Using the IKEA model and virtual prototyping technology to improve construction process management

Heng Li, Hongling Guo, Miroslaw Skibniewski and Martin Skitmore

Construction Management and Economics, 2008, vol. 26, issue 9, 991-1000

Abstract: Learning from manufacturing industries is a useful approach to improving the productivity of the construction industry and to solve problems arising from construction processes. Through the use of virtual prototyping (VP) technology, the lean production process engaged in the IKEA business model (IKEA model) is studied and implemented in a real-life construction project. Specifically, based on the analysis of the IKEA model, the IKEA model can be applied to optimize construction processes and simplify management activities. A case study is analysed to demonstrate the improvement of construction process management through using the VP-IKEA approach.

Keywords: IKEA model; site operations; virtual prototyping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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