TY  - CONF
TI  - Towards a Supply Chain Integration Theory in Offsite Construction: Insights From Industry Practices
C1  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
C3  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
SP  - 645
EP  - 656
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.24928/2025/0214
AU  - Zhang, Bochen
AU  - Prado, Guillermo
AU  - Rischmoller, Leonardo
AU  - Fischer, Martin
AD  - PhD Candidate, Dept. of CEE, Stanford University, zhang772@stanford.edu, orcid.org/0000-0001-7212-5150
AD  - M. S. Graduate, Dept. of CEE, UC Berkeley, guillermo.prado@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-5325-1132
AD  - Business Analyst, DPR Construction, leonardor@dpr.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-6317-2692
AD  - Kumagai Professor of Engineering and Director of Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), Stanford University, fischer@stanford.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-5071-017X
ED  - Seppänen, Olli 
ED  - Koskela, Lauri 
ED  - Murata , Koichi 
AB  - The construction industry has long grappled with managing the supply chain, particularly in offsite projects. The supply chain management (SCM) concept flourished in manufacturing and plays an important role in increasing transparency and alignment of the supply chain. In the construction industry, not only building parts and materials manufactured in factories offsite but the aggregation of these parts and materials into building components assembled in offsite facilities (i.e., offsite construction of prefabricated and modular elements) adds complexity to the application of SCM. This paper, which is theoretical in nature, reports on the observation of two supply chain integration approaches implemented by two California construction companies using foundational perspectives of SCM. The results include a summary of the observed advantages and disadvantages using the following six perspectives: (1) target project type, (2) contract type, (3) business strategy, (4) production management methods, (5) supply chain management practices, and (6) organizational culture. An outline of what might become a supply chain integration and management theory to guide construction companies in developing appropriate strategies to realize the potential of offsite construction projects is presented. The proposed theory outline will need to be tested through future experimentation.
KW  - supply chain management
KW  - modular and off-site construction
KW  - lean theory
KW  - case study analysis.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
DA  - 2025/06/02
CY  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2381/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2381
N1  - Export Date: 02 June 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -