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E-book
Author O'Brien, William J

Title Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (520 pages)
Contents 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 LaborChapter 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 Projec
Summary Increasing demands for quality, cost, and speech improvements as well as the revolution in global logistics brought research on construction supply chain management to the forefront. This book addresses major areas of concern, including management of production operations and organizational arrangements and contracts
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Subject Building materials.
Civil engineering.
Engineering.
Building materials -- Purchasing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Building -- Superintendence -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Business logistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Construction industry -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Production scheduling -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
building materials.
engineering.
Building materials
Building materials -- Purchasing
Building -- Superintendence
Business logistics
Civil engineering
Construction industry -- Management
Engineering
Production scheduling
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author Formoso, Carlos T
Vrijhoef, Ruben
London, Kerry A
ISBN 9781420047462
1420047469