Urban renewal has become essential for cities confronting aging infrastructure and sustainability pressures. Prefabricated construction offers notable advantages in these contexts by reducing on-site disruption, accelerating project delivery, and supporting circular practices. However, renewal projects differ substantially from greenfield developments due to spatial constraints, regulatory complexity, and the need to maintain building operations, creating distinct supply chain management requirements. Existing reviews have not systematically addressed these renewal-specific contingencies. This systematic literature review analyzes 25 peer-reviewed studies (2011–2025) using PRISMA procedures and hybrid deductive–inductive coding. Five benefit domains are identified: operational continuity, spatial adaptability, urban capacity improvement, circularity potential, and life-cycle efficiency. Four challenges meet the salience threshold (≥3 studies): logistics bottlenecks, information fragmentation, limited on-site storage, and weak reverse supply chains. Two additional categories: circular supply-chain barriers and urban governance constraints which extend existing frameworks. Ten countermeasure clusters are synthesized, with digital integration, collaborative scheduling, and hybrid JiT buffering emerging as systemic enablers. The review highlights how renewal-specific contingencies reshape supply chain design and underscores the need for integrated forward and reverse logistics capabilities.
Il rinnovamento urbano è diventato essenziale per le città che si confrontano con infrastrutture obsolete e pressioni legate alla sostenibilità. La costruzione prefabbricata offre vantaggi significativi in questi contesti, riducendo le interferenze in cantiere, accelerando i tempi di realizzazione e supportando pratiche circolari. Tuttavia, i progetti di riqualificazione differiscono in modo sostanziale dagli interventi su aree vergini a causa di vincoli spaziali, complessità regolatorie e della necessità di mantenere in funzione gli edifici esistenti, generando esigenze specifiche per la gestione della supply chain. Le rassegne esistenti non hanno affrontato in modo sistematico tali contingenze proprie dei progetti di rinnovo urbano. Questa review sistematica della letteratura analizza 25 studi peer-reviewed (2011–2025) utilizzando le procedure PRISMA e una codifica ibrida deduttivo–induttiva. Emergono cinque domini di beneficio: continuità operativa, adattabilità spaziale, miglioramento della capacità urbana, potenziale di circolarità ed efficienza lungo il ciclo di vita. Quattro sfide raggiungono la soglia di salienza (≥3 studi): colli di bottiglia logistici, frammentazione informativa, capacità limitata di stoccaggio in sito e debolezza delle supply chain inverse. Due ulteriori categorie – barriere legate alla supply chain circolare e vincoli di governance urbana – ampliano i framework esistenti. Sono stati sintetizzati dieci cluster di contromisure, nei quali l’integrazione digitale, la programmazione collaborativa e il buffering ibrido Just-in-Time emergono come abilitatori sistemici. La review evidenzia come le contingenze specifiche dei progetti di rinnovo urbano rimodellino il design della supply chain e sottolinea la necessità di capacità integrate nelle logistiche forward e reverse.
Prefabricated construction supply chain management in urban renewal: a systematic literature review of benefits, challenges and countermeasures
Liu, Xiaoyan
2024/2025
Abstract
Urban renewal has become essential for cities confronting aging infrastructure and sustainability pressures. Prefabricated construction offers notable advantages in these contexts by reducing on-site disruption, accelerating project delivery, and supporting circular practices. However, renewal projects differ substantially from greenfield developments due to spatial constraints, regulatory complexity, and the need to maintain building operations, creating distinct supply chain management requirements. Existing reviews have not systematically addressed these renewal-specific contingencies. This systematic literature review analyzes 25 peer-reviewed studies (2011–2025) using PRISMA procedures and hybrid deductive–inductive coding. Five benefit domains are identified: operational continuity, spatial adaptability, urban capacity improvement, circularity potential, and life-cycle efficiency. Four challenges meet the salience threshold (≥3 studies): logistics bottlenecks, information fragmentation, limited on-site storage, and weak reverse supply chains. Two additional categories: circular supply-chain barriers and urban governance constraints which extend existing frameworks. Ten countermeasure clusters are synthesized, with digital integration, collaborative scheduling, and hybrid JiT buffering emerging as systemic enablers. The review highlights how renewal-specific contingencies reshape supply chain design and underscores the need for integrated forward and reverse logistics capabilities.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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