Re-engineering a construction supply chain: A material flow control approach

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-406

  Childerkouse, Paul ^a   Lewis, Jayne ^b   Naim, Mohamed ^c   Towill, Denis R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Logistics Systems Dynamics Group   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Change management; Construction industry; Supply chain management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

HOUSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MARKETING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDIZATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 3242658857     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540310490143     Document Type: Article

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