Partnering in engineering projects: Four dimensions of supply chain integration

Eriksson, Per-Erik

doi:10.1016/j.pursup.2014.08.003

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“…From a transformation perspective, subprocesses are considered independent from each other and subsequently, the cost of the total process can be minimised by minimising the cost of each subprocess. In order to get every new construction project executed to the lowest possible cost (Eriksson, 2015), competitive pricing is promoted through procurement strategies often pursued by clients, featuring purchasing transactions (Gadde & Dubois, 2010) and favouring the lowest bidder. Contractually, main contractors are responsible for the construction of projects, but they rely on suppliers to execute the works (Clarke & Herrmann, 2004) -they do this to reduce their overhead and operating costs, improve efficiency, and achieve a more economic delivery of projects (Arditi & Chotibhongs, 2005).…”

Section: From a Transformation Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It looks at activities, where activities could be seen as a single element of a process (Burgess et al, 2006), or processes versus the relationships in supply chains. As a result of the fragmentation and prevalent competitive tendering, construction supply chains are disjointed (Eriksson, 2015). This means that current construction practice, where the relationship with suppliers is considered to be exclusively transactional, with no relational component (Elfving & Ballard, in press), fits the transformation perspective.…”

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Supply Chain Management in Construction From a Production Theory Perspective

Broft

Koskela²

2018

26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction

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Production management in construction is moving away from conventional construction management. The correctives to this model have been explicitly or implicitly based on flow and value principles. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is often presented as suitable for efficient management of construction production, but its successful implementation in the industry remains limited, particularly at the lower tiers of the construction supply chain. This paper takes a closer look at SCM -an analysis from the production perspective might help to create a better understanding of the concept and the key principles presented could be prescriptive in the further development of SCM in construction.

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Section: From a Transformation Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: From a Transformation Perspectivementioning

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Supply Chain Management in Construction From a Production Theory Perspective

Broft

Koskela²

2018

26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction

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“…Joint IT-systems facilitate integration and communication among project actors (Woksepp and Olofsson, 2008). Joint objectives enhance the development of a win-win situation in which all project participants together strive to achieve the jointly formulated objectives (Swan and Khalfan, 2007;Eriksson, 2015). Co-location in a joint project office on site enhances face-to-face communication and interaction, which is especially important in innovation work (Olsen et al, 2005;Alderman and Ivory, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, specific partnering workshops are important parts of the collaboration model (Eriksson, 2015), as these can serve as forums where project actors openly and honestly discuss their collaboration. Contractor 1 emphasizes the importance of a creative and open climate where different opinions are allowed and discussed:…”

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Procurement strategies for enhancing exploration and exploitation in construction projects

Eriksson

2017

JFMPC

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -The purpose of this study is to investigate how procurement strategies may be designed to facilitate exploration and exploitation in construction projects.Design/methodology/approach -This paper is based on a literature review of organizational research and construction management literature together with a brief interview study of Swedish clients and contractors.Findings -The theoretical and empirical findings propose that small and simple projects with low uncertainty and scarce resources may focus on exploitation to enhance short-term efficiency through traditional procurement strategies including delivery systems that separate the actors and their activities (i.e. pure design-build-or design-bid-build-contracts), fixed price payment and price focus in bid evaluation. Large complex projects with high uncertainty and customization benefit from combining exploration and exploitation to enhance sustainable performance. This requires collaborative procurement strategies including joint specification through early contractor involvement, cost reimbursement coupled with incentive-based payment, bid evaluation based on multiple criteria and collaborative tools and activities in partnering arrangements.Research limitations/implications -This paper contributes to organizational learning literature by pinpointing the need for integrating procurement strategies that enhance combination of exploration and exploitation. The main contribution to the construction management literature involves the investigation of how procurement strategies may affect exploration and exploitation, as identified and articulated in the propositions developed in this paper.Practical implications -From a practical perspective, the findings highlight the importance of tailoring procurement strategies to project characteristics to enhance a suitable balance between exploration and exploitation in construction projects.Originality/value -The explicit focus on the operational project-level is uncommon but relevant in organizational learning literature.

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“…Supply chain integration is challenging due to low transaction frequency and uniqueness of the projects. In supply chain literature, a lack of discussions about integrative activities has encouraged researchers to elaborate in the findings; for example, engineering projects involve the coordination of activities performed by many people with different specialties and functional roles at different hierarchical levels (Eriksson, 2015). Business integration should gain supply chain agility.…”

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Green supply chain agility in EMS ISO 14001 manufacturing firms: empirical justification of social and environmental performance as an organisational outcome

Fernando

Saththasivam

2017

IJPM

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In today's sustainable economic world, the rational thought should be the costs of life cycle, resources or supply chain process. Supply chains need to possess agility to achieve environmental performance (EP) and social performance (SP). However, at present, there is very little knowledge and awareness of how these two concepts interact within a supply chain. This paper therefore, aims to develop a conceptual framework to depict how green supply chain agility (GSCA) strengthens the EP and SP within the supply chain. In this study, a self-administered questionnaire was designed based on important criteria identified in the literature, and then administered to 230 organisations representing various industries which are part of EMS ISO 14001 certified manufacturing firms in Malaysia. The results showed that GSCA improves the performance of a firm environmentally and socially, and the control variables have no significant influence on the dependent variables.

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Partnering in engineering projects: Four dimensions of supply chain integration

Cited by 127 publications

References 79 publications

Supply Chain Management in Construction From a Production Theory Perspective

Supply Chain Management in Construction From a Production Theory Perspective

Procurement strategies for enhancing exploration and exploitation in construction projects

Green supply chain agility in EMS ISO 14001 manufacturing firms: empirical justification of social and environmental performance as an organisational outcome

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