Abstract
Construction supply chain management is a unique and problematic issue within the construction industry due to its inevitable external risks and variations. The resilience capability of a supplier is of significance in supplier selection; a supplier selected in the context of a resilient construction supply chain (RCSC) is referred to in this research as a “resilient construction supplier”. This paper proposes a supplier selection framework tailored to effective information integration for supply chain management. The proposed framework works by integrating building information modeling (BIM) and a geographic information system (GIS) in a RCSC. BIM and GIS together provide highly transparent construction material information, enhanced supply chain status visualization, and workable access information for supplier selection. Supplier performance is evaluated via seventeen resilient criteria under a combined methodology consisting of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA); AHP and GRA weigh the criteria and rank the suppliers respectively. By varying the weightings given to each criterion, sensitivity analysis was conducted to identify the criteria of resilience which impact the selection priorities of suppliers. An illustrative example is also provided to show the overall process of the proposed framework.
Highlights
In recent years, many researchers have emphasized the need for supply chain management in the construction process due to the increased complexity and size in construction projects [1]
Efficient construction supply chain management has the ability to improve the performance of a project and reduce waste caused by inefficient materials management and control [2]
Construction supply chain management is known to benefit from information technology (IT) applications [7] such as building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information system (GIS), two efficient tools that support information exchange and decision making analysis, especially in regards to construction projects [7]
Summary
Many researchers have emphasized the need for supply chain management in the construction process due to the increased complexity and size in construction projects [1]. Construction supply chain management is known to benefit from IT applications [7] such as BIM and GIS, two efficient tools that support information exchange and decision making analysis, especially in regards to construction projects [7]. To evaluate logistic constraints in the material delivery process, GIS is an effective tool for displaying geographic and spare information (e.g., location of suppliers within the transportation network, simulated transportation paths) in the entire supply chain process by using special analysis function [13]. The primary role of these technologies within the proposed framework is to provide efficient, sufficient, and instant information (e.g., detailed construction quantity take-off, construction schedule, construction simulations) for effective resilient supplier selection.
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