Issues and Challenges Affecting Supply Chain in Project Delivery: Construction Professional Perspectives †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Recommendations and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Identified Challenges of SCM | Mean | Std. Dev. | Rank | Chi-Square | Asymp-Sig |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weak procurement strategies | 4.46 | 0.999 | 1 | 7.690 | 0.361 |
Unclear project specifications | 4.27 | 0.795 | 2 | 0.764 | 0.998 |
Difficulties of scheduling flexibility | 4.13 | 0.793 | 3 | 4.275 | 0.748 |
Poor construction design | 4.13 | 0.742 | 3 | 2.367 | 0.937 |
Delay in the delivery of materials | 4.13 | 0.817 | 3 | 5.185 | 0.637 |
Poor budget management | 4.12 | 0.758 | 6 | 2.465 | 0.930 |
Excessive weather conditions | 4.12 | 0.732 | 6 | 5.092 | 0.649 |
Inability to develop measures for monitoring alliance | 4.12 | 0.784 | 6 | 12.148 | 0.096 |
Non-integration of automation in the SCM process | 4.10 | 0.774 | 9 | 5.919 | 0.549 |
Insufficient planning of the project before starting | 4.10 | 0.774 | 9 | 5.489 | 0.601 |
Sub-contractor lack of understanding of SCM concepts | 4.08 | 0.860 | 11 | 8.429 | 0.296 |
Poor human resource management | 4.04 | 0.839 | 12 | 4.781 | 0.687 |
Communication breakdown in the material supply chain | 4.02 | 0.700 | 13 | 1.697 | 0.975 |
Underestimation of the cost of the materials | 4.02 | 0.754 | 13 | 2.992 | 0.886 |
Design changes during project implementation | 4.00 | 0.767 | 15 | 2.414 | 0.933 |
Ineffective schedule management | 3.96 | 0.928 | 16 | 2.407 | 0.934 |
Political interferences | 3.96 | 1.009 | 16 | 1.461 | 0.984 |
Additional scope modifications to meet testing requirements | 3.92 | 0.788 | 18 | 2.646 | 0.916 |
Late delivery of material supply | 3.92 | 0.737 | 18 | 8.799 | 0.267 |
Use of poor construction method | 3.88 | 1.060 | 20 | 5.752 | 0.569 |
Incompetence of key project members | 3.87 | 0.929 | 21 | 2.667 | 0.914 |
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Ogundipe, K.E.; Ogunbayo, B.F.; Aigbavboa, C.O. Issues and Challenges Affecting Supply Chain in Project Delivery: Construction Professional Perspectives. Eng. Proc. 2024, 76, 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076064
Ogundipe KE, Ogunbayo BF, Aigbavboa CO. Issues and Challenges Affecting Supply Chain in Project Delivery: Construction Professional Perspectives. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 76(1):64. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076064
Chicago/Turabian StyleOgundipe, Kunle Elizah, Babatunde Fatai Ogunbayo, and Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa. 2024. "Issues and Challenges Affecting Supply Chain in Project Delivery: Construction Professional Perspectives" Engineering Proceedings 76, no. 1: 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076064