Benchmarking and readiness assessment for concurrent engineering in construction (BEACON)

摘要: In the increasingly competitive business environment reduced project cost, improved time-to-market, better quality products, and customer involvement are becoming key success factors for any product development process. Many organisations within different industries now focusing on Concurrent Engineering (CE) to bring improvements their process in order keep pace with the competitive environment. The adoption of CE has shown positive effects project quality, lead time, schedule, satisfaction. For a targeted effective implementation, it is recommended carry out readiness assessment an organisation prior CE. This thesis discusses within the construction industry, reviews existing readinessa ssessmentto ols used other industry sectors,a nd assessesth eir applicability construction. It then presentsa new developedC E ol called 'BEACON Model', its associated questionnaire, an software. Description results CE readiness case studies, which were conducted within five sectors the construction presented. At end thesis, implementation strategiesa considerationsa re presentedb asedo n assessmenrte sults, followed by conclusions, recommendations future work. most important conclusion, which could be drawn from research, that industry as whole still needs improvements critical areas identified by BEACON Model to adopt effectively.