Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains
Prefabricated building holds promise for quality, efficiency, and sustainability when compared to traditional techniques. However, realizing prefabricated building work hinges on strengthening supply chain resilience. This research assesses interdependent risks undermining prefab network continuity...
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| author | Shengdong Cheng Xin Zhou Yuhang Zhang Mengna Duan Juncheng Gao |
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| description | Prefabricated building holds promise for quality, efficiency, and sustainability when compared to traditional techniques. However, realizing prefabricated building work hinges on strengthening supply chain resilience. This research assesses interdependent risks undermining prefab network continuity during disruption. Questionnaire data from industry experts informed a structural equation model quantifying pathways between component production, construction, information, and other uncertainties. Findings confirm that project delays can be traced to manufacturing and on-site risks, with information gaps broadly propagating impacts. Meanwhile, organizational risks have an insignificant influence, suggesting partnership networks readily reconfigure around operational contingencies. Robust information infrastructures and coordination, therefore, offer crucial leverage. Accordingly, a multidimensional resilience enhancement strategy is formulated, prioritizing supply chain transparency, digital integration, inventory buffering, contingencies planning, and transportation flexibility. Our mixed-methods approach advances the construction literature by demonstrating the applicability of structural equation modeling for diagnostic resilience analytics. Industry leaders also gain actionable, evidence-based guidance on strategic investments to stabilize project flows. This dual theoretical and practical contribution underscores the versatility of tailored statistical assessments in furthering construction innovation objectives within complex, uncertain environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fced5c20f48547269a7dcea8b69ef12b2024-01-29T13:49:10ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092024-01-0114119510.3390/buildings14010195Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply ChainsShengdong Cheng0Xin Zhou1Yuhang Zhang2Mengna Duan3Juncheng Gao4State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaState Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaState Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaState Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaState Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Hydraulic Engineering in Arid Area, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, ChinaPrefabricated building holds promise for quality, efficiency, and sustainability when compared to traditional techniques. However, realizing prefabricated building work hinges on strengthening supply chain resilience. This research assesses interdependent risks undermining prefab network continuity during disruption. Questionnaire data from industry experts informed a structural equation model quantifying pathways between component production, construction, information, and other uncertainties. Findings confirm that project delays can be traced to manufacturing and on-site risks, with information gaps broadly propagating impacts. Meanwhile, organizational risks have an insignificant influence, suggesting partnership networks readily reconfigure around operational contingencies. Robust information infrastructures and coordination, therefore, offer crucial leverage. Accordingly, a multidimensional resilience enhancement strategy is formulated, prioritizing supply chain transparency, digital integration, inventory buffering, contingencies planning, and transportation flexibility. Our mixed-methods approach advances the construction literature by demonstrating the applicability of structural equation modeling for diagnostic resilience analytics. Industry leaders also gain actionable, evidence-based guidance on strategic investments to stabilize project flows. This dual theoretical and practical contribution underscores the versatility of tailored statistical assessments in furthering construction innovation objectives within complex, uncertain environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/14/1/195prefabricated buildingsupply chain resilienceresilience enhancement strategy |
| spellingShingle | Shengdong Cheng Xin Zhou Yuhang Zhang Mengna Duan Juncheng Gao Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains Buildings prefabricated building supply chain resilience resilience enhancement strategy |
| title | Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains |
| title_full | Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains |
| title_fullStr | Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains |
| title_short | Study on Resilience Factors and Enhancement Strategies in Prefabricated Building Supply Chains |
| title_sort | study on resilience factors and enhancement strategies in prefabricated building supply chains |
| topic | prefabricated building supply chain resilience resilience enhancement strategy |
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