Construction Supply Chain Management HandbookWilliam J. O'Brien, Carlos T. Formoso, Vrijhoef Ruben, Kerry London CRC Press, 2008 M10 20 - 518 pages Mounting emphasis on construction supply chain management (CSCM) is due to both global sourcing of materials and a shortage of labor. These factors force increasing amounts of value-added work to be conducted off-site deep in the supply chain. Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook compiles in one comprehensive source an overview of the dive |
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... Multiple SCs • Issues in Construction Project Configuration • Construction SC Modeling: Capability Review and Needs Framework for Developing Construction SC Models....................................2-17 Prospects for Construction SC ...
... Multiple SCs • Issues in Construction Project Configuration • Construction SC Modeling: Capability Review and Needs Framework for Developing Construction SC Models....................................2-17 Prospects for Construction SC ...
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... multiple independent firms. Because there are so many decision variables to assess, models and tools have been developed to support decision making and help practitioners realize the effect of their local decisions on the whole SC ...
... multiple independent firms. Because there are so many decision variables to assess, models and tools have been developed to support decision making and help practitioners realize the effect of their local decisions on the whole SC ...
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... (multiple products) Higher volume (standardized product) Very high volume (commodity) Job shop Job shop Batch Batch Assembly line Assembly line Continuous flow Continuous comprised of firms located in all different quadrants of this ...
... (multiple products) Higher volume (standardized product) Very high volume (commodity) Job shop Job shop Batch Batch Assembly line Assembly line Continuous flow Continuous comprised of firms located in all different quadrants of this ...
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... multiple types of suppliers that supply distinct technologies at different project phases are organized to form a unique SC configuration. Thus, the scope of analysis includes production both on-site and off-site. When extended to multiple ...
... multiple types of suppliers that supply distinct technologies at different project phases are organized to form a unique SC configuration. Thus, the scope of analysis includes production both on-site and off-site. When extended to multiple ...
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... multiple projects at the same time [O'Brien and Fischer 2000]. Therefore, subcontractor resource availability has become a critical performance factor for any project. Also, some subcontractors are responsible for coordinating upstream ...
... multiple projects at the same time [O'Brien and Fischer 2000]. Therefore, subcontractor resource availability has become a critical performance factor for any project. Also, some subcontractors are responsible for coordinating upstream ...
Contents
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Chapter 4 Supply Chain Management in Product Development | 4-1 |
A ValueBased Approach | 5-1 |
Chapter 6 Supply Chain Management for Lean Project Delivery | 6-1 |
Chapter 7 Application of Integrated Materials Management Strategies | 7-1 |
Chapter 8 Production System Instability and Subcontracted Labor | 8-1 |
Chapter 9 Understanding Supply Chain Dynamics Via Simulation | 9-1 |
Chapter 14 Innovation Management in the Construction Supply Chain | 14-1 |
Commentary | 14-23 |
Information Technology | 14-27 |
Chapter 15 Overview of IT Applications in the Construction Supply Chain | 15-1 |
Chapter 16 Field Technologies and Their Impact on Management of Supply Chains | 16-1 |
A Case Study | 17-1 |
Overview and Case Study Using the ISO 18629 PSL Standard | 18-1 |
Design and Prototyping | 19-1 |
Commentary | 9-31 |
Organizational Perspectives | 9-35 |
Chapter 10 Review of Organizational Approaches to the Construction Supply Chain | 10-1 |
Chapter 11 Construction Supply Chain and the Time Compression Paradigm | 11-1 |
Chapter 12 Strategic Management of Costruction Procurement | 12-1 |
Chapter 13 Industrial Organization ObjectOriented Project Model of the Facade Supply Chain Cluster | 13-1 |
Commentary | 19-9 |
Author Index | 19-13 |
Subject Index | 19-17 |
Back cover | 19-33 |
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