A Coordinated Approach for Supply-Chain Tracking in the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry

Jun Wang, Hung-Lin Chi, Wenchi Shou, Heap-Yih Chong and Xiangyu Wang
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Jun Wang: Australasian Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth 6845, Australia
Hung-Lin Chi: Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Wenchi Shou: Australasian Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth 6845, Australia
Heap-Yih Chong: School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth 6845, Australia
Xiangyu Wang: Australasian Joint Research Centre for Building Information Modelling, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University, Perth 6845, Australia

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-25

Abstract: With the increased size and complexity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, supply-chain management has become a challenging process due to involvements of the remote location of the project site and the multiple stakeholders. The transparency and traceability of the supply-chain are critical as any surpluses or shortages of materials will put the project at risk. Currently, limited research has been conducted on LNG projects considering the total supply-chain perspective, which refers to all stages of materials tracking in off-site manufacturing, transportation, and site logistics. The purpose of this research is to propose a framework of a coordinated approach for supply-chain tracking in the LNG industry. Two focus group studies were organized to develop the proposed framework: One for LNG construction supply chain process development, and another for alternative tracking technologies selection. In addition, two experiments, namely off-site fabrication tracking and site logistics tracking, were conducted in a field to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed framework. Technology limitations were also discussed in terms of field implementation.

Keywords: supply-chain management; RFID; GPS; barcode; liquefied natural gas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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