Abstract

The lack of coordination of the construction supply chain (CSC) creates a chain of problems. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to knowledge about coordination within CSCs and how the lack thereof can impact their supply chain performance. Coordination encompasses several different mechanisms, whereof focus here has been information sharing with the unit of analysis suppliers’ information availability. Four suppliers active within the CSC, delivering to several different projects have been studied. These represent two different delivery patterns, continuous and intermittent deliveries. Based on the analysis of their information availability are two propositions made; (1) due to the loose couplings and the lack of understanding among main contractors of the value of information sharing, suppliers with continuous supply have an information advantage due to their presence on site, (2) suppliers can enhance their information availability, by increasing their service offering to customers.

摘要

建筑供应链缺乏协调(CSC) 会产生一系列问题。本文的目的是帮助了解 CSC 内的协调以及缺乏协调如何影响其供应链绩效。协调包括几种不同的机制，这里的重点是与分析单位的信息共享供应商的信息可用性。已经研究了 CSC 内活跃的四家供应商，它们向几个不同的项目提供服务。这些代表了两种不同的交付模式，连续交付和间歇交付。基于对其信息可用性的分析，提出了两个命题；（1）由于松散耦合和主要承包商之间对信息共享价值的理解不足，持续供应的供应商由于现场存在而具有信息优势，