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Production Management and Industrial Systems

Research in the unit of Production Management and Industrial Systems address issues at different levels of the production organisation and decision making structure, improving preconditions for more efficient development and operations of lean and green production systems.

About the research

This research is conducted in close collaboration with manufacturing companies and their development of production systems, and involves identifying development processes and various influencing factors. In a number of research projects together with companies and other production researchers, new production systems and methods to increase the efficiency of production have been studied.

Research Areas

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Circular Manufacturing Systems

The Circular Manufacturing Systems group works on the forefront of Circular Economy and tackles important research topics such as the complex assesment of circularity, the impacts on the Sustainability Development Goals, and the requirements for effective transition enabling change.

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Production Management

Addressing issues at different levels of the production organisation and decision making structure, improving preconditions for more efficient development and operations of lean and green production systems.

Unit Head

Johan Kristoffersson
Johan Kristoffersson Unit Head of Production management and industrial systems