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Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

Many work packages, or groups of activities, within a construction project can be organized into productionx000D
lines to produce a specific outcome. For example, kitchen cabinets are normally designed as per customerx000D
needs and manufactured in controlled factories. Westridge Cabinets faces several challenges typical ofx000D
construction manufacturing facilities that handle a wide range of product customization. These include the needx000D
to (i) develop a robust workflow to account for diverse customer types and sizes; (ii) analyze currentx000D
production processes and identifying bottlenecks; (iii) improve and streamline existing production lines tox000D
optimize the operations of different interrelated processes; (iv) integrate state-of-the-art solutions to create ax000D
safer work environment; and (v) enhance product design to minimize material and process waste while meetingx000D
customer needs. The proposed research incorporates optimization and simulation methods as well as analysisx000D
and evaluation of construction management techniques at the collaborating company's plant. The goal is tox000D
develop a comprehensive framework by conducting the proposed research in five stages over a period of sixx000D
months: (1) study and analyze current production processes and operations; (2) collect and analyze productionx000D
data; (3) identify deficiencies and areas of possible improvements; (4) develop and test proposedx000D
improvements; and (5) establish future research and development strategy. The Canadian residential andx000D
commercial construction sector stands to benefit from this research applying lean principles to constructionx000D
planning, management, control, and safety in order to improve productivity and increase customer satisfactionx000D
through increased fulfillment rate and reduced back-orders. Successful management and improvement throughx000D
this research will enable the industry partner to compete profitably in the market while also providing testedx000D
methods/solutions to benefit the industry in general.