TY - JOUR
T1 - Blockchain and information integration
T2 - Applications in New Zealand’s prefabrication supply chain
AU - Bakhtiarizadeh, Ehsan
AU - Shahzad, Wajiha Mohsin
AU - Poshdar, Mani
AU - Khalfan, Malik
AU - Rotimi, James Olabode Bamidele
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The Doctoral research on which this article is based, is funded through a Fee Scholarship awarded by the School of Built Environment, Massey University, New Zealand.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - New Zealand’s rising demand for new and affordable homes is driving innovative and effective methods for project delivery. Prefabrication or off-site construction is considered an innovative approach to project delivery that eliminates the limitations of traditional construction methods. However, the prefabrication industry struggles with several challenges, including poor coordination and low supply chain integration amongst its partner organisations. There has been previous literature on improving the prefabrication supply chain integration, but few studies about the role of technology in this sector. Therefore, this article provides intuitions into the applicability and benefits of advanced technologies, namely blockchain, for improving supply chain integration in the context of prefabrication in New Zealand. A questionnaire survey was used to identify the channels used for information exchange between clients and contractors. Moreover, the questionnaire ascertained the positive effects of blockchain on enhancing supply chain integration between the two partners. Blockchain has proven to be a secure information integration instrument that can improve the integration of the prefabrication supply chain by fostering collaboration between organisations.
AB - New Zealand’s rising demand for new and affordable homes is driving innovative and effective methods for project delivery. Prefabrication or off-site construction is considered an innovative approach to project delivery that eliminates the limitations of traditional construction methods. However, the prefabrication industry struggles with several challenges, including poor coordination and low supply chain integration amongst its partner organisations. There has been previous literature on improving the prefabrication supply chain integration, but few studies about the role of technology in this sector. Therefore, this article provides intuitions into the applicability and benefits of advanced technologies, namely blockchain, for improving supply chain integration in the context of prefabrication in New Zealand. A questionnaire survey was used to identify the channels used for information exchange between clients and contractors. Moreover, the questionnaire ascertained the positive effects of blockchain on enhancing supply chain integration between the two partners. Blockchain has proven to be a secure information integration instrument that can improve the integration of the prefabrication supply chain by fostering collaboration between organisations.
KW - Blockchain
KW - Communication channels
KW - Information integration
KW - New Zealand
KW - Prefabrication
KW - Supply chain
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U2 - 10.3390/buildings11120608
DO - 10.3390/buildings11120608
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121578505
SN - 2075-5309
VL - 11
JO - Buildings
JF - Buildings
IS - 12
M1 - 608
ER -