Measuring effectiveness of materials management for industrial projects

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 82-87

  Al Khalil, Mohammed ^a   Assaf, Sadi ^a   Al Faraj, Taqi ^a   Al Darweesh, Ali ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Construction materials; Measurement; Performance evaluation; Project management; Project planning; Resource management

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROJECT PLANNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14744290562     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2004)20:3(82)     Document Type: Review

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