MASTER'STHESI S

2006:331 CIV ISSN: 1402-1617 - ISRN: LTU-EX-06/331- SE

A Flow Cost Model

- a case study at Volvo Trucks Corporation

Sandra Bengtsson Teres Sjblom

Lule University of Technology MSc Programmes in Engineering Mechanical Engineering Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences Division of Industrial Logistics

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PREFACE

PREFACE
This masters thesis has been conducted within the area of Industrial Logistics and Production at Lule University of Technology. The thesis is the final part in our university degree MSc in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management and Engineering. It was carried out during the period from April to September 2006 at Volvo Trucks in Gothenburg. Fulfilling this study was made possible thanks to the support from a range of people that we would like to thank. We wish the biggest thanks to our supervisors at Volvo Trucks in Gothenburg, Karin Sandberg and Jan-Olof Sj for all help and support during this study. We would also like to show our gratitude to our supervisor at Lule University of Technology, Anders Srqvist, for his support and theoretical knowledge. Furthermore, we would like to thank the personnel at the department of Production Engineering Logistics as well as the respondent for patiently answering our questions. Without your help this masters thesis would not have been possible to complete. Gothenburg, September 2006

Sandra Bengtsson

Teres Sjblom