Print Email Facebook Twitter Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) in Dutch infrastructure projects Title Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) in Dutch infrastructure projects: An exploratory study to identify the current status of the Dutch infrastructure sector in terms of early supplier involvement Author Lotchouang Kouam, Samuel (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences) Contributor Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (graduation committee) Hombergen, L.P.I.M. (mentor) Kersten, W.C. (mentor) van der Bijl, Wouter (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Civil Engineering | Construction Management and Engineering Date 2018-01-19 Abstract Early supplier involvement (ESI) can be defined as a mechanism for involving preferred suppliers in the early phases of product design and development. The concept of ESI is frequently mentioned in the context of New Product Development (NPD) and has been in existence for over half a century with positive results in a number of industries. In the Dutch infrastructure sector however, the implementation of the ESI concept is not yet as widespread as in the automotive or electronics industries. Consequently, the opportunity to conduct this study comes from the recent developments that resulted in an increased reliance on suppliers' knowledge in Dutch infrastructure projects, combined to the fact that ESI seems to be a potential solution to cope with those changes. Therefore, through literature study and interviews with practitioners within the Dutch infrastructure sector, it is aimed to identify the current status of ESI within the Dutch infrastructure sector, identify barriers and stimuli to the ESI process and derive some recommendations for the sector. Subject early supplier involvementsupplier involvementDutch infrastructure projectsProject ManagementSupply Chain To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e9b8dae8-ffc6-4399-9263-af70aefbe791 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Samuel Lotchouang Kouam Files PDF Final_Report.pdf 1.86 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e9b8dae8-ffc6-4399-9263-af70aefbe791/datastream/OBJ/view