TY  - CONF
TI  - Quantifying the Benefits of Using E-Marketplace in Construction Companies
AU  - Schnonherr, Ignacio
AU  - Alarcon, Luiz F.
AU  - Maturana, Sergio
AD  - R.A., Escuela de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile. E-Mail: ischonherr@gmail.com
AD  - Professor of Civil Engineering, Escuela de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile, E-Mail: lalarcon@ing.puc.cl
AD  - Professor of Industrial Engineering, Escuela de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Correo 22, Santiago, Chile, E-Mail: smaturan@ing.puc.cl
ED  - Pasquire, C.L, Christine L.
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2007/07/18
T2  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
SP  - 560
EP  - 570
AB  - The procurement process is critical for construction companies. In order to improve it, many are resorting to e-marketplaces although they usually do not know exactly how much they can gain by doing so. This paper describes a study that quantified the benefits of using an e-marketplace to support the procurement process of a construction company. In this study, 25 construction companies were studied, all of which use Iconstruye, Chile’s main e-marketplace in the construction industry. The research shows that the adoption of an e-marketplace reduces turnaround time, errors and urgent orders, and irregular purchases. In general, a more reliable procurement process directly contributes to a leaner construction process by reducing upstream variability, procurement cycle times and the need for large inventories on site. Users also perceive an improvement in certain global indicators when using an emarketplace.
KW  - e-marketplace
KW  - construction procurement process
KW  - supply process
KW  - lean construction.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/526/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/526
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -