Managing information flow in construction supply chains

Construction Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-82

  Titus, Silas ^a   Bröchner, Jan ^b  

^a Yoel Systems Inc   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construction; Information flow; Information management; Procurement process; Project management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950938043     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170510815186     Document Type: Article

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