Benefits and disadvantages of ERP in industrialised timber frame housing in Sweden

Industrialised timber frame housing is successful in the Swedish market for one-family housing. In the manufacturing industry, methods and software systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) are widespread, demonstrating significant benefits. A survey of the majority of industrialised timber...

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Published inConstruction Management and Economics Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 831 - 838
Main Authors Bergström, Max, Stehn, Lars
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 01.10.2005
Taylor and Francis Journals
SeriesConstruction Management & Economics
Subjects
Enterprise resource planning
industrialised housing
small and medium-sized enterprises
Timber Structures
Träbyggnad
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Summary:Industrialised timber frame housing is successful in the Swedish market for one-family housing. In the manufacturing industry, methods and software systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) are widespread, demonstrating significant benefits. A survey of the majority of industrialised timber frame housing companies in Sweden demonstrates low ERP use with a low degree of strategic importance, but with operational and managerial benefits. The ERP approach has potential for industrialised housing and its use is favoured by an increased maturity in IT.
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ISSN:0144-6193
1466-433X
1466-433X
1568-5551
DOI:10.1080/01446190500184097