33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan - 2025

https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0165

Model for Production System Design in Modular Construction Projects

Fernanda S. Bataglin1, Carlos T. Formoso2 & Daniela D. Viana3

1Civil Engineer and Lean Consultant, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-8859-1201
2Professor, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-4772-3746
3Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Department, NORIE, UFRGS, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-4708

Abstract

Modular construction has gained increasing relevance as a kind of Engineer-to-order (ETO) industrialized building systems, which are plagued by different sources of complexity. Production system design (PSD) is one of the core activities in production management, translating the intended production strategy into a set of decisions to improve flows. Previous research efforts were mostly limited to the design of production systems for projects that involved traditional construction technologies. However, the scope of PSP decisions tends to be broader in industrialized building systems because it requires information from multiple production units to align strategic and operational decisions. The aim of this research is to devise a process model for designing production systems for ETO industrialized building systems within the context of modular construction. Design Science Research was the methodological approach adopted in this investigation, which involved three empirical studies carried out in partnership with a company that delivers modular construction projects. The main outcome of this investigation is a set of decision-making steps to support the design of the production system based on core operations management concepts and principles. The main benefit of this model to guide the development of PSD in a systematic and formalized way.

Keywords

Lean construction, Production system design, Engineer-to-order, Modular Construction, 4D BIM.

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Bataglin, F. S., Formoso, C. T. & Viana, D. D.. (2025). Model for Production System Design in Modular Construction Projects. In Seppänen, O., Koskela, L., & Murata , K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) (pp. 388–399). https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0165

Shortened reference for use in IGLC papers:

Bataglin, F. S., Formoso, C. T. & Viana, D. D.. (2025). Model for Production System Design in Modular Construction Projects. IGLC33. https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0165

 

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