Förslag på vidare forskning

Studien har kommit fram till betydande insikter beträffande hur en lagerdesign påverkas av artiklar med behov. Eftersom studien baserades på en kvalitativ forskningsstrategi är dess generaliserbarhet begränsad. För att kunna bekräfta studiens slutsats och därmed åstadkomma generaliserbarhet behövs likartade studier genomföras. Vidare skulle det vara intressant om dessa studier genomfördes med hjälp av en kvantitativ forskningsstrategi där olika lagerdesigner kan prövas. På så sätt kan andra lagerhanteringsmetoder visa sig vara mer effektiv än de som föreslås i denna studie. Med hjälp av fortsatta studier går det att konstatera huruvida denna studies insikter faktiskt är valid.

Studiens tidsram har inte möjliggjort en fördjupning inom de organisatoriska problemen som uppstår till följd av en stark tillväxtfas, samt hur dessa bör hanteras. Vidare har studien enbart baserats på ett företag vilket återigen begränsar resultatets generaliserbarhet. Mot denna bakgrund föreslås fortsatta studier inom tillväxtens inverkan på SMF och hur SMF på bästa sätt kan hantera tillväxten. Dock skulle en sådan studie ha ett större fokus på organisationsteori snarare än logistik. Med hjälp av fortsatta studier kan forskningen på ett tydligare sätt redogöra hur SMF bör hantera en stark tillväxtfas.

Referenslista

Agrios, George N. (2005). Plant Pathology. Upplaga 5. Academic Press.

Baker, P. and Canessa, M. (2009). Warehouse design: A structured approach. European

Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 193 (2), pp. 425-436.

Baker, P. and Halim, Z. (2007). An exploration of warehouse automation implementations: cost, service and flexibility issues. Supply Chain Management: An

International Journal, Vol. 12 (2), pp. 129-138.

Bartholdi, J. J., & Hackman, S. T. (2014). Warehouse & Distribution Science: Release

0.96, Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, Atlanta

Barringer, B., Jones, F. and Neubaum, D. (2005). A quantitative content analysis of the characteristics of rapid-growth firms and their founders. Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 20 (5), pp.663-687.

Berg, J. and Zijm, W. (1999). Models for warehouse management: Classification and examples. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 59 (1-3), pp.519-528.

Bodner, D., Govindaraj, T., Karathur, K.N., Zerangue, N.F., McGinnis, L.F., 2002. A process model and support tools for warehouse design. In: Proceedings of the 2002 NSF

Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference.

Bryman, A & Bell, E. (2013). Företagsekonomiska forskningsmetoder. 2. uppl. Stockholm: Liber

De Koster, M.B.M. (1998). Recent developments in warehousing, Working Paper, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

De Koster, R., Le-Duc, T. and Roodbergen, K. (2007). Design and control of warehouse order picking: A literature review. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 182 (2), pp.481-501

Dharmapriya, U. and Kulatunga, A. (2011). New Strategy for Warehouse Optimization – Lean warehousing. In: International Conference on Industrial Engineering and

Operations Management.

De Haan, J., Kisperska-Moroń, D. and Placzek, E. (2007). Logistics management and firm size; a survey among Polish small and medium enterprises. International Journal of

Production Economics, Vol. 108 (1-2), pp.119-126.

Europakommissionen (2016). Användarhandledning om definitionen av SMF-företag. Ref. Ares(2016)956541

<http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/79c0ce87-f4dc-11e6-8a35-

01aa75ed71a1.0018.03/DOC_1> [Hämtad 2018-02-15]

Ferrante, A., Trivellini, A., Scuderi, D., Romano, D. and Vernieri, P. (2015). Post- production physiology and handling of ornamental potted plants. Postharvest Biology

and Technology, Vol. 100, pp. 99-108.

Feindt, S., Jeffcoate, J. och Chappell, C. (2002). Identifying Success Factors for Rapid Growth in SME E-commerce. Small Business Economics, Vol. 19 (1), pp. 51-62

Frazelle, E.H. (2002). World-class Warehousing and Material Handling, McGraw Hill, New York

Flamholtz, E. and Hua, W. (2002). Strategic Organizational Development, Growing Pains and Corporate Financial Performance: European Management Journal, Vol. 20 (5), pp. 527-536.

