BENEFITS OF

MATERIAL
MANAGEMENT
BY : SHARIFAH MASZURA SYED
MOHSIN
AA03052

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 QUESTION 3 :

Does material at site need to be

managed?
Why? Give benefits of material
management.

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 Yes, material at site need to be managed to
provide good construction planning, build
client trusty towards the consultant, and to
avoid any bad consequences such as
material waste, material damage and
construction delay due to no material
management by the project manager or
contractor.

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 DEFINITION
 MATERIAL – the substance or things from
which something is or can be made.

 MANAGEMENT – to have resources under

your control ; the process of managing a
business or group of people.

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 Material management has been
described as the concept of requiring an
organized structure which unifies into one
functional responsibility the systematic
planning and control of all materials from
identification of the need at the design
development stage, to delivery to the
workplace throughout the construction
stage. This unified function embraces
planning, purchasing, production and
inventory control, storage and material
handling.

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 Example of material at site:

Bricks
Cements

Piles

Reinforcement
Pre-fabricated material
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 Storage
Logistic

Transportation

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 BENEFITS OF
MATERIAL
MANAGEMENT

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 1. IMPROVED CASH FLOW
 Prevent material waste or damage so do not
have to buy new material
 Can buy a little at a time (e.g. : first,the
amount of material for foundation, next for
basement etc)
 Do not have to provide big storage capacity
to store the material.
 Reduce claim reduction (gain more profit)

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 2. REDUCE SURPLUS
 Prevent over buy amount/stock of material
 Estimate the amount need to reduce
material damage and have to be waste
 Prevent buying material that not suitable
with construction condition (soil,
weather ;such as cements-RHPC,SRPC)

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 3. IMPROVED LABOR
PRODUCTIVITY
 Encouraging the labors to finish the
construction works on the given time.
 Gain a good quality finished construction
building/structures.

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 4. CAN AVOID CLAIM
REDUCTION
 Plan and estimate the amount of material
will be use (gain more profit)
 Reduce material wastage
 Do not have to claim more money from
client
 Build client trustworthy to the consultant

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 5. CAN AVOID MATERIAL
DAMAGE
 Buy a little amount at a time
 Need a small storage capacity
 Reduce cost to build a bigger storage
 Reduce of material waste due of uneven
storage capacity
 Reduce material damage due to long
period of time of keep it

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6. CAN AVOID CONSTRUCTION
DELAY
 Have the material to be use on time
 Reduce material damage/waste so do not
have to order and wait for the new
material arrive
 Prevent any construction delay due of no
material management

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 7. SYSTEMATIC
 Show good construction planning and
management
 Improve company productivity and
performance
 Improve client trustworthy towards the
company

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 CONCLUSION
 Material management are important to
+Assure quality materials are on hand when
and where required.
+Obtain the best value for purchased materials.
+Provide efficient, low cost transport, security,
and storage of materials within construction
sites.
+ Reduce surplus to the lowest level possible.

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 THANK YOU

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