A Conceptual Development Framework for Prefabricated Construction Supply Chain Management: An Integrated Overview

Abstract

Prefabricated construction (PC), with the characteristics of green, environmentally friendly, energy saving and high production efficiency, is attracting more and more attention from all over the world. Supply chain management is closely related to the application efficiency of PC, but only in the last three years has this interdisciplinary research received due attention. The prefabricated construction supply chain management (PCSCM) have not received enough attention. Especially recently, the related literature shows explosive growth. This paper adopted the method of systematic literature review through the tool of bibliometric statistics. And we reviewed 152 articles from 2001 to 2018, with the goal of understanding the current situation, trends, and gaps in PCSCM research, and a framework is proposed to promote its development. First, the study discussed the four themes of clustering, concentrating mainly on strategic research and project evaluation, PC supply chain process design and optimization, supply chain integration and management, and the application of advanced technology. Then, the research gaps and conceptual development framework to promote PCSCM were reported. Only through the coordinated development of technology, market circumstances, and decision-making level of participants, can the PCSC form an integrated whole, so as to optimize the efficiency and sustainability of prefabricated construction industry and improve its level.

Quantitative Analysis of Sustainable Use of Construction Materials for Supply Chain Integration and Construction Industry Performance through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

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Development and Performance Assessment of Prefabricated Insulation Elements for Deep Energy Renovation of Apartment Buildings

“…Energies 2020, 13, x FOR PEER REVIEW 3 of 20 awareness and commitment) and designers (i.e., managing properly the design and construction process in order to guarantee the expected performance and targets set) [33,34]. The literature review and described hereinbefore projects reveal that many development programs have focused primarily on energy and cost-effectiveness with a commitment to develop state-of-the-art implementation of prefabricated insulation elements for deep energy renovation.…”

“…An innovative method of renovation is the application of prefabricated renovation elements, which has the potential to reduce costs and renovation time, lower disturbance for inhabitants, and enhance quality and performance in terms of energy efficiency and indoor climate [30][31][32]. The recent research on technical, financial and social barriers and challenges in deep renovation of buildings points out that the main barriers are not related to specific technical problems but are due to insufficient deep renovation and nZEB knowledge, in the case of both building owners (i.e., awareness and commitment) and designers (i.e., managing properly the design and construction process in order to guarantee the expected performance and targets set) [33,34].…”

Review of Construction Supply Chain Optimization Papers for Performance Improvement

“…To review the CSC optimization papers, a benchmark or refrence list of exhastuive SC processes was required to evaluate review papers against those processes.(Y. Liu, Dong, & Shen, 2020) and (Phuoc Luong Le et al, 2020) identified the CSC levels, phases and processes in a very comprehensive manner is presented in table 1. These processes is taken as benchmark and review of CSC optimization papers is carried out based on these processes in this study.…”