A Discrete Event Simulation-Based Analysis of Precast Concrete Supply Chain Strategies Considering Suppliers’ Production and Transportation CapabilitiesShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: ICCREM 2019: Innovative Construction Project Management and Construction Industrialization: Proceedings of the International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2019 / [ed] Yaowu Wang; Mohamed Al-Hussein; Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019, p. 12-24Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The production and transportation capabilities of a precast concrete (PC) component supplier have great impact on the construction of a PC building project. In China, the production and transportation capabilities of different PC suppliers can vary greatly, which will influence contractors’ selection of PC supply chain strategies. However, previous studies often considered the capabilities of PC suppliers to be ideal and failed to compare different PC supply chain strategies under different levels of suppliers capabilities. This study collects detailed data from a PC building project and uses discrete event simulation (DES) to compare different supply chain strategies under different production and transportation capability levels of PC suppliers. Construction duration, construction cost, and greenhouse gas emissions are selected as indicators to compare three different supply chain strategies: just-in-time, on-site storage, and off-site storage. The strengths and weaknesses of each strategy under different capabilities of PC suppliers are found. The results provides guidance for contractors in selecting supply chain strategies when considering PC suppliers’ production and transportation capabilities.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019. p. 12-24
National Category
Construction Management
Research subject
Construction Management and Building Technology; Building Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86166DOI: 10.1061/9780784482308.002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85072941071OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-86166DiVA, id: diva2:1575802
Conference
International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management (ICCREM 2019), Banff, Canada, May 21-24, 2019
Funder
Swedish Research Council FormasThe Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT)
Note
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-0-7844-8230-8;
Finansiär: National key research and development Program of China (2016YFC0701904)
2021-06-302021-06-302024-12-03Bibliographically approved