Process benefits from use of standard products - Simulation experiments using the pipe spool model

Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-14

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 177-189

  Tommelein, Iris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Industrial construction; Lean construction; Materials management; Off site fabrication; Pipe; Piping system; Process modelling; Process plant; Product standardization; Supply chain management; Variability

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENTS; INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; OFF-SITE FABRICATION; PROCESS MODELLING; PROCESS PLANTS; PRODUCT STANDARDIZATION; VARIABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUP THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING; PIPE; PIPING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STANDARDIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84855810709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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