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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Main Author:	Liwan, Siti Radziah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	TS155-194 Production management Operations management
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.14882021-10-03T07:43:54Z The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects 2015-08 Liwan, Siti Radziah TS155-194 Production management. Operations management 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. 2015-08 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1488/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1488/2/SITI%20RADZIAH%20LIWAN%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1488/1/24p%20SITI%20RADZIAH%20LIWAN.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1488/3/SITI%20RADZIAH%20LIWAN%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Faculty of Technology Management and Business
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spellingShingle	TS155-194 Production management Operations management Liwan, Siti Radziah The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects
description	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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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
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author	Liwan, Siti Radziah
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title	The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects
title_short	The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects
title_full	The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects
title_fullStr	The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects
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The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects

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