Abstract
Sustainability in the supply chain is becoming more and more important for industrial enterprises in different sectors. This research article focuses on construction supply chains (CSCs) in the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) industry, where every product is almost unique based on specific customer needs and requirements. The development of methods and approaches for more sustainable supply chain management in construction is becoming even more important. Engineering, fabrication of parts and their installation on-site are not always well synchronized in ETO supply chains. The results of such supply chains are long lead times, inefficient material transport and high and uncontrolled levels of work-in-progress (WIP). This article describes a conceptual approach to synchronize demand on-site with supply in manufacturing using the CONstant Work In Progress (ConWIP) concept from Lean Management to achieve Just-in-Time (JIT) supply. As a result, sustainable supply chains in ETO enterprises, with optimizations from an economic, ecological and social point of view, can be designed. The approach has been validated in an industrial case study.
Highlights
A growing number of enterprises are working on the implementation of sustainable manufacturing and supply chain processes
This research article focuses on construction supply chains (CSCs) in the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) industry, where every product is almost unique based on specific customer needs and requirements
This article describes a conceptual approach to synchronize demand on-site with supply in manufacturing using the CONstant Work In Progress (ConWIP) concept from Lean Management to achieve Just-in-Time (JIT) supply
Summary
A growing number of enterprises are working on the implementation of sustainable manufacturing and supply chain processes. The objective of sustainable supply chain initiatives is the creation of products or objects by means of energy-efficient, resource-saving as well as socially acceptable processes [1]. Customer satisfaction will be achieved in future through the creation of the product itself, and through socially and environmentally responsible as well as economically efficient concepts of manufacturing avoiding negative effects for society [2]. There is special emphasis on the ETO construction industry focusing on a case study from façade manufacturing industry. Construction supplier companies can be classified according to different market interaction strategies (Figure 1): (1) Make-to-Stock (MTS); (2) Assemble-to-Order (ATO); (3) Production-on-Demand (POD); (4) Build-to-Order (BTO); (5) Configure-to-Order (CTO) and (6) Engineer-to-Order (ETO) [3,4]
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