Managing construction supply chains: The common sense approach

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 409-418

  Cox, Andrew ^a   Ireland, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Effective supply chain management; Integrated supply; Lean supply; Power regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993000139     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021235     Document Type: Review

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