Carl Wänström

2026

Designing managerial work in production: front-line managers' job crafting

Decision‑making in hospital‑wide patient flow: a multiple‑case study of leading academic hospitals

How a lean learning system can improve operators' work performance and well-being in a production setting

Operators’ Work Situation in Volvo Uddevalla

PARTICULARIZATION: A KEY ISSUE IN DESIGN SCIENCE RESEARCH

Introduction and Operation of AGV Systems – Managing interactions between humans, technology, and work organization

Developing lean leaders through action learning

Assembly job redesign behaviours: a mixed methods study

2023

Challenges in introducing automated guided vehicles in a production facility–interactions between human, technology, and organisation

Front-line managers' opportunities to create a learning environment

2023

Solutions for improved hospital-wide patient flows – a qualitative interview study of leading healthcare providers

2022

When patients get stuck: A systematic literature review on throughput barriers in hospital-wide patient processes

2022

Continuous Improvement Processes and Learning Climate as Antecedents for Learning and Motivation in Production Teams

Workplace context affects leadership of first-line managers in production

2020

Operators’ work situation - a key to successful lean organizations

Process theory applied at a surgery unit

Towards differentiated information sharing in supplier relations: Contextual considerations of information utilisation

A structured procedure for materials planning during production transfer

Assuring materials availability during the production transfer process – Critical characteristics of the materials planning environment

Manufacturing and supply chain flexibility - Towards a tool to analyse production network coordination at operational level

Factors impacting manual picking on assembly lines: An experiment in the automotive industry

Sustainability and cost efficiency in Supply Chains

PRODUCTION NETWORK FLEXIBILITY: THE KEY TO PRODUCTION NETWORK COORDINATION

Selection of packaging systems in supply chains from a sustainability perspective - the case of Volvo

Trajectories for successful lean transformations: Case studies of four Swedish SMEs

Swedish Production System (SwePS) – ett kompetenslyft för fordonsindustrin inom Lean Produktion

Manufacturing flexibility and Materials Supply Systems

Delivery plan quality deficiencies and the efficiency of manufacturing planning and control

Materials planning activities during production transfer and start-up

Designing a pull oriented material planning system - human, technical and organizational considerations

PRODUCTION NETWORK FLEXIBILITY

Materials flow mapping: a tool for describing and assessing performance of material flows in supply chains

An evaluation model for sustainable packaging systems in supply chains - the case of Volvo

Impact of materials exposure on assembly workstation performance

The impact of outsourcing on materials planning

The impact of materials feeding design on assembly process performance

Slutrapport för projektet Swedish Production System (SwePS) inom VINNOVAs forskningsprogram MERA

Assessing information quality in manufacturing planning and control processes

Factors impacting manual picking at assembly lines - an experiment in the automotive industry

Requirements in the value stream - Between materials supply- and assembly processes

The impact of materials exposure on the conditions at the workstation

The impact of engineering change on materials planning

Materials planning strategy impact on phase-out performance - a case study in the automotove industry

Materials Planning in Engineering Change Situations

Creating a model to facilitate the allocation of materials planning resources in engineering change situations

The Impact of material feeding on assembly systems performance - a comparative study between Japan and Sweden’

Adjusting the Materials Planning Strategy to the Phase-in and Phase-out situation

Anpassning av materialplaneringsstrategin till in- och utfasningssituationen

A Simulation Study of the Demand Impact on the Phase-out Performances

Assessing the Information Quality in the Materials Phase-in and Phase-out Process

Engineering Change in the Supply Chain

Assessing the Information Quality in the Materials Phase-in and Phase-our Process

Engineering change from a materials planning perspective

Engineering Change in the Supply Chain

Engineering Change from a Logistics Perspective