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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Information

Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2008

ISBN

9781420047462

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Operations

Index

Business

Front cover
Contents
Authors
Contributors
Chapter 1. Introduction
Section I: Production and Operations Analysis
Chapter 2. Construction Supply Chain Modeling: Issues and Perspectives
Chapter 3. Production Planning and Control and the Coordination of Project Supply Chains
Chapter 4. Supply Chain Management in Product Development
Chapter 5. Collaboration and Communication in the Design Chain: A Value-Based Approach
Chapter 6. Supply Chain Management for Lean Project Delivery
Chapter 7. Application of Integrated Materials Management Strategies
Chapter 8. Production System Instability and Subcontracted Labor
Chapter 9. Understanding Supply Chain Dynamics Via Simulation
I: Commentary
Section II: Organizational Perspectives
Chapter 10. Review of Organizational Approaches to the Construction Supply Chain
Chapter 11. Construction Supply Chain and the Time Compression Paradigm
Chapter 12. Strategic Management of Costruction Procurement
Chapter 13. Industrial Organization Object-Oriented Project Model of the Facade Supply Chain Cluster
Chapter 14. Innovation Management in the Construction Supply Chain
II: Commentary
Section III: Information Technology
Chapter 15. Overview of IT Applications in the Construction Supply Chain
Chapter 16. Field Technologies and Their Impact on Management of Supply Chains
Chapter 17. Benefits of Using E-Marketplace in Construction Companies: A Case Study
Chapter 18. Standards-Based Approaches to Interoperability in Supply Chain Management: Overview and Case Study Using the ISO 18629 PSL Standard
Chapter 19. Lean Enterprise Web-Based Information System for Supply Chain Integration: Design and Prototyping
III: Commentary
Author Index
Subject Index
Back cover