Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia

The aim of the study was to identify the appropriate Concurrent Engineering principles in the mass housing industry to address the issue of quality and competitiveness. The study conducted a qualitative approach inquiring how concurrent engineering (CE) principles can help to address the issue of qu...

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Main Author:	Mohd Noor, Mohd Zairul
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Housing - Malaysia Concurrent engineering - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77475/1/FRSB%202011%205%20ir.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.774752022-01-27T06:56:58Z Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia 2011-12 Mohd Noor, Mohd Zairul The aim of the study was to identify the appropriate Concurrent Engineering principles in the mass housing industry to address the issue of quality and competitiveness. The study conducted a qualitative approach inquiring how concurrent engineering (CE) principles can help to address the issue of quality and competitiveness in mass housing industry. The research posits that selected Concurrent Engineering (CE) principles can be adopted in the mass housing industry due to its similarity in nature with its counterpart in the manufacturing sector in solving the same issue. Three cases representing different level of company structures: multi-million capital companies, medium-sized and small-scaled housing developers; were chosen as the units of analysis for purposive sampling. One respondent represented each company was interviewed with open-ended questions using the snowballing technique. These respondents were the key personnel and were considered the gatekeeper of the respective company's information. Information such as the company's mission, decision-makings or the stakeholders was elucidated to explain the issues and problems of quality and competitiveness in the mass housing industry. Primary data was obtained from literature and validated through interviews. Observations were made during visits to the case's sites, and documents, which include company profiles, records and minutes of meetings, were reviewed to supplement the data collection. The cross-case analysis using the constant comparative method was used to generate the categories. Triangulation, peer examination and member checking were used to ascertain trustworthiness of the study. The findings suggested that although some of the principles in Concurrent Engineering might appropriate in the current mass housing industry, it could not be considered as a total adoption of CE in the mass housing industry. There are several CE fundamentals that are contradicted with the current practice of mass housing industry. However, the research posits that some principles might applicable for current mass housing industry for a good practice exercise and CE might works for manufactured construction or ISS housing construction. In summary, the research contributes to the identification of Concurrent Engineering (CE) principles for mass housing industry and addressed the issue of quality and competitiveness in the mass housing industry. Housing - Malaysia Concurrent engineering - Malaysia 2011-12 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77475/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77475/1/FRSB%202011%205%20ir.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Housing - Malaysia Concurrent engineering - Malaysia Ibrahim, Rahinah
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Ibrahim, Rahinah
topic	Housing - Malaysia Concurrent engineering - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Housing - Malaysia Concurrent engineering - Malaysia Mohd Noor, Mohd Zairul Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia
description	The aim of the study was to identify the appropriate Concurrent Engineering principles in the mass housing industry to address the issue of quality and competitiveness. The study conducted a qualitative approach inquiring how concurrent engineering (CE) principles can help to address the issue of quality and competitiveness in mass housing industry. The research posits that selected Concurrent Engineering (CE) principles can be adopted in the mass housing industry due to its similarity in nature with its counterpart in the manufacturing sector in solving the same issue. Three cases representing different level of company structures: multi-million capital companies, medium-sized and small-scaled housing developers; were chosen as the units of analysis for purposive sampling. One respondent represented each company was interviewed with open-ended questions using the snowballing technique. These respondents were the key personnel and were considered the gatekeeper of the respective company's information. Information such as the company's mission, decision-makings or the stakeholders was elucidated to explain the issues and problems of quality and competitiveness in the mass housing industry. Primary data was obtained from literature and validated through interviews. Observations were made during visits to the case's sites, and documents, which include company profiles, records and minutes of meetings, were reviewed to supplement the data collection. The cross-case analysis using the constant comparative method was used to generate the categories. Triangulation, peer examination and member checking were used to ascertain trustworthiness of the study. The findings suggested that although some of the principles in Concurrent Engineering might appropriate in the current mass housing industry, it could not be considered as a total adoption of CE in the mass housing industry. There are several CE fundamentals that are contradicted with the current practice of mass housing industry. However, the research posits that some principles might applicable for current mass housing industry for a good practice exercise and CE might works for manufactured construction or ISS housing construction. In summary, the research contributes to the identification of Concurrent Engineering (CE) principles for mass housing industry and addressed the issue of quality and competitiveness in the mass housing industry.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohd Noor, Mohd Zairul
author_facet	Mohd Noor, Mohd Zairul
author_sort	Mohd Noor, Mohd Zairul
title	Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia
title_short	Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia
title_full	Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia
title_sort	identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2011
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77475/1/FRSB%202011%205%20ir.pdf
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Identifying appropriate concurrent engineering principles for mass housing industry in Malaysia

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