Mirka Kans

Associate Professor at Supply and Operations Management

Mirka is a Associate Professor at the Division of Supply and Operations Management. The research is focused on circular strategies and sustainable production, asset and maintenance management as well as industry automation and digitalization. This includes topics such as predictive maintenance, digital tools to achieve data-driven maintenance and efficient decision-making, digital maturity and digital transformation, and Industry 4.0/5.0, both for industrial systems and infrastructure. Information modelling, business modelling and ecosystem modelling are some of the tools used. Mirka is also interested in educational and competence development.

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Showing 11 publications

2024

Circular Strategies in the Swedish Furniture Industry – A Business Modelling Approach

Mirka Kans, Chamirangika Madushani Hetti Arachchige, Dan Paulin
Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering. Vol. 52, p. 552-563
Paper in proceeding
2024

Digital capabilities driving industry 4.0 and 5.0 transformation: Insights from an interview study in the maintenance domain

Mirka Kans, Jaime Campos
Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. Vol. 10 (4)
Journal article
2023

Mapping of the conditions for efficient remanufacturing of furniture used in public environments

Malin Löfving, Steffen Landscheidt, Mirka Kans et al
Other conference contribution
2023

Mapping Maintenance Related Information Using the MIMOSA CRIS Standard: A Case Study Within Gravel Road Maintenance

Mirka Kans, Jaime Campos
Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, p. 688-696
Paper in proceeding
2023

Development and validation of a model for Quality 4.0 maturity assessment and implementation

Mirka Kans, Simon Stockhem, Pierre Karlsson
Other conference contribution
2022

The development of a cloud-based information system for gravel road maintenance

Mirka Kans, Jaime Campos, Lars Håkansson
International Journal of COMADEM. Vol. 25 (2), p. 31-38
Journal article
2022

Information Needs of Gravel Road Stakeholders

Nada Abbas, Mirka Kans
Infrastructures. Vol. 7 (12)
Journal article
2021

Service-based business models in the Swedish railway industry

Mirka Kans, Anders Ingwald
Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. Vol. 29 (5), p. 68-87
Journal article

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Showing 4 research projects

2024–2025

Sustainable, robust and resource-efficient sawmill industry with dynamic maintenance (READY)

Mirka Kans Supply and Operations Management
Anders Skoogh Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Automation, Design along with Shipping and Marine Engineering
VINNOVA

2023–2028

Strategies for increased circularity in the wood processing industry (CirkuTrä)

Mirka Kans Supply and Operations Management
Dan Paulin Supply and Operations Management
Peter Almström Supply and Operations Management
Chamirangika Madushani Hetti Arachchige Supply and Operations Management
Kamprad Family Foundation

2023–2026

Efficient remanufacturing of furniture used in public environments (RE:Furn)

Mirka Kans Supply and Operations Management
Peter Almström Supply and Operations Management
Vinnova, Formas, Energimyndigheten

2022–2023

Mapping of the conditions for efficient remanufacturing of furniture used in public environments

Mirka Kans Supply and Operations Management
Peter Almström Supply and Operations Management
Swedish Energy Agency

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