Improving logistics in the asphalt paving process: What can we learn from the planner's logic?

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2008 - Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 381-390

  Miller, Seirgei ^a   Dorée, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Logistics; Modelling; Productivity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CYCLE TIME; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; LOGISTICS OPERATIONS; MODELLING; NETHERLANDS; PAVING PROCESS; PLANNING AND CONTROL; PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

ASPHALT; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; ASPHALT PLANTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LOGISTICS; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 79956362240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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