Linking product modularity to supply chain integration in the construction and shipbuilding industries

Pero, Margherita; Stößlein, Martin; Cigolini, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.05.011

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“…In terms of SCI practice, traditionally, there was usually one large-size enterprise (mostly a famous brand or a multinational corporation) as a focal organization to preside over the entire supply chain process, which covered raw material procurement, manufacturing and assembly of finished products, transportation of products, and delivery to the end user [4,5]. Such SCI in general pays particular attention to the process-oriented internal synthesis of production, logistics, and marketing activities within or dominated by the leading/core firm [8]. However, along with the coming of the new digital age, advanced technologies have enabled firms to synchronously share and process a massive amount of information and knowledge across organizational and national borders.…”

Section: Sci and Innovation With Ecological Concerns: Resource Dependmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, along with the coming of the new digital age, advanced technologies have enabled firms to synchronously share and process a massive amount of information and knowledge across organizational and national borders. More specifically, all functional units within the supply chain can be integrated into a more complex virtual system in which research and development (R&D), manufacturing, logistics, and marketing activities are completed through the coordination of a variety of independent modules that include one or more organizations [8,9]. This new, modern type of SCI often involves both internal (e.g., intraorganizational integration) and external (e.g., customer and supplier integration) dimensions [5], whereby firms can concentrate on their specialized areas and complete other functions through strategic alliance and cooperation with diverse partners along the supply chain.…”

Section: Sci and Innovation With Ecological Concerns: Resource Dependmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This new, modern type of SCI often involves both internal (e.g., intraorganizational integration) and external (e.g., customer and supplier integration) dimensions [5], whereby firms can concentrate on their specialized areas and complete other functions through strategic alliance and cooperation with diverse partners along the supply chain. Such SCI goes beyond organizational boundaries, thus enabling firms to effectively avoid making costly (and probably risky) investments, particularly those highly asset-specific and customized ones because not all critical activities and services need to be carried out independently in-house [8][9][10].…”

Section: Sci and Innovation With Ecological Concerns: Resource Dependmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Supply Chain Integration Affects Innovation in a Digital Age: Moderating Effects of Sustainable Policy

Chin

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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With the rapid development of digital technologies and increasing public attention on environmental problems, it has become a new challenge for global enterprises to manage supply chains responsibly, so as to improve their innovation performance for sustainability. Prior works have identified the effects of supply chain integration on firm innovation in advanced economies; however, so far, there has been limited research on the relationships between supply chain integration and firm innovation in emerging and developing countries. Hence, building upon transaction cost and resource dependence theories, this study used China’s manufacturing industry as the research setting, probing the dynamic mechanisms between supply chain integration and firm innovation. The results show that the degree of supply chain integration positively relates to firms’ patent output but negatively relates to their innovation efficiency, and that a sustainable policy moderates the foregoing associations. Our study enriches the body of knowledge regarding responsible supply chain integration in a new digital age with growing ecological concerns and thereby offers insightful practical implications for practitioners and policy makers.

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Section: Sci and Innovation With Ecological Concerns: Resource Dependmentioning

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Section: Sci and Innovation With Ecological Concerns: Resource Dependmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sci and Innovation With Ecological Concerns: Resource Dependmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Shipbuilding shares many common aspects with the construction industry: strict delivery time (Bronsart, Gau, Luckau, & Sucharowski, 2005;Bronsart, Wiegand, & Koch, 2005;Caracchi, Sriram, Semini, & Strandhagen, 2014), ETO products, low production batches . The two industries also operate in local and fluctuating markets (Pero, Stößlein, & Cigolini, 2015). The impact of services and equipment on the shipyard's created value, of around 70%, (Bronsart, Gau, et al, 2005), together with the large number of components from the supply chain (Solesvik, 2007), make internal and external collaboration of companies a fundamental factor in shipbuilding design Tann & Shaw, 2007).…”

Section: Shipbuilding and Aerospace Design Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge-Based Engineering in the design for manufacture of prefabricated façades: current gaps and future trends

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Pelken

et al. 2017

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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Knowledge-Based Engineering in the design for manufacture of prefabricated façades: current gaps and future trends, Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 14:1-2, 78-94, ABSTRACTThe use of prefabricated façades provides a timely means to increase efficiency in the delivery of buildings, while maximising the expected environmental service performance. In order to achieve high performance and low cost, these products require manufacturability and supply chain knowledge to be integrated earlier than usual in the design process. Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) applications can potentially fulfil this need by providing a digital Product Model that informs designers about manufacturability aspects and expected performance. This paper explores the currently available digital tools, as well as KBE and its applicability in façade design. It is first demonstrated that there is a fundamental gap in state-of-the-art digital tools: rather than integrating design principles and manufacturing constraints, existing and emerging tools continue to focus on single disciplines with no consideration for the actual manufacturing stage. The applicability of KBE is then evaluated by reviewing the current use of this approach in the building and other industries, namely, aerospace and shipbuilding. It is found that, although KBE is rarely used in façade design, there are significant opportunities for it to be applied in this sector, due to the similarity in terms of design tasks and priorities with the two other industries reviewed in this paper. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…In an integral SC the companies are more interdependent (Voordijk, et al 2006). By contrast, in a less integral (loosely coupled) SC, participants have less interaction (Pero et al 2015), may be geographically distant, and there is no involvement in the design phase (Voordijk et al 2006). A lean-production system usually has a highly integral SC, except for the dimension of electronic proximity (Fine, 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Modularity in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Mapping Study

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Ceolin²,

Granja³

et al. 2019

Proc. 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)

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Modularity is a concept that has not been fully explored in the construction industry, as a mechanism to improve cost, quality, and schedule performance. However, currently it is strongly related to the idea of developing mass customized innovative products. Although modularization is widely used in the manufacturing industry, its application in construction-related opportunities seems to be difficult. This paper presents a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) on the use of modularity in the construction industry, and attempts to make a connection with Lean principles. SMS is a research method that aims to provide an overview of a specific area, through systematic selection and analysis of the literature, starting from a research question. The steps used to conduct this research work are described, as well as the mapping of the topic areas already covered in literature. The main contribution of the paper is concerned with the connections between Modularity core ideas and Lean principles.

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Linking product modularity to supply chain integration in the construction and shipbuilding industries

Cited by 63 publications

References 62 publications

How Supply Chain Integration Affects Innovation in a Digital Age: Moderating Effects of Sustainable Policy

How Supply Chain Integration Affects Innovation in a Digital Age: Moderating Effects of Sustainable Policy

Knowledge-Based Engineering in the design for manufacture of prefabricated façades: current gaps and future trends

Modularity in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Mapping Study

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