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Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook book cover

1st Edition

Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook

Edited By William J. O'Brien, Carlos T. Formoso, Vrijhoef Ruben, Kerry London Copyright 2009
518 Pages 126 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

518 Pages
by CRC Press
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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 diverse research and examples of construction... Read more

Introduction

W.J. O’Brien, C.T. Formoso, K.A. London, and R. Vrijhoef

I. Production and Operations Analysis

Construction Supply Chain Modeling: Issues and Perspectives

M. Azambuja and W.J. O’Brien

Production Planning and Control and the Coordination of Project Supply Chains

C.T. Formoso and E.L. Isatto

Supply Chain Management in Product Development

P. Tzortzopoulos, M. Kagioglou, R. Cooper, and E. Dyson

Collaboration and Communication in the Design Chain: A Value-Based Approach

S. Emmitt and A.K. Christoffersen

Supply Chain Management for Lean Project Delivery

I.D. Tommelein, G. Ballard, and P. Kaminsky

Application of Integrated Materials Management Strategies

R.J. Arbulu

Production System Instability and Subcontracted Labor

R. Sacks

Understanding Supply Chain Dynamics Via Simulation

S. Strohheckern (nee Hong-Minh), S.M. Disney, and

M. M. Naim

Commentary I

G. Ballard

II Organizational Perspectives

Review of Organizational Approaches to the Construction Supply Chain

R. Vrijhoef and K.A. London

Construction Supply Chain and the Time Compression Paradigm

D.R. Towill

Strategic Management of Construction Procurement

A. Cox

Industrial Organization Object-Oriented Project Model of the Facade Supply Chain Cluster

K.A. London

Innovation Management in the Construction Supply Chain

B.A.G. Bossink and R. Vrijhoef

Commentary II

W. Hughes

III. Information Technology

Overview of IT Applications in the Construction Supply Chain

K. Vaidyanathan

Field Technologies and Their Impact on Management of Supply Chains

S. Kiziltas, B. Akinci, E. Ergen, P. Tang, and A. Pradhan

Benefits of Using E-Marketplace in Construction Companies: A Case Study

L.F. Alarcon, S. Maturana, and I. Schonherr

Standards-Based Approaches to Interoperability in Supply Chain Management: Overview and Case Study Using the ISO 18629 PSL Standard

A.F. Cutting-Decelle, R.I. Young, B.P. Das, C.J. Anumba, and J. Stal-Le Cardinal

Lean Enterprise Web-Based Information System for Supply Chain Integration: Design and Prototyping

N. Dawood

Commentary III

R. H.F. Jackson

Subject Index

Author Index

Biography

William J. O'Brien, Carlos T. Formoso, Vrijhoef Ruben, Kerry London

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