Logistics simulation modelling across construction supply chains

Construction Innovation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-228

  Vidalakis, Christos ^a   Tookey, John E ^b   Sommerville, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Demand forecasting; Distribution management; Simulation; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051808075     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171111124176     Document Type: Article

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