• DocumentCode
    3381623
  • Title

    A review of the adoption of supply chain management in construction

  • Author

    Rui Zhang ; Dehua Li

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Manage. Eng., Tianjin Inst. of Urban Constr., Tianjin, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    15-16 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    187
  • Lastpage
    191
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a review of the research about the application process of supply chain management in construction. Based on the fundamental concepts and characteristics, this paper investigates pre-conditions, limitations, obstacles consisting in the construction industry, and introduces models for the application. The indicators and methods indispensable to evaluating the adoption of supply chain management in construction are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    construction industry; supply chain management; adