TY  - CONF
TI  - Product Platform Flow to Develop New Products in an Off-Site Company
AU  - Nievola, Tainara P.
AU  - Scheer, Sergio
AD  - Product Platform Coordinator, Master Student, Post-Graduate Program in Civil Engineer, Federal University of  Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil, tai.nievola@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-0218-1031
AD  - Senior Professor, Graduate Program of Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Research Center, Federal  University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil, sergioscheer@gmail.com, orcid.org/ 0000-0003-3995-9780
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/26
T2  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
C3  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
CY  - Lille, France
SP  - 1037
EP  - 1048
DO  - 10.24928/2023/0143
SN  - 2789-0015 (ISSN)
AB  - The civil construction’s cost has increased since the beginning of the pandemic, bringing insecurity to the sector. In addition, civil construction is largely responsible for environmental impacts related to greenhouse gases and waste generated globally. Several industries, such as the auto industry, use the product platform concept to optimize their processes, bringing more efficiency and control to their productions and products. The existing theory on the application of a product platform in construction shows that it can be a means of controlling fluctuating costs and reducing environmental impacts, but there is a gap, with few studies showing the application in real cases and the gains obtained. To assess this, the literature review aims to understand how product platforms work in other industries and what we have so far on their application in the construction sector. An action research method is used, applying the product development flow created, to meet two demands for new products in the studied company, using other platform solutions already developed by the company – such as application of common items - to achieve cost reduction. The result of the practical application reached the company's expectations, achieving a significant cost reduction
KW  - Product development
KW  - product platform
KW  - off-site construction
KW  - industrialized construction
KW  - standardization.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2082/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2082
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -