Opportunities for IT to Support the Construction Supply Chain

Towards a Vision for Information Technology in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 57-75

  Vaidyanathan, Kalyan ^a   O'Brien, William ^b  

^a i2 Technologies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 1642344550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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