A Study on Lean Procurement Management for Construction Industry
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Ko, Wei-Ju
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
There are usually differences between the budget and the real expense when construction companies parcel out works to contractors. Through on-site interview and investigation with the construction company, we discover that the construction cost later increases because companies highly depend on experience and market price for budgeting. The differences often encompass a great amount of waste thus increases the construction cost.
This research targets on the construction company and classify different civil engineering scenarios under which the waste occurs during the construction through past documents, case studies and specialist interviews. Further, our research brings in the concept of lean construction to seek solutions for each scenario. Our research shows that construction companies should reach agreements with contractors on crucial requirements such as material, time, location, quality, quantity, resource /equipment, inventory place and path before construction. This can be done via well planning and effective system. The goal is to allow contractors to clearly understand the project process and requirements at each stage, lower the uncertainty toward construction, and avoid unnecessary waste. Ultimately, construction companies will be able to lower construction cost, lower waste, and reach both higher effectiveness and quality.
Our research aims at offering a well-organized procurement management model that combines lean production theory and practical procurement criteria. Through case studies and personal interview with procurement specialists, we applied our procurement model to a real case and simulated the outcome to estimate the feasibility of the model. Our model provides a future guideline for construction companies in procurement process and facilitates the realization of lean procurement for civil engineering
Subjects
精實營建
精實思維
採購
專案管理
Lean construction
Lean thinking
Procurement
Project management
Type
thesis
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