Material delivery problems in construction projects: A possible solution

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-29

  Ala Risku, Timo ^a   Kärkkäinen, Mikko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Construction; Inventory transparency; Logistics; Project management; Supply chain management; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; LOGISTICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE;

INVENTORY TRANSPARENCY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRACKING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747090241     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.12.027     Document Type: Article

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