AHP-Systems Thinking Analyses for Kaizen Costing Implementation in the Construction Industry
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School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS1 3HE, UK
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Department of the Built Environment, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa
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School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK
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Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen AB10 7AQ, UK
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Buildings 2020, 10(12), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120230
Received: 8 November 2020 / Revised: 26 November 2020 / Accepted: 1 December 2020 / Published: 5 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Construction 4.0: The Connection of Lean Construction and Industry 4.0)
The incessant reportage of cost overruns and abandoned projects in contemporary literature have accentuated the need for a re-examination of the nature of the cost management strategies deployed to these projects. This study explores the potential of kaizen costing strategy to engender effective cost management within construction project delivery systems in developing countries. Data collected during this study were analysed using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and systems thinking approaches to determine the criticality of the factors influencing the effective implementation of kaizen costing. Seven (7) archetypes leading to final causal loop diagram identified the incorporation of the plan–do–check–act approach to project and cost planning, the budgeting system of the construction companies, overhead cost reduction during construction and the overall procurement process. Executing these archetypes will potentially reduce high overhead costs, project cost and time overruns, as well as enhance construction industry sector growth policies and construction organisation corporate governance.
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Keywords:
analytical hierarchy process; causal loop; construction companies; lean construction; kaizen costing; systems thinking
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Omotayo, T.; Awuzie, B.; Egbelakin, T.; Obi, L.; Ogunnusi, M. AHP-Systems Thinking Analyses for Kaizen Costing Implementation in the Construction Industry. Buildings 2020, 10, 230. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120230
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Omotayo T, Awuzie B, Egbelakin T, Obi L, Ogunnusi M. AHP-Systems Thinking Analyses for Kaizen Costing Implementation in the Construction Industry. Buildings. 2020; 10(12):230. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120230
Chicago/Turabian StyleOmotayo, Temitope; Awuzie, Bankole; Egbelakin, Temitope; Obi, Lovelin; Ogunnusi, Mercy. 2020. "AHP-Systems Thinking Analyses for Kaizen Costing Implementation in the Construction Industry" Buildings 10, no. 12: 230. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120230
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