TY  - CONF
TI  - Process Modularity – a Lean Approach to Develop Industrialised Building Platforms
C1  - Auckland, New Zealand
C3  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
SP  - 894
EP  - 905
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.24928/2024/0208
AU  - Islam, Mohaimeen
AU  - Bunster, Victor
AU  - Couper, Rachel
AU  - Yazdi, Alireza Jalali
AU  - Maxwell, Duncan
AD  - PhD Candidate, Future Building Initiative-MADA, Monash University, Australia, mohaimeen.islam@monash.edu, orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-6697
AD  - Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Associate Director, Future Building Initiative-MADA, Monash University, Australia, victor.bunster@monash.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-7665-4567
AD  - Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Future Building Initiative-MADA, Monash University, Australia, rachel.couper@monash.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-7996
AD  - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Future Building Initiative-MADA, Monash University, Australia, mani.jalaliyazdi@monash.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-9504
AD  - Director, Future Building Initiative-MADA, Monash University, and Research Program Lead, Building 4.0 CRC, Australia, duncan.maxwell@monash.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-9039-1441
AB  - The concept of modularity within product platforms and lean thinking has drawn attention in recent years, to achieve a balance between standardisation and customisation in industrialised building (IB). Modularity plays an important role in IB, where companies use standardised modules on common platforms for product development. Although the application of product modularity is widely discussed in the literature, the concept of modularity is not fully explored as a mechanism for process development, aiding to improve cost efficiency, quality and coordination across the IB value chain. Previous research within lean construction emphasises the importance of modularity in both product and process dimensions. However, a lack of clear understanding has impeded the full adoption of process modularity in IB platforms. This paper examines the work processes of a Japanese case company to identify modular patterns in the technical systems for varied house production. By analysing qualitative data, the findings present potential advantages of modularity in the case company’s lean approach to standardise the design, production, assembly and logistics processes. The study contributes in presenting a concept of process modularity to support developing process platforms in IB.
KW  - Process modularity
KW  - industrialised building
KW  - lean construction
KW  - platforms
KW  - technical system
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
DA  - 2024/07/01
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2245/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2245
N1  - Export Date: 03 April 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -