This research presents a collaborative supply chain management system for curtain walls using Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) to track the product and information flow among participants in high-rise building construction projects. This resarch developed a process model and a strategy for effective utilization of RFID technology through the curtain wall life-cycle. Then an information management system was developed to support the supply chain management of curtain walls with incorporating RFID into curtain wall products flow throughout the life-cycle. The system has been tested for validation and verification in a real world project.
This research (Grant No. 2003 R&D A01-03) is financially supported jointly by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation of the Korean government, Daelim Industrial Co., Better Living Space Co., and Doalltech Co. This work is also financially supported by Brain Korea 21 (Grant No. D184) conducted by Sungkyunkwan University. The authors would like to thank the practitioners in the supply chain of curtain walls for their interviews and responses to surveys.