...Supply Chain Management in the Construction Industry: Gilmor Engineering Limited case study. By Emmanuel Ola Elehinle Student I.D 15597305 Submitted To Laureate Online Education & University of Liverpool – Online Masters Degree In Partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management Abstract Activities in the execution of a construction project are usually time bound and require an effective management of the supply chain network to meet deadlines but the comparison of case studies and past research works shows that there are waste and problems in the construction supply chains which are characterized by inadequate coordination. In this study therefore, analysis of the key controlling parameters of a construction company’s supply chain operations and systems is carried out with an optimization of information flow within the system to improve performance. The barriers that obstruct coordination are identified and an efficient coordination model for a supply chain is suggested to accelerate and improve the economic and operational innovations for the management of construction projects. 1. Introduction Supply chain in the construction industry is a non static one and is characterized by inadequate coordination of the key processes and parameters. According to Xiaolong & et al (2007) “Coordination is the core issue to improve construction performance in construction supply chain”. In this study therefore...
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...phenomenon in supply chain management (SCM), first observed by Forrester (1961), shows that the orders variability along the upstream direction is amplified in supply chain networks. Subsequently this observation was termed as bullwhip effect by Lee, Padmanabhan, and Whang (1997a, 1997b). Such extreme distortion for the actual end customer demand to upstream have been proved to significantly increase costs and lower performance (Chen, L. and Lee, H. L. 2012; Wang, X. and Disney, S. M. 2016). In this regard, many research has been achieved to investigate the bullwhip effects from the perspective of supply chain and operation research. In construction industry, Taylor, J. and Bjornsson, H. (1999) firstly studied demand distortion of construction material and discovered that cumulative orders from contractors amplified along the upstream to the supply house due to the inability to share information. However, unfortunately, very limited research has been done to focus on the bullwhip effect in construction industry. Current study regarding the reduction of bullwhip effect can be briefly divided into three main aspects. One stream is to focus on information sharing mechanism to decrease bullwhip effect as well as increase supply chain stability (Ouyang, Y. 2007; Agrawal, S. et al., 2009; Dai, H. et al., 2016, Dominguez, R. et al., 2014). In fact, technologies, aimed at enhancing information sharing and communication mechanism, has been broadly applied in construction such as BIM...
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...elsevier.com/locate/ijproman Coordination mechanisms for construction supply chain management in the Internet environment Xiaolong Xue a,c,* , Yaowu Wang a,c , Qiping Shen b,c , Xiaoguo Yu a,d a c Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 1243, No. 13, Fayuan Street, Harbin 150001, China b Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China National Center for Technology, Policy and Management, Science Park, Harbin Institute of Technology, No. 2, Yikuang Street, Harbin 150001, China d Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Graduate School, HIT Campus of Shenzhen University Town, XiLi, Shenzhen 518055, China Abstract The construction industry in general is characterized with high fragmentation, low productivity, cost and time overruns, and conflicts compared with other manufacturing industries. Supply chain management as an innovative management mode provides a new solution for resolving these problems from systems perspective. Coordination is the core issue to improve construction performance in construction supply chain (CSC). In this paper, the concepts of CSC and CSC management are defined. Furthermore, the inter-organization problems that effect CSC coordination are identified. Considering the Internet fosters the integration of construction processes and provides an efficient platform for CSC coordination...
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...Lord of the Rings, and Spiderman, include detailed construction plans. Do you think this is the right strategy? Why or Why not? Justify your assessment of Lego's strategy. To disect whether the inclusion of detailed construction plans in its film-franchised LEGO sets was the right strategy or not, it’s important to start with what the company itself stands for. The name LEGO means “play well”—the focus of the toy manufacturer being “play.” The perennial toy maker has a brand that stands for “self-expression,” and “sponteneity,” and “innovation.” That is, the core of LEGO is not jus that it’s a toy, but that it encourages children to be imaginative and creative with it’s simple interlocking bricks—a child can build anything that he or she can dream up with LEGO products. In fact, LEGO itself recognizes that two of its sources of competitive advantage are creativity and innovation. These are the decisive points for LEGO. They are what make LEGO, LEGO. Creativity and innovation are the product’s differentiators. They are the source of the company’s competitive advantage and, therefore, a key element in the company’s strategy. These differentiators are what propelled LEGO to a peak 85% market share of the construction-toy market. While licensing film francises into its merchandise wasn’t the wrong strategy, including detailed construction plans with those LEGO sets was the wrong strategy. By including detailed construction plans with its products, the company is sending cues...
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...Supply Chain Article Review Name BUS612: Advanced Project Procurement Instructor Dr. Ken Edick February 10, 2014 According to Benton, (2013) who argues that the efficacy of supply chain, is the success project and that between project management and supply chain management the connection is unquestionable. Every organizational endeavor is structured to ensure efficient, lean and effective supply chain (Benton, 2013). As a project manager at American Airlines, my major responsibilities include first and far most is to deliver a well organize strategic plan, ensuring the development of staff within the organization as well as all other coordinating members. Construction projects are project that I think I could be a good leader at which includes establishing project goals, task, scheduling and final objectives that may produce positive outcomes. Also on projects of this nature, I think I could increase project productivity that will meet the client and consumer demands. This paper is to discuss efficient supply chain ensures efficacy, effectiveness, and reliability. Managed Supply Chain An effective managed supply chain ensures consumer satisfaction and is the motivating dynamism of the supply chain activities which also ensured the productivity in organizations such as American Airlines. The most disappointing acts that turn customers against a company an ineffective managed supply chain that have many inconveniences and inefficiency...
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...being used in such areas as agriculture, athletics, manufacturing, security and law enforcement, and transportation, but few applications have been developed that are related to the construction and facilities operations environment. Lack of standardisation, high costs of implementation, slow technology development and deployment risks, and the lack of skilled labour are all contributors currently preventing the adoption of new RFID technologies in the construction industry. The RFID technology can help improve data accuracy by tracking products through supply chains and by identifying products and items/objects at specific points through Automatic Identification (Auto-ID). The technology enables the detection and identification of tagged objects through the data it transmits. Objective of this topic ‘RFID IN CONSTRUCTION’ is to get an overview of the present application of RFID technology in Construction. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is an old technology which was already in use for recognition for anti-aircraft gun shooting in World War. Since then RFID has been taken into use for many other purposes, i.e. securing against theft of goods, bridge crossing fees, car keys etc. The new importance of RFID is connected to certain measures which a group of the world’s biggest retail chains and brand suppliers initiated under the name of Global Commerce Initiative at the end of the 1990’es. The interesting part of the vision is that in the same way as it applies to the...
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...within the construction industry? - A case study on an ambitious cement company Authors: Jing Li Petter Schultz Supervisor: Svante Andersson Acknowledgement This thesis would not have been possible without the support from many people. Firstly, we would like to thank Mr. Ronny Andersson, market development manager at Cementa and professor in Structural Engineering at Lund University, for the interview and to Mr. Jan Gånge for getting us in touch with Ronny. Thanks to Mr. Svante Andersson, our supervisor, for your patience and the useful guidance. At last, we would like to give our appreciation to our families and friends for going through the whole process together with us. 2 Abstract The object of this thesis is to provide some ideas as to whether it is possible for a company to create value for every segment within the construction industry. The motivation of the thesis is to shed some light on an area, which gets very little attention in marketing literature, which is the B2B commodity industry. The company studied is Cementa, a Cement producer at core, but with the ambition to be a player in every segment throughout the construction industry. They have developed their own model to represent the different segments. The company is considered an interesting and rewarding object for a case study due to this remarkably ambitious goal as well as the company's high market share. The areas of literature which are considered are: ·Supply chains ·Value chain and competitive...
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...UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Research Report Procurement from local Small and Medium Enterprises in Anglo American operations By LCP Mohale Student No: 46059091 Qualification aimed at: BTech Industrial Engineering Lecturer: Mr Steadyman Chikumba, UNISA Senior Lecturer: Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Submission Date: 29 October 2011 Copyright © 2011 LCP Mohale Declaration I, LCP Mohale, student no 46059091, hereby declare that the work contained in this report is my own original work and I have acknowledged all additional sources that I have used/quoted directly. This report and all the information it contains may not be reproduced by any means without my written consent. Acknowledgement I am grateful to individuals who have assumed an instrumental role in bringing this project to completion: * My employer, Anglo American management for providing the environment and opportunity to execute this project. * Mr Tumisho Kekana, Commodity Implementation Manager for Underground Mining Equipment and Heavy Mining Equipment at Anglo American, for guidance and selfless mentoring throughout the project * Mr S Chikumba, Senior Lecturer: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UNISA, for his guidance and contribution in developing the research concept, and approach. His contribution played an essential role in the foundation and formulation...
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...this system work to the best of its ability. Not only are these machines of high cost, they also have very large leads times. By lead times I mean the time to manufacture them is very long. From start to finish the building of one of these machines can take up to a year. This doesn’t include the time it takes for budget approvals, analysis, and overall documentation of this equipment to be done. In other words the process to have transformers ordered, manufactured, and delivered on time of for installation takes well over a year. With that being said this process usually starts a year and a half in advance. There are five separate components to this system. These components include engineers, analyst, supply chain, manufacturers, and construction. It’s vital that everyone involved properly plan and execute their responsibilities in a timely manner. These components also come into play multiple times throughout the system; tasks come back and forth from one component to...
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...presentation? Why not share! Share Email Prodt& Opt Mgmt by ahmad bassiouny Ppt 42492 views Production and operation management... 3503 views by MBA CORNER By Ba... «‹›» 16 /99 Like Share Save Supply chain by Aknath Mishra management in alumini... 599 views by Jay Parekh Material management jay 2106 views by iaeme Success factors enhancing business ... 186 views by iaeme Success factors enhancing business ... 446 views by Hoang Vuong M Sc Pm Lecture No 4 Risk 839 views by SoftTech Engineers Opticon brochure 410 views by shalmolo Erp Solutions 552 views by shalmolo Erp Solutions(2) 329 views by iCognitive Supply... iCognitive Training & Workshop Cata... 429 views by Green Internation... 01 Corporate Profile Green Intl_PM ... 250 views Related M ore Prodt& Opt Mgmt Ppt 0 42492 views Infrastrcture project management Show more Like Follow 0 Tw eet 0 by SanjeevDeshmukh on Sep 15, 2013 331 views Like Production and operation management ppt @ bec doms bagalkot 3503 views M anaging infrastructure projects requires a professional orientation, especially so in developing economies like India. Herein a materials management and suppl chain management orientation is taken to ... No comments yet S haily S anghavi Like S upply chain management in aluminium smelters 599 views Post Comment Like Subscribe to comments Material management jay 2106 views Like Infrastrcture project management Presentation Transcript S...
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...an Industry: What is the size and scope of the Australian Building and Construction Industry? By Gerard de Valence DEFINING AN INDUSTRY: WHAT IS THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? Gerard de Valence Construction Economics, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Introduction The traditional structure-conductperformance approach to industry economics originated in the US in the 1930s with the work of Mason (1939) and Bain (1959). This is now the standard framework for analysing the dynamics of an industry. However, the size and scope of the Australian construction industry at the turn of the millennium may be better understood using an alternative model that highlights the diversity of the industry and the range of actors involved. Industry analysis has traditionally focused on groups of firms with similar characteristics in their production processes, goods or services produced, and markets served in the wider economy. The distinction has been between firms and industries, and the analysis has emphasised the importance of economies of scale and scope (Sutton 1991) or organisational structure (Williamson 1979). One major difficulty in the standard structure-conduct-performance approach has been the definition of industries within the theoretical criteria of product homogeneity. Further, some analysts see the construction industry as a manufacturing system, similar to the automotive industry...
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...I Introduction: Crane manufacturing industry forms an integral part of the Construction Equipment market. The Global Crane market is undergoing a radical change due to growth of the emerging economies, infrastructure industry and drive towards greater energy efficiency. According to TechNavio’s analysts forecast the Global Crane market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.29 % over the period 2013-2018[7]. Fig1- Regional differences, Source - http://www.khl.com/servlet/file/CHRIS%20SLEIGHT.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=81256 The Indian industrial crane market amounts to approx. Rs2000 to 2200 crore per annum. Majorly 70% demand comes from the private sector and 30% from the government owned companies (Saibal ray, Yigal Gerchak & Elizabeth M. Jewkes, 2002) India has few factors which would ensure the steady growth of this segment in the next few years. The increase in domestic spending on infrastructure as stated in the Budget 2014-15, increased investment from foreign multinationals would prove to be a key factor in the growth of the construction industry as a whole. ElectroMech is the largest EOT cranes manufacturer in India with Pune being the base. It commands the highest market share and is recording 50% average annual growth. ElectroMech offer precise solutions for wide-ranging applications in manufacturing plants and infrastructure projects through a complete range of Hoists and Cranes. Apart from the standard and semi standard product delivery, Electromech also offers the...
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...A Project Report on Supply Chain Management Submitted By:Utpal Chaturvedi MBA II Sem, 2009-10 Guided ByMiss Latika Dhuria Vivekanada Institute of Technology, Jaipur ACKNOLEDGEMENT I take this oppurtinity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to my guide for his exemplary guidance,monitoring & constant dedicated encouragement throughout the course. The blessing,help & guidance given by him from time to time shall carry me in a long way in journey of life on which I am about to embark. Again I would like to express my deep regards to HOD Mr. Praveen Choudhary & Project Guide Miss Latika Dhuria. Table of Contents Sr.No 1. 2. Topic Basic Concepts of Supply Chain Management Page No. Scope of Supply Chain Management 3. Area of Work in Supply Chain Management 4. How Supply Chain Works 5. Participants in Supply Chain 6. Process of Supply Chain Management 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Supply Chain Management Planning & Sourcing Activities involve in Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Coordination and Use of Technology Information Systems that Support the Supply Chain Advantages & Disadvantanges Supply Chain Conclusion Biblography BASIC CONCEPTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Supply chains encompass the companies and the business activities needed to design, make, deliver, and use a product or service. Businesses depend on their supply chains to provide them with what they need to survive and thrive. Every business fits...
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...1. Introduction The Trucking industry in China provides road freight and cargo transportation services using trucks, cars, trailers and other road vehicles (ACMR,2). Trucking is a primary mode of overland freight, and it plays an important role in the whole area of transportation. As trucking is flexible, simple and convenient in freight, it has more advantages than by rail, air transportation for short distance transportation. 2. Analysis of trucking industry in China Since 1980s, China's economy has been developing rapidly, as well as the level of technology, which improved the network. With the commodity economy becoming increasingly active, inter-regional economic interaction and exchange of goods has become more frequent, and the average transportation distance also increased. The reform changed the planned economy and the dominance of state-owned transport enterprises in the transportation market situation. Market diversification has become more plentiful, in order to meet the new demands of the national economy in the trucking industry (Cheng, 94). Transportation market diversification and rapid development both contributed to providing goods vehicle loading, freight forwarders and shipping information emerged freight services. These services include traditional truckload, LTL and container, large bulky cargo, dangerous goods transport, and express transportation, social storage transportation services are also occasional established. The rapid development of the transport...
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...Singh Mand et al., 2013 ISSN 2319-345X www.ijmrbs.com Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2013 © 2013 IJMRBS. All Rights Reserved APPLICATION OF LEAN AND JIT PRINCIPLES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Chandan Deep Singh1, Rajdeep Singh1, Jaskanwal Singh Mand1* and Sukhvir Singh1 *Corresponding Author: Jaskanwal Singh Mand, mandjaskanwal@yahoo.com Supply Chain Management is a set of synchronized decisions and activities utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, transporters, retailers, and customers so that the right product or service is distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations, and at the right time, in order to minimize system-wide costs while satisfying customer service level requirements. SCM leads to a proficient way of doing things completely. Lean manufacturing and JIT play an importunate role in better functioning of SCM. Some of the lean manufacturing principles are: JIT inventory principle, JIT production principle, JIT human resource principle, JIT quality principle, JIT supplier relation principle, The present research involves role of lean manufacturing and JIT principles in SCM. Keywords: SCM, JIT, Lean manufacturing origin of the concept of lean or lean thinking cannot be easily assigned to any one person, company, INTRODUCTION Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a set of synchronized decisions and activities utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, transporters, retailers...
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