible to manufacture these products towards stock. From the Danish market forecasts are currently unreliable and orders are not as frequent when compared to the Swedish market. Therefore, Danish products are manufactured based on customer orders and Atria wants to be flexible enough to satisfy customer demand and achieve targeted service levels. Atria has increased their efforts in information gathering by actively collecting demand data from customers when available to improve their demand forecast. Atria wants to investigate how their processes can be improved to increase overall flexibility to satisfy customer demand.
Methodology
The study has been conducted using an abductive research approach. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative data was collected to analyze the research question. Quantitative data was collected through the database at Atria, this data was complemented with qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews. 
Theoretical Framework 
This study is based on established scientific literature in the area of inventory management.
Conclusion
This study has shown that flexibility and service levels can be improved for specific products by implementing an (R, Q) – policy. Additionally, the expected service level can be calculated assuming accurate knowledge of the demand. By calculating the fill rate of the gamma distributed demand, the service levels can be estimated. 
Keywords
Inventory management, fill rate, gamma distribution, MTS, MTO, (R, Q) – policy, food industry, perishable goods, reorder points, process analysis.}},
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