Impact Analysis of Complexity Drivers in the Supply Chain of Prefabricated Houses

Stroebele, Benjamin S.; Kießling, Andreas

doi:10.5430/jms.v8n1p1

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“…Everything is restricted to what can fit on a truck (Eliwa et al, 2020). Transportation also disturbs the smooth working flow of prefabrication, as difficulties arise from the movement of prefabricated components to prevent storage issues and idle time; fabricated parts need to be delivered only in order to prevent the supply chain from becoming more complex (Stroebele & Kiessling, 2017). Finally, stakeholders need more trust and collaboration because supplier companies typically carry the most risks, and factory follow-ups and performance monitoring are often done improperly.…”

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Overcoming the Barriers Toward Widespread Adoption of Prefabrication: An Approach Involving Emerging Technologies

Nguyen¹,

Pishdad-Bozorgi²

2023

Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)

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Today, prefabricated construction is rapidly expanding due to the development of factoryprefabricated components, fast construction site assembly, and sustainability. Despite the advantages, there are several problems, such as a lack of process standardization, poor communication and coordination, a lack of variety and transportation logistics, and a lack of trust and collaboration among stakeholders. Fortunately, the successful evolution of emerging technologies has facilitated growth in the building sector. By implementing literature reviews, this research aims to understand better the issues disrupting the widespread adoption of prefabricated construction and integrate innovative solutions and approaches to these issues. We will discuss prefabricated construction and its applications within the building sector by (1) comparing it to conventional construction method; (2) investigating the advantages and barriers toward widespread adoption of prefabricated construction; (3) developing an approach for applying advanced technologies in prefabrication, and (4) applying an approach to demonstrate how prefabrication overcomes conventional building issues. Our research suggests that an integrated approach combining advanced technologies during the prefabrication process will help solve the most significant problems that construction projects face, such as productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. Additionally, the integration will provide a promising strategy to transform the construction industry from traditional to industrial.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Overcoming the Barriers Toward Widespread Adoption of Prefabrication: An Approach Involving Emerging Technologies

Nguyen¹,

Pishdad-Bozorgi²

2023

Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)

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“…As a result, researchers have used a variety of modelling methodologies to investigate the SC and improve its performance and long-term viability. Compared to the manufacturing SC, the primary distinction is that the product is assembled onsite, and a more significant portion of the SC is completed during production [52]. Offsite manufacturing helps customise construction elements, resulting in increased efficiency [53].…”

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The Status Quo of Prefabricated Housing: An investigation into New Zealand Construction Sector

Nesarnobari

Shahzad

Jelodar

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The increase of population in large cities of New Zealand (NZ), propelled by the massive number of immigrants after COVID, has caused a shortage in housing supply. Prefabrication has been advocated as a potential solution to this problem. Its uptake in NZ is relatively low despite its benefits. So, building capacity and more capability are essential for the prefabricated housing (PH) supply chain (SC) by identifying obstacles and proposing methods to tackle them. This research aims to assess and map the SC for prefabricated housing projects (PHP) in NZ. The investigations include key industries, trades and skills in this construction system. For this purpose, a comprehensive analytical approach is followed, integrating bibliometric search and qualitative discussion: 1) recent PH research keywords, pros&cons; to identify factors limited PH sector to deliver NZ supply requirements 2) study gaps in PH sector 3) prefabricated construction research directions in the future. Results show lower uptake of prefabrication through SC and knowledge, negative perception, skill shortage, cost and finance, lack of coordination and communication, site operations, design shortage, and lack of design alteration to respond to site. Consequently, various influential factors hindering its uptake were discussed, and identifying the industries, parties and trades involved was performed.

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“…Masood used value stream mapping to explore the value chain of the prefabricated housing process and found eight common wastes in PCP value chain [4]. Stroebele identified the key factors of supply chain management by analyzing value chain of prefabricated houses [17]. In addition, lean thinking has been widely used in PCP supply chain management; Naim and Barlow proposed a conceptual "leagile" supply chain model which integrated lean thinking and agile production in UK customized housing supply chain to achieve technical efficiency and process responsiveness [18].…”

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Evaluating Supplier Management Maturity in Prefabricated Construction Project-Survey Analysis in China

Liu

Zhang

2018

Sustainability

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Prefabrication is considered as a modern method of construction, transferring part of on-site work into factories and generating a new decoupling point in supply chain. Management of prefabricated component (PC) suppliers plays a key role in the performance of prefabricated construction project (PCP). Evaluating and improving supplier management maturity (SMM) become critical issues for large contractors. Previous research on PCP supply chain mainly focused on technology, process and performance aspects, while paying little attention to supplier relationship management. This study proposes an assessment criteria system of supplier management from five dimensions, including procurement process, operation efficiency, relationship coordination and strategy alignment and corporate social responsibility. A maturity grid with five levels is designed to present continuous improvement of supplier management. 34 large PCP construction firms listed in contractor directory were investigated in China through semi-structured interview and questionnaire survey. Independent two-samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance were adopted to explore SMM of different groups according to business scope, procurement method and construction experience. The results indicate that the overall maturity level of supplier management is relatively low, implying that supply activity cannot achieve inter-organization integration. Management on relationship coordination and strategy alignment lag behind procurement management and operation efficiency. Single business contractors have higher SMM than diversified ones. Contractors integrated in engineering, procurement and construction are superior to design-bid-build contractors in supplier management, especially in relationship coordination and strategic alignment. Construction experience is conductive to supplier operation efficiency. Noticeably, there are no statistically significant differences in the performance of corporate social responsibility among different groups. These results will contribute to developing a benchmark framework for contractors to evaluate SMM and achieve continuous improvements in PCP.

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Impact Analysis of Complexity Drivers in the Supply Chain of Prefabricated Houses

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Overcoming the Barriers Toward Widespread Adoption of Prefabrication: An Approach Involving Emerging Technologies

Overcoming the Barriers Toward Widespread Adoption of Prefabrication: An Approach Involving Emerging Technologies

The Status Quo of Prefabricated Housing: An investigation into New Zealand Construction Sector

Evaluating Supplier Management Maturity in Prefabricated Construction Project-Survey Analysis in China

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