Gray, A., Karmarkar, U. and Seidmann, A. (1992). Design and operation of an order- consolidation warehouse: Models and application. European Journal of Operational

Research, Vol. 58 (1), pp. 14-36.

Gu, J., Goetschalckx, M. and McGinnis, L. (2007). Research on warehouse operation: A comprehensive review. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 177 (1), pp. 1-21. Gu, J., Goetschalckx, M. and McGinnis, L. (2010). Research on warehouse design and performance evaluation: A comprehensive review. European Journal of Operational

Research, Vol. 203 (3), pp. 539-549.

Hsieh, L. and Tsai, L. (2005). The optimum design of a warehouse system on order picking efficiency. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 28 (5-6), pp. 626-637

Jonsson, P & Mattson, S (2016). Läran om effektiva materialflöden. Upplaga 3. Lund: Studentlitteratur

Kiefer, A. W., and Novack, R. A. (1999). "An Empirical Analysis of Warehouse Measurement Systems in the Context of Supply Chain Implementation". Transportation

Journal, Vol. 38 (3), pp. 18-27

Kisperska-Moron, D. (2002). Small and medium enterprises as parts of supply chains:

their position and power (based on cases of Polish companies). In: Proceedings of the

Kovács, G. and Spens, K. (2005). Abductive reasoning in logistics research. International

Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 35 (2), pp. 132-144.

Lumsden, K (2012). Logistikens Grunder. Upplaga: 3. Lund: Studentlitteratur

Mafini, C. and Omoruyi, O. (2013). Logistics benefits and challenges: The case of SMEs in a South African local municipality. The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship

and Small Business Management, Vol. 6 (1), pp.145.

Muppanimuppant, V. and Adil, G. (2008). Efficient formation of storage classes for warehouse storage location assignment: A simulated annealing approach. Omega, Vol. 36 (4), pp. 609-618.

Mohsen (2002). A framework for the design of warehouse layout. Facilities, Vol. 20 (13/14), pp.432-440.

Nicholls-Nixon, C. (2005). Rapid growth and high performance: The entrepreneur's "impossible dream?". Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 19 (1), pp. 77-89. Petersen, C. and Aase, G. (2004). A comparison of picking, storage, and routing policies in manual order picking. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 92 (1), pp. 11-19.

Petersen, C. (1999). The impact of routing and storage policies on warehouse efficiency.

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 19 (10), pp. 1053-

1064.

Patel, R. & Davidson, B. (2011). Forskningsmetodikens grunder: att planera, genomföra

och rapportera en undersökning. Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Rajeev, N. (2008). Inventory management in small and medium enterprises.

Management Research News, Vol. 31 (9), pp. 659-669.

Roodbergen, K., Vis, I. and Taylor, G. (2014). Simultaneous determination of warehouse layout and control policies. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 53 (11), pp. 3306-3326.

Rouwenhorst, B., Reuter, B., Stockrahm, V., van Houtum, G., Mantel, R. and Zijm, W. (2000). Warehouse design and control: Framework and literature review. European

Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 122 (3), pp. 515-533.

Rushton, A., Croucher, P. and Baker, P. (2006). The handbook of logistics and

distribution management. 3rd Edition, London: Kogan Page

Sprague, L. och Wacker, J. (1996). Macroeconomic analyses of inventories: learning from practice. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 45 (1-3), pp. 231-237.

Starman, T.W., Beach, S.E., Eixmann, K.L., (2007). Postharvest decline symptoms after simulated shipping and during shelf life of 21 cultivars of vegetative annuals.

HortTechnology Vol. 17 (4), 544–551

Tompkins, J. A., White, J.A., Bozer, Y.A. & Tanchoco, J.M.A. (1996). Facilities Planning,

2nd Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons

Tompkins, J. A., White, J.A., Bozer, Y.A. & Tanchoco, J.M.A. (2010). Facilities Planning, 4nd Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sons

Tromp, S., Harkema, H., Rijgersberg, H., Westra, E. and Woltering, E. (2015). Modelling the quality of potted plants after dark storage. Postharvest Biology and Technology, Vol. 103, pp. 9-16.

Voss, C., Tsikriktsis, N. and Frohlich, M. (2002). Case research in operations management. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 22 (2), pp. 195-219.

Waters, C. (2003). Logistics: An Introduction to Supply Chain Management. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bilagor