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<doi>10.3850/978-981-08-7920-4_S1-C21-cd</doi>
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<article-title>Industrialization of the Swiss Construction Market: A Cooperative Approach</article-title>
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<author>Thomas Rinas and Gerhard Girmscheid  </author>
<author-citation>Rinas, Thomas; Girmscheid, Gerhard</author-citation>

<aff>Construction Process and Enterprise Management, Institute of Construction and Infrastructure
Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, switzerland. </aff>

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<p>Nowadays manual production techniques in small-scaled precast concrete companies still
dominate concrete prefabrication in Switzerland. New concepts and strategies are required to
empower these small-scaled precast concrete companies aswell as local construction companies,
architects and engineers to benefit from industrialization concepts like the mass customization
approach in the client&#8217;s value creating process. This paper presents the cooperative approach
of a two-dimensional cooperative business model. The two-dimensional cooperative business
model will lead Swiss precast concrete (SPC) companies in conjunction with other market
players to offer system-oriented, individual client solutions, to increase the automation level
of the SPC companies and to implement the mass customization strategy in the traditional
construction production process. This approach will lead to a flexible and economical provision
of integrated elements and individual building systems in order to follow the paradigm shift in
the clients&#8217; needs. It will improve the competitiveness of the small-scaled SPC companies in the
European market environment.  </p><p><italic>Keywords:</italic>   Mass customization, Business model, Cooperation, Concrete prefabrication.  </p>
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