Improving upstream information exchange protocols using value-adding techniques

在任何制造业务中，都有许多机会来提高效率，无论是在主要业务中，还是在各种所需的支持活动中，如设计和采购。在这项工作中需要调查的挑战包括：（1）绘制当前设计和采购流程和信息流;（2）分析现有软件工具的有效性和软件互操作性;（3）分析部门之间的沟通和信息交换;（4）识别信息缺失或错误的任何原因并提出缓解它们的解决方案;以及（5）在设计和采购部门建立能力，以支持生产线上的任何改进。行业合作伙伴正在寻求提高支持运营的绩效，以便在行业合作伙伴的制造和管理方面进行平衡的改进。为了改进这些前端操作，本文提出了一个四步骤的方法，将与行业合作伙伴合作进行六个月以上：（1）分析支持操作和过程的当前状态的效率，包括定义底层操作，调查信息交换的当前状态，建立过程映射，收集分析与过程映射相关的数据;（2）制定一个提高效率的框架，包括建立一个系统模型，解决当前系统中的缺陷;（3）测试和改进拟议的框架，包括在实施的早期阶段帮助行业合作伙伴;（4）确定进一步可能的改进和未来的研究。这项研究将有利于行业合作伙伴和建筑制造业更普遍地通过调查如何减少建筑制造过程中的浪费超出了通常确定和集中在当前的做法.

There are many opportunities in any manufacturing operation to improve efficiency, both in the main operationand in the various required support activities such as design and procurement. The challenges to be investigatedin this work include (1) mapping the current design and procurement process and flow of information; (2)analyzing the effectiveness of existing software tools and software interoperability; (3) analyzingcommunication and information exchange between departments; (4) identifying any causes of missinginformation or errors and proposing solutions to mitigate them; and (5) creating the capacity in the design andprocurement departments to support any improvements made on the production line. The industry partner isseeking to improve the performance of supporting operation such that balanced improvement can be achievedon the manufacturing and administrative aspects of the industry partner. In order to improve these front-endoperations, a four-step methodology is proposed that will be carried out over six months in collaboration withthe industry partner: (1) analyze the efficiency of the current state of supporting operations and processes,including defining underlying operations, investigating the current state of information exchange, buildingprocess mapping, and collecting analyzing data related to the process maps; (2) develop a framework forefficiency improvement, including building a systematic model that addresses shortcomings in the currentsystem; (3) test and improve the proposed framework, including aiding the industry partner in the early stagesof implementation; and (4) define further possible improvements and future research. This research will benefitthe industry partner and the construction manufacturing industry more generally by investigating how to reduceprocess waste in construction manufacturing beyond what is normally identified and focused on in currentpractice.