Management of procured components
Liiri, Niko (2020)
2020
Automaatiotekniikan DI-tutkinto-ohjelma - Degree Programme in Automation Engineering, MSc (Tech)
Tekniikan ja luonnontieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2020-05-15
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202004304766
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202004304766
Tiivistelmä
Many companies produce custom products by combining own manufactured and subcontracted components. Knowledge of the used components is required to be able to provide product life cycle management for these products. This thesis aimed to find a solution for managing the subcontracted components and develop an example solution as proof of concept.
The research was conducted as a case study on a company designing and manufacturing products conducted of own manufactured and subcontracted components. The case study was performed by interviewing the personnel of the company. The aim of these interviews was to find the requirements that the company has for the component management solution. The interviews were conducted as unstructured interviews. The results of the interviews were reflect-ed against the existing research to identify the best practices.
As a result of the interviews it was identified that the company uses two different methods for procurement of the components. For example, the selection of the suitable manual valves is set as suppliers’ responsibility. Some of the challenges found were the supplier’s reluctance to provide detailed information of the components. One of the reasons behind this is that sup-pliers are often only retailers of the components and thus try to prevent their customer from buying directly from the manufacturer in the future.
A solution based on the identified aspects was developed as the second result of the re-search. The solution is based on two different types of items. The first type is based on the properties defined by the engineer. This item type could be utilized in the procurement of the manual valves and piping components. With manual valves the items should however be re-placed with manufacturer type specific components.
The research was conducted as a case study on a company designing and manufacturing products conducted of own manufactured and subcontracted components. The case study was performed by interviewing the personnel of the company. The aim of these interviews was to find the requirements that the company has for the component management solution. The interviews were conducted as unstructured interviews. The results of the interviews were reflect-ed against the existing research to identify the best practices.
As a result of the interviews it was identified that the company uses two different methods for procurement of the components. For example, the selection of the suitable manual valves is set as suppliers’ responsibility. Some of the challenges found were the supplier’s reluctance to provide detailed information of the components. One of the reasons behind this is that sup-pliers are often only retailers of the components and thus try to prevent their customer from buying directly from the manufacturer in the future.
A solution based on the identified aspects was developed as the second result of the re-search. The solution is based on two different types of items. The first type is based on the properties defined by the engineer. This item type could be utilized in the procurement of the manual valves and piping components. With manual valves the items should however be re-placed with manufacturer type specific components.