UTILISATION OF ORDER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR LOGISTICS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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| Udgivet i: | Acta Structilia vol. 28, no. 1 (2021), p. 32 |
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University of the Free State, Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management
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| Resumen: | In vergelyking met die vervaardigings- en kleinhandelsektor, is die logistieke tegnologieë vir effektiewe en doeltreffende 'bestellingsverwerkingsbedrywighede' op die gebied van opsporing, versending, aanvulling, versending en hou van voorraad in die Nigeriese konstruksiebedryf gebrekkig. Dit word bevestig dat dit 'n beduidende uitwerking het op bedryfsprestasie. In hierdie artikel word ondersoek hoe bestellingsverwerkingstegnologie wat deur vervaardigings- en kleinhandelbedrywe gebruik word, die bestellingsverwerkingslogistieke van die konstruksiebedryf kan verbeter. Lagos State en Abuja, Nigerie, was die geselekteerde geografiese studiegebiede, waaruit vyf vervaardigingsondernemings, vyf kleinhandelondernemings en vyf konstruksieprojekte doelgerig gekies is. Gemengde navorsingsmetodes is gebruik. Die navorsingsinstrumente het 'n waarnemingsgids (kwantitatief) en semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude (kwalitatief) ingesluit. Die versamelde kwantitatiewe data is geanaliseer met behulp van beskrywende analitiese instrumente: frekwensies en persentiele. Die kwalitatiewe data is geanaliseer volgens die tematiese metode. Die resultaat het getoon dat 80% en 100% van die onderskeie vervaardigings- en kleinhandelbedrywe streepkoderingstegnologie aangeneem het vir bestellingsverwerkingsdoeleindes. Siegs 40% van die waargenome konstruksieprojek het strepieskoderingstegnologie vir bestellingsverwerking in die volgende gebruik: 2.4% vir ontvangsproses; 0.9% vir bêreproses; 0.9% vir versendingsproses (voorraadbeheer); 1.2% vir versendingproses; 0.6% vir aanvullingsproses, en 1.2% vir opsporing van voorraad (voorraadopsporing). Ook, onderskeidelik 100% en 80% van die vervaardigings- en kleinhandelbedrywe het radiofrekwensie-identifikasie (RFID)-tegnologie vir bestellingsverwerkingsdoeleindes aanvaar. Siegs 40% van die waargenome konstruksieprojek het RFID-tegnologie vir bestellingsverwerking aanvaar. Daar is ook aan die lig gebring dat die gebruik van die bestelverwerkingstegnologie tot die volgende voordele kan lei: bestuurskontrole in die konstruksiebedryf; korter verwerkingstyd; maklike manier om materiaal op die perseel op te spoor, en verhoogde spoed van werk in die konstruksiebedryf. Die navorsing het tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat effektiewe benutting van bestellingsverwerkingstegnologie in die logistieke stelsel kan lei tot volle doeltreffendheidswinste in die bestellingsverwerkingsaspek van die konstruksiebedryf. Daar word aanbeveel dat die federale regering van Nigerie alle belangrike belanghebbendes in die konstruksieprojek moet opdrag gee om werkswinkels by te woon oor die gebruik van nuwe tegnologieë in die bestuur van konstruksiebedrywighede. The logistic technologies for effective and efficient 'order processing operations' in the areas of tracking, shipping, replenishment, dispatching and holding of inventory are deficient in the Nigerian construction industry, when compared to manufacturing and retailing sectors. This is confirmed to have a significant effect on the performance of the construction sector. This article assessed how order processing technology utilised by manufacturing and retail industries could improve the order processing logistics operations of the construction industry. Lagos State and the F.C.T. Abuja, Nigeria, were the selected geographical study areas, from which five manufacturing companies, five retailing companies and five construction projects were purposively selected. Mixed methods research strategy was used. The research instruments included an observation guide (quantitative) and semi-structured interviews (qualitative). The collected quantitative data was analysed, using descriptive analytical tools: frequencies and percentiles. The qualitative data was analysed, using the thematic method. The result revealed that 80% and 100% of the manufacturing and retailing industries, respectively, observed, adopted barcoding technology for order processing purposes. Only 40% of the observed construction project adopted barcoding technology for order processing in the following: 2.4% for receiving process; 0.9% for put-away process; 0.9% for shipping process (stock control); 1.2% for dispatching process; 0.6% for replenishment process, and 1.2% for tracking inventory (stock tracking). In addition, 100% and 80% of the manufacturing and retailing industries, respectively, observed, adopted Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for order processing purposes. Only 40% of the observed construction projects adopted RFID technology for order processing. It was also revealed that utilisation of the order processing technology could have the following benefits: managerial control in the construction industry; shorter processing time; easy way of tracking materials on site, and increased speed of work in the construction industries. The research concludes that effective utilisation of order processing technology in the logistics system could lead to full efficiency gains in the order processing aspect of the construction industry. It is recommended that the Federal Government of Nigeria should mandate all major construction project stakeholders to attend workshops on the use of recent technologies in the management of construction operations. |
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| ISSN: | 1023-0564 2415-0487 |
| DOI: | 10.18820/24150487/as28i1.2 |
| Fuente: | Engineering Database |