Just-in-time management in the ready mixed concrete industries of Chongqing, China and Singapore

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 815-829

  Low, Sui Pheng ^a   Wu, Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chongqing; JIT; Production techniques; Ready mixed concrete; Singapore; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT; PURCHASING; RAW MATERIALS;

ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY (EOQ) PURCHASING METHOD; JUST-IN-TIME (JIT) MANAGEMENT; PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; READY MIXED CONCRETE INDUSTRIES; SINGAPORE;

CONCRETE INDUSTRY;

CONCRETE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANUFACTURING;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18844412156     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500040638     Document Type: Article

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