Matching industrialised timber frame housing needs and enterprise resource planning: A change process

The potential for improvements in industrialised housing through the adoption of concepts like enterprise resource planning (ERP) from the manufacturing industry, as applied to small and medium-sized enterprises, is evaluated in this paper. Four single, consecutive case studies were performed at a S...

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Published inInternational journal of production economics Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 172 - 184
Main Authors Bergström, Max, Stehn, Lars
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 18.08.2005
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesInternational Journal of Production Economics
Subjects
Change process
Enterprise resource planning
Housing needs
Industrialised housing
Prefabricated buildings
Production management
Small business
Studies
Supply chain management
Supply chains
Timber frame houses
Timber Structures
Träbyggnad
Sweden
Supply chain management
Timber frame houses
Enterprise resource planning
Industrialised housing
Change process
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Summary:The potential for improvements in industrialised housing through the adoption of concepts like enterprise resource planning (ERP) from the manufacturing industry, as applied to small and medium-sized enterprises, is evaluated in this paper. Four single, consecutive case studies were performed at a Swedish medium-sized industrialised housing company. The findings suggest that ERP can meet industrialised housing needs as well as promote an organisation to be re-engineered through comprehensive change and act as a driver for a more efficient internal and external supply chain.
ISSN:0925-5273
1873-7579
1873-7579
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.06.052