A service oriented framework for construction supply chain integration

Cheng, Jack Chin Pang; Law, Kincho H.; Björnsson, Hans C.; Jones, Albert; Sriram, Ram D.

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2009.10.003

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“…However, this ideal coordination has rarely existed among construction project participants. It is even worse that participants are reluctant to share information and their technical knowledge because they believe that the temporary time frame of construction projects often impede the establishment of trust (Cheng et al, 2010). Thus, it is observed that this key barrier with lack of commitment for sharing and communication has lead to a high level of poor coordination in terms of conflict and disputes.…”

Section: Temporary Construction Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conceptual Study of Key Barriers in Construction Project Coordination

Hai¹,

Yusof²,

Ismail³

et al. 2012

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The complexity of the nature of construction makes it one of the most adverse businesses that has ever existed. Construction projects have often suffered from high fragmentation, large waste, poor productivity, cost and time overruns, and conflicts and disputes for a long time. Thus, many new and innovative management and procurement systems in construction are introduced such as partnering, joint venture, alliances, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning (ERP), just in time (JIT), and total quality management (TQM) to meet these challenges. However, these construction management and procurement systems are meaningless without coordination, a vital managerial principle and activity, which provides the best cooperation among team members. Although coordination plays crucial functions throughout the building process especially during the design and construction stages, some failures in construction projects adopting coordination principles are still observed. Hence, a study is carried out to investigate the key barriers of coordination in construction project. Through the literature review, five groups of key barriers are established in this paper, including the nature of construction, traditional contractual arrangement, construction participants, characteristic of organization and construction management approach. The investigation of these key barriers is expected to assist the construction players in coordinating their projects towards a better implementation of the innovative management and procurement systems. Lastly, worthwhile new research topics are suggested by this paper in developing the coordination key performance indicator (KPI) and critical success factor on construction project for further studies.

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Section: Temporary Construction Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conceptual Study of Key Barriers in Construction Project Coordination

Hai¹,

Yusof²,

Ismail³

et al. 2012

JOMS

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“…The back-end ERP systems used by supply chain firms are often configured and customized to the specific needs of firms which make integration with external systems a complex activity; especially when implementation involves multiple supply chain partners (Cheng et al, 2010). This results in significant amount of efforts to be spent on mapping, transformation, and translation of data (Samtani, 2002).…”

Section: Implementation Of Commercial Information Exchange By Aec Firmsmentioning

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Implementing commercial information exchange: a construction supply chain case study

Pala

Edum‐Fotwe

Ruikar

et al. 2016

Construction Management and Economics

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The concept of electronic trading (e-trading) has transformed supply chain interactions in many industries, yet little research explored its implementation by Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) supply chain firms. E-trading relies on commercial information exchange by supply chain partners which is generally adopted through intermediary technology partners (Hub Providers) to facilitate the accurate and timely communication of transactional data between buyers and supplier. A case study was conducted to explore the challenges and barriers to implementation of cross-firm commercial information exchange. The study primarily involved investigation of the interfaces between software development and organizational functions assisting with the electronic exchange of commercial information (eCIX) implementation. Findings from the case study show that implementation of commercial information exchange is not an easy task with several themes of factors to be considered during delivery of such projects, namely technical, coordination, integration and organizational. The study contributes to the knowledge and deployment of e-trading solutions within the context of AEC firms, and should be of interest to the practitioners contemplating similar projects.

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“…Although there are different ICT technologies available to enable transaction, information exchange and collaboration between firms (such as Electronic Data Interchange, Project Extranets and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems) (Anumba and Ruikar, 2008;Cheng, 2009;Hadaya and Pellerin, 2010) there is scarcity of empirical research that examines contractor firms' use of any particular ICT facilitated relationship management technologies to provide them with assistance during and after the supplier selection process. What is most intensely talked about and used are web-based inter-firm collaboration technologies which are beginning to encapsulate different forms of interaction (such as tendering, procurement, design, project planning, and project management) within a common collaboration platform (Anumba and Ruikar, 2008).…”

Section: Series Of Transactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example as relationships progress towards LTSP the characteristics of each relationship type increase in terms of longevity, volume, complexity, integration and strategic importance. In other words as relationships gain more dimensions in terms of activities, actors and resources, the magnitude of the ICT-based relationship management required to embrace these dimensions also increase (Håkansson and Snehota, 1995;Cheng, 2009).…”

Section: Series Of Transactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contractor practices for managing extended supply chain tiers

Pala

Edum‐Fotwe

Ruikar

et al. 2014

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how contractor firms manage their relationships with extended supply chain tiers and investigate the range of ICT technologies used to facilitate such practices. Design/methodology/approach – An on-line questionnaire survey was conducted to gather information about supply chain management operations, supplier relationship management and the ICT technologies used by contractor firms to manage their extended supply chain tiers. Findings – The extended supply chain relationships of contractor firms are primarily composed of contractual, technical and financial entities, but findings suggest that the vision to consider extended supply chain firms when selecting suppliers are still myopic. Majority of ICT technologies are used between Tier 1 supply chain firms and there is an inconsistency in the number of technologies adopted with the extended supply chain tiers. Despite having a high involvement relationship with Tier 2 downstream firms, findings indicate a lack of use of ICT technologies to manage the organisational, personal and technological interactions with these firms. Research limitations/implications – On the basis of different relationship types this study develops an initial framework for management of supply chains that are facilitated by relevant ICT technologies. Originality/value – This paper provides insights into the management of extended supply chain firms by contractor firms from a relationship-centric perspective and develops an initial framework for relationship-centric supply chain management.

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A service oriented framework for construction supply chain integration

Cited by 182 publications

References 32 publications

A Conceptual Study of Key Barriers in Construction Project Coordination

A Conceptual Study of Key Barriers in Construction Project Coordination

Implementing commercial information exchange: a construction supply chain case study

Contractor practices for managing extended supply chain tiers

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