TY  - CONF
TI  - Value Stream Analysis of Construction Supply Chains: Case Study on Pipe Supports Used in Power Plants
C1  - Gramado, Brazil
C3  - 10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 183
EP  - 195
PY  - 2002
AU  - Arbulu, Roberto J.
AU  - Tommelein, Iris D.
AD  - 
AD  - 
ED  - Formoso, Carlos T.
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
AB  - Waste is omnipresent in construction supply chains. It often occurs at the interface between processes, disciplines, or organizations. To illustrate several causes of waste, this paper focuses on a case study that documents the most common configuration of the supply chain for pipe supports used in the power plant industry. Using value-stream mapping across organizational boundaries, this paper illustrates how work flows throughout the design, procurement, and fabrication phases of pipe supports. Industry data obtained through tens of interviews helps to evaluate value-added and non-value-added times, batch sizes, and lead times for this particular supply chain configuration. The paper provides considerations for eliminating waste in order to reduce the total delivery lead time of pipe supports and thereby improve supply chain performance. It concludes by summarizing the case study findings and identifying additional research opportunities to achieve further improvement.
KW  - Supply chain management
KW  - construction supply chain
KW  - waste
KW  - value-stream mapping
KW  - value-added time
KW  - non-value-added time
KW  - lead time
KW  - batch size
KW  - multi-tasking
KW  - pipe support
KW  - power plant.
PB  - 
T2  - 10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2002/08/06
CY  - Gramado, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/172/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/172
N1  - Export Date: 20 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -