The contribution of subcontractor involvement in continuous improvement programs for industrialised housebuilding

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Grenzfurtner, Wolfgang ; Gronalt, Manfred:
The contribution of subcontractor involvement in continuous improvement programs for industrialised housebuilding.
2018
Event: 25th International EurOMA Conference 2018 "To Serve, to Produce and to Servitize in the Era of Networks, Big Data, and Analytics" , 24.-26.06.2018 , Budapest, Hungary.
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The involvement of subcontractors with their specific knowledge to on-site processes in continuous improvement (CI) programs seems beneficial. Despite known advantages for developing corporate standards and processes, the collaboration between subcontractors and industrialised housebuilding (IHB) companies is low. The purpose of this research is to analyse the challenges faced when involving subcontractors in CI. To investigate the problem a two years case study has been conducted. The findings reveal that both conflicts of interest between main- and subcontractors and IHB practices combined with inherent structures, cause the challenges. A set of measures to overcome those is developed and proposed.

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Item Type:	Conference item (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	continuous improvement; industrialised housebuilding; subcontractor involvement
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Chair Food Supply Chain Management Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Chair Food Supply Chain Management > Chair Food Supply Chain Management - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Fikar Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 670 Manufacturing 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 690 Building, construction
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2021 12:41
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2021 12:41
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/67695