Lean Methodologies and Techniques for Modular Construction: Chronological and Critical Review

Innella, Filomena; Arashpour, Mehrdad; Bai, Yu

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001712

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“…Through a literature review, the former has identified key success factors to integrate JIT in Malaysian MiC projects, while the latter has identified CFs for the successful application JIT to overcome transportation and delivery challenges of MiC. These results are justifiable due to the relatively new advent of MiC to the construction industry and the lack of awareness of JIT, as a lean tool, in the construction field ( Innella et al, 2019 ). Also, this preliminary search indicates that the statistical meta-analysis approach has not been used before to prioritize CFs to apply JIT in either MiC or the traditional construction.…”

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“…Examples of alternative keywords of “modular construction” include “prefabricated/precast”, “industrialized construction”, “Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction” and “off-site construction”. These keywords have been used to search for relevant papers in multiple review papers on MiC such as critical risk factors ( Wuni et al, 2019 ); critical success factors ( Wuni and Shen, 2019 ); lean techniques ( Innella et al, 2019 ); supply chain vulnerabilities ( Ekanayake et al, 2020 ); and adoption barriers ( Wuni and Shen, 2020a ). The second strategy is a manual search method called snowballing search strategy ( Wohlin, 2014 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many review papers have been published on MiC-related topics. Some of these topics include life cycle performance ( Kamali and Hewage, 2016 ), sustainable design ( Sonego et al, 2018 ), scientometric review analysis of MiC studies ( Jin et al, 2018 ), critical risk factors ( Wuni et al, 2019 ), critical success factors ( Wuni and Shen, 2019 ), lean techniques ( Innella et al, 2019 ), supply chain vulnerabilities ( Ekanayake et al, 2020 ), and adoption barriers ( Wuni and Shen, 2020a ). However, the literature still lacks a systematic review of the CFs for implementing JIT in MiC.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Critical factors for successful implementation of just-in-time concept in modular integrated construction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hussein

Zayed

2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Modular integrated construction (MiC) is a revolutionary construction method. However, the logistics management of MiC has always been a major barrier to the wider adoption of MiC. Nonetheless, this challenge can be tackled by the application of lean techniques, namely, just-in-time (JIT). Numerous studies have identified and evaluated the critical factors (CFs) required to implement JIT; however, there is no consensus among the previous studies on these CFs and their level of importance. Therefore, this research, for the first time, provides a systematic review and meta-analysis of these CFs. The systematic review identifies 42 CFs. To further provide a synthesis analysis of previous studies, a meta-analysis approach is used. This analysis is conducted on the identified CFs to evaluate their importance level and hence rank them. The results indicate that all the 42 CFs are important for applying JIT, of which seven are highly significant for successfully implementing JIT in MiC. Although the ranking obtained by meta-analysis is much more reliable than that provided in the individual studies, however, there is still a high heterogeneity in the results, which depicts the uncertain nature of the construction field. Therefore, sub-group analysis is conducted to investigate this heterogeneity and uncover the hidden patterns in the literature. This is achieved by studying the influence of predictive factors (moderators) on the importance level of CFs. This analysis shows that the economy of a country and the type of project executed are influential factors. The results further indicate that developing economies, in contrast to advanced economies, should pay more attention to three CFs. Also, the results show that seven CFs are much more important in MiC projects than the other project types. This research work is highly beneficial for theory development and for practitioners by identification of significant CFs that warrant management dedication to best apply JIT. Researchers, in particular, can consider the recommendations given here for implementing future meta-analysis studies.

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Critical factors for successful implementation of just-in-time concept in modular integrated construction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…The lean conformance including strengths and weaknesses of contractors for a lean construction initiative was predicted by Tezel and Nielsen (2013). Innella et al (2019) clarified the importance of implementing lean techniques in the modular building industry, including all the production process stages. Moreover, M. Goh and Y. M. Goh (2019) provided and evaluated recommendations to improve modular construction efficiency through application of lean concepts by conducting a detailed simulation for Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction.…”

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A Model for Evaluating Causes of Wastes and Lean Implementation in Construction Projects

Issa

Alqurashi

2020

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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The wastes in construction projects such as wastes in materials, time, resources and achieving customer needs can be minimized using the new philosophy of Lean Construction (LC). This paper proposed a two-level model based on fuzzy logic technique for evaluating Causes of Wastes (CWs) and lean implementation in construction projects. The probability of occurrence and importance of CWs were two input parameters in level 01 of the model, whereas the output was the level of waste. On the other hand, level 02 of the model depended on using three input parameters which were: level of waste, controllability level for CWs and lean implementation level, while the output was the lean effect. Several linguistic variables and logical rules were used for relating inputs and outputs and new indices were introduced. The model was applied and validated for data collected in two countries: Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Results demonstrated that the expected lean effect is found with a positive correlation with various levels of wastes and can be improved by increasing controllability and lean implementation levels. Regarding the comparative study between the two countries, distinct disparities in lean effect were clarified. Most measured CWs indices were different in both countries while indices values in KSA were higher than in Egypt either in waste, controllability or implementation levels. The results presented an optimum arrangement to reach an effective new lean evaluation model that could be implemented for moving the traditional construction towards LC. Finally, the model can be applied easily in most countries to help decision makers in evaluating CWs and lean implementation in their construction projects.

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“…The modularized production of buildings has attracted extensive interest from engineers in recent years with the growing environmental impact and increasing labor costs for the traditional on-site construction [ [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] ]. Modular construction has, therefore, become increasingly popular and promoted across the construction industry, especially for buildings with repetitive architectural plans and structural layouts, such as hospitals, hotels, classrooms and dormitories [ [5] , [6] , [7] ].…”

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Seismic performance of mid-to-high rise modular steel construction - A critical review

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Lean Methodologies and Techniques for Modular Construction: Chronological and Critical Review

Cited by 126 publications

References 73 publications

Critical factors for successful implementation of just-in-time concept in modular integrated construction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical factors for successful implementation of just-in-time concept in modular integrated construction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Model for Evaluating Causes of Wastes and Lean Implementation in Construction Projects

Seismic performance of mid-to-high rise modular steel construction - A critical review

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