The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects
Inventory management is important especially in construction projects because materials and components constitute 50-60% of the total project cost. While inventory management has increased concerned among various parties within the project, materials tracking for inventory management also act the...
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2015
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| Summary: | Inventory management is important especially in construction projects because
materials and components constitute 50-60% of the total project cost. While
inventory management has increased concerned among various parties within the
project, materials tracking for inventory management also act the same way. Material
tracking could provide timely information on materials availability and enables realtime
on-site measurement of the project performance which is important for
inventory management. However, material tracking practices in construction projects
has been using manual method and it has many drawbacks. Although the application
of advanced technology is needed as it has ability to assist materials tracking,
however; there is still lack of materials tracking framework for inventory
management process in construction projects. Therefore, the research aims to fill in
this gap by developing an on-site material tracking framework for improving
inventory management processes in Malaysian construction projects. In this research,
potential implementation of RFID technology for materials tracking and the existing
material tracking practices in construction projects were identified. Literature review
and case studies approach were conducted to obtain data of the research. Ten case
studies was undertaken to investigate inventory management process and material
tracking practices in Malaysia construction projects. The data analysis involves both
within case analysis and cross-case analysis. The findings conclude by developing an
on-site material tracking framework for inventory management process which
consists of seven components namely; manufacturing, materials delivery, materials
arrival, materials storage, materials use, on-site control centre and report generation.
The framework would be beneficial for contractors having intention to adopt RFID
technology to assist and facilitate materials tracking particularly at the site storage
area. |
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