A seamless supply chain management model for construction

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-56

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Irani, Zahir ^b   Edwards, David J ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Integration; Supply chain management; Team working

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM); TEAM WORKING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2342559104     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540410517575     Document Type: Review

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