TY  - CONF
TI  - Simulating a Construction Supply Chain– Preliminary Case Study of Precast Elements
C1  - Manchester, UK
C3  - 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 371
EP  - 380
PY  - 2008
AU  - Fontanini, Patricia Stella Pucharelli
AU  - Picchi, Flavio Augusto
AU  - Loureiro, Sergio Adriano
AU  - Junior, Orlando Fontes Lima
AU  - Folch, Alex Tort
AD  - PHD Candidate of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Department, DAC-FEC-UNICAMP/ GTE, stella@fec.unicamp.br
AD  - Professor of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Department, DAC-FEC-UNICAMP/ GTE; fpicchi@fec.unicamp.br
AD  - Master Student of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Department, DGT-FEC-UNICAMP/ LALT, saloureiro@gmail.com
AD  - Professor of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Department, DGT-FEC-UNICAMP/ LALT, oflimaj@fec.unicamp.br
AD  - Executive Director of MUNTE Construction, atf@munte.com.br
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
ED  - Kagioglou, Mike 
AB  - This paper presents a preliminary case study of simulation in a construction supply chain, adopting as focus company a pre-cast elements producer. The framework for relationships analysis was provided by a value stream macro mapping (VSMM), taking steel as the specific case. Data collection was carried out gathering information from the company’s information system and from interviews with representatives of involved agents. This data was compiled in a first simulation of current state, using iThink software, generating output of selected parameters for analysis. A future state is drafted, suggesting modelling strategies for a second simulation using lean tools, in further studies. The paper concludes with recommendations and considerations about the potential of this kind of simulation to study complex construction supply chains behaviour.
KW  - lean simulation
KW  - supply chain
KW  - lean thinking
PB  - 
T2  - 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2008/07/16
CY  - Manchester, UK
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/565/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/565
N1  - Export Date: 20 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -