Fig. 1
Definition of collaboration levels.
Fig. 2
Framework for collaboration in construction supply chain.
Tab. 1
Specific symbol of criteria and sub-criteria.
| Symbol | Factor | Symbol | Factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Managerial | A1B1 | Manager's commitment to the goals |
| A1B2 | Manager's trust to share the information system | ||
| A1B3 | Manager's justice and impartiality of communications with other members of the supply chain | ||
| A2 | Structural | A2B1 | Existence of the culture of collaboration within the organization |
| A2B2 | Knowledge, information and experience of employees | ||
| A2B3 | Correct definition of the roles and responsibilities in the organization chart | ||
| A3 | Financial | A3B1 | Spending money for use of updated information sharing system |
| A3B2 | Use of financial resources to control and update project information | ||
| A3B3 | Use of financial resources for training members (how to collaborate with each other) |
Tab. 2
Linguistic scale for importance (Fuzzy AHP).
| Triangular fuzzy scale | Linguistic scale for importance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| u | m | l | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Equally preferred |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Moderately preferred |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Strongly preferred |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Very strongly preferred |
| 11 | 9 | 7 | Extremely preferred |
Fig. 3
The membership function of the fuzzy number.
Tab. 3
The significant patterns of the main factors and the sub-criteria of managerial factor.
| A1 | A2 | A3 | Alpha | A1B1 | A1B2 | A1B3 | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.489 | 0.240 | 0.270 | 0.1 | 0.477 | 0.255 | 0.267 | 0.1 |
| 0.492 | 0.237 | 0.269 | 0.3 | 0.485 | 0.252 | 0.262 | 0.3 |
| 0.494 | 0.236 | 0.269 | 0.5 | 0.491 | 0.250 | 0.258 | 0.5 |
| 0.495 | 0.235 | 0.268 | 0.7 | 0.495 | 0.235 | 0.268 | 0.7 |
| 0.496 | 0.236 | 0.267 | 0.9 | 0.498 | 0.248 | 0.252 | 0.9 |
| 0.496 | 0.236 | 0.266 | 1 | 0.499 | 0.248 | 0.251 | 1 |
Tab. 4
The significant patterns of the sub-criteria of organizational factor and financial factor.
| A2B1 | A2B2 | A2B3 | Alpha | A3B1 | A3B2 | A3B3 | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.343 | 0.344 | 0.311 | 0.1 | 0.301 | 0.321 | 0.377 | 0.1 |
| 0.343 | 0.346 | 0.310 | 0.3 | 0.298 | 0.322 | 0.379 | 0.2 |
| 0.342 | 0.348 | 0.308 | 0.5 | 0.296 | 0.322 | 0.380 | 0.3 |
| 0.342 | 0.349 | 0.308 | 0.7 | 0.295 | 0.322 | 0.382 | 0.4 |
| 0.341 | 0.352 | 0.306 | 0.9 | 0.294 | 0.321 | 0.383 | 0.5 |
| 0.341 | 0.353 | 0.305 | 1 | 0.293 | 0.321 | 0.385 | 0.6 |
Fig. 4
Prioritization of main factors affecting the use of collaboration (a) and prioritizing the sub-criteria of managerial factor (b).
Fig. 5
Prioritizing the sub-criteria of structural factor (a) and prioritizing the sub-criteria of financial factor (b).
Fig. 6
Prioritization of the exceptive positive results from the use of collaboration.
| Managerial |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | Managerial |
| Manager's trust in sharing the information system | Manager's commitment to the goals | |||||||||
| Manager's justice and impartiality of communications with other members of the supply chain | Manager's trust in sharing the information system | |||||||||
| Manager's commitment to the goals | Manager's justice and impartiality of communications with other members of the supply chain | |||||||||
| Structural | | | | | | | | | | Structural |
| Knowledge, information and experience of employees | Existence of the culture of collaboration within the organization | |||||||||
| Correct definition of the roles and responsibilities in the organization chart | Knowledge, information and experience of employees | |||||||||
| Existence of the culture of collaboration within the organization | Correct definition of the roles and responsibilities in the organization chart | |||||||||
| Financial | | | | | | | | | | Financial |
| Use of financial resources to control and update project information | Spending money for use of updated information sharing system | |||||||||
| Use of financial resources for training members (how to collaborate with each other) | Use of financial resources to control and update project information | |||||||||
| Spending money for use of updated information sharing system | Use of financial resources for training members (how to collaborate with each other) | |||||||||
| Positive results | | | | | | | | | | Positive results |
| Higher Quality | Lower Cost | |||||||||
| Lower Time | Higher Quality | |||||||||
| Lower Cost | Lower Time | |||||||||