Optimal single-machine batch scheduling for the manufacture, transportation and JIT assembly of precast construction with changeover costs within due dates

L Kong, H Li, H Luo, L Ding, X Luo… - Automation in Construction, 2017 - Elsevier
The manufacture, transportation and on-site assembly sectors of precast construction
projects are often considered separately and managed by rule of thumb, causing an …

Model for planning and controlling the delivery and assembly of engineer-to-order prefabricated building systems: exploring synergies between Lean and BIM

FS Bataglin, DD Viana, CT Formoso… - Canadian journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
The adoption of prefabricated building systems has grown due to the need to reduce
duration and cost of construction projects, as well as to improve quality and working …

[PDF][PDF] A decentralized and pull-based control loop for on-demand delivery in ETO construction supply chains

P Dallasega, C Marcher, E Marengo, E Rauch… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2016 - inf.unibz.it
ABSTRACT Engineer-to-Order (ETO) process chain types with a successive installation on-
site are common in plant building and the construction industry. Usually, the core processes …

Takt time planning: Lessons for construction industry from a cruise ship cabin refurbishment case study

A Heinonen, O Seppänen - … of the International Group for Lean …, 2016 - research.aalto.fi
Takt time planning has recently received a lot of attention in lean construction community.
However, very few empirical results have been reported. This paper presents a takt time …

Causes and penalties of variation: Case study of a precast concrete slab production facility

C Wang, M Liu, SM Hsiang… - Journal of construction …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
Concrete precast plants require strict control over and adherence to the timing and
sequence of operations. Variation for this research is divided into the variation in task …

[PDF][PDF] Takt time planning in cruise ship cabin refurbishment: Lessons for lean construction

A Heinonen, O Seppänen - Proc. 24th Ann. Conf. of the Int'l. Group …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Takt time planning has recently received a lot of attention in lean construction community.
However, very few empirical results have been reported. This paper presents a takt time …

Lean approach in precast concrete component production

S Ahmad, R Soetanto, C Goodier - Built Environment Project and …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This study applied the lean approach to the reinforcement work process in the
component production of industrialised building system precast concrete construction …

Considering materials management in construction: An exploratory study

Z Dakhli, Z Lafhaj - Logistics, 2018 - mdpi.com
While materials count for a considerable amount of construction costs, the way materials are
managed seems to be improvised rather than approached methodically. This study …

Critical elements in implementations of just-in-time management: empirical study of cement industry in Pakistan

MI Qureshi, M Iftikhar, MN Bhatti, T Shams, K Zaman - SpringerPlus, 2013 - Springer
In recent years, inventory management is continuous challenge for all organizations not only
due to heavy cost associated with inventory holding, but also it has a great deal to do with …

Real-time tracking of production control: requirements and solutions

H Olivieri, O Seppänen, A Peltokorpi - Annual Conference of the …, 2017 - research.aalto.fi
Production control in construction has been mainly discussed within the scope of Lean
Construction, through tools and methods such as Last Planner System (LPS), Location …