Monetised Sustainability Impacts of Integrated Planning in the Manufactured Construction Products Industry: A Transport Perspective From New Zealand

Date
2024-12-15
Authors
Dhawan, Kamal
Tookey, John E
GhaffarianHoseini, Ali
Poshdar, Mani
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Anser Press Pte. Ltd.
Abstract

The extensive, interdisciplinary nature of construction supply chains make them prone to inefficiencies at organisational interfaces. Inefficiencies are accentuated by the project-centric delivery paradigm, and complex logistics systems between multiple stakeholders. They manifest as a multitude of concurrent activities, processes, and systems both on and off-site. Transportation is the largest component of the logistics domain. Transport operations are inherently fragmented, intrinsic to every business, while vehicle ownership and deployment is typically externalised. Differentiated waste removal and materials delivery further disintegrate the already fragmented construction supply chain. Inefficiencies from the insularity of the planning process across segmental boundaries aggregate incrementally, with impacts visible at the macro level. Re-configuration of activities, resources and actors are acknowledged strategies for optimising logistics and transportation function. This paper investigates the impact of three integration strategies on a manufactured construction products supply chain efficiency. These strategies include vertical integration of distribution, integrated planning for transport operations, and integration of reverse logistics into operations. Sustainability impacts are evaluated according to domestically determined monetary parameters in order to benchmark performance at the business and national scale.

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33 Built Environment and Design , 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services , 3509 Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chains , 3302 Building , 3304 Urban and Regional Planning , 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Source
Journal of Economic Analysis, ISSN: 2811-0943 (Print); 2811-0943 (Online), Anser Press Pte. Ltd., 3(4), 37-48. doi: 10.58567/jea03040009
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© 2024 by Dhawan, Tookey, GhaffarianHoseini and Poshdar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.