Analysis of the Application of Different Production and Material Flow Mechanisms on Construction Sites

Author

Tapler, Csaba

Author_Institution

Dept. of Logstics & Forwarding, Szechenyi Istvan Univ., Gyor, Hungary

Volume

1

fYear

2014

fDate

10-13 March 2014

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

246

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the application of material flow control mechanisms at construction sites. Such control mechanisms are widely used in assembly plants to ensure the correct quantity of materials at the correct destination, to maximize the WIP and for various other essential purposes. However the advantages of material flow control mechanisms can be questionable among certain circumstances. I determined the key parameters which influence the success of a certain control mechanism - like kanban - at a construction site. I have built up a general case in which a given control mechanism is applicable. The tool of this analysis was a logistic simulation software.

Keywords

construction industry; kanban; logistics; production engineering computing; work in progress; PMFC; WIP; construction sites; kanban; logistic simulation software; production and material flow control mechanisms; Buildings; Layout; Manufacturing; Materials; Materials requirements planning; Planning; construction; material flow control; reverse material flow; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCI.2014.48

Filename

6822115