Study on Electronic Kanban Management System in Steel Structure Engineering of an International Expo Centre

Abstract

E-Kanban management is an effective tool to achieve lean and just-in-time(JIT) production. Based on the analysis of the traditional Kanban and the advantages of E-Kanban, types and function of E-Kanban in construction industry are proposed. The framework of E-Kanban management in steel structure engineering of an international expo center which covers decision layer, business layer and technical support layer is built in this paper. The E-Kanban management system and the models of E-Kanban in steel structure engineering are designed on basis of this framework. The system focuses on function and application of Transmit E-Kanban, produce E-Kanban, temporary E-Kanban and feedback E-Kanban. The research of this paper provides the theory and practice foundation for the application of E-Kanban in construction industry.

Disruptive method for managing BIM design and construction using Kanban

“…The main purpose of this paper is to avoid the potential problems derived from inadequate information management of a BIM project by applying the Kanban tool as a disruptive method. Different authors have used Kanban to explain its advantages in the effective use of BIM: for cost control in civil engineering (Qiaolan and Bin 2021), application of the Kanban concept in construction logistics (Zeng et al 2019); Kanban for Integration of Lean Construction and BIM for the problem of controlling information flow and quantitating the value flow in the process of building (Bi and Jia 2016); application of E-Kanban in the construction industry (Guo et al 2012); integration of Kanban with the Last Planner System (LPS), as a method in lean construction management (Schimanski et al 2021);and application of Kanban in the construction phase (Jang and Kim 2007;Ko and Kuo 2015;Tezel et al 2017).…”