Khalfan, M and Raja, N (2005) Improving construction process through integration and concurrent engineering. Construction Economics and Building, 5(1), pp. 58-66. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
In an increasingly competitive business environment, improvedtime-to-market, reduced production cost, quality of the productand customer involvement are rapidly becoming the key successfactors for any product development process. Consequently, mostorganisations are moving towards the adoption of latest technologyand new management concepts and philosophies such as totalquality management and concurrent engineering (CE) to bringimprovement in their product development process. This paperdiscusses the adoption of integrated processes and CE withinthe construction industry to enable construction organisations toimprove their project development process. It also discusses aproposed integrated database model for the construction projects,which should enable the construction process to improve, becomemore effective and more efficient.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | concurrent engineering in construction; integrated database model; integration |
| Index terms: | becoming, production cost, concurrent engineering, construction project, product development process, construction organization, construction process, integration, competitive busines, database, philosophy, project development, construction industry |
| Subjects: | innovation studies, production management, engineering methods, organization, manufacturing engineering, project delivery, business management, philosophical process, industry analysis, philosophical studies, building construction, organizational analysis, data management |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Research Practice, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Organizational Design, Site Management, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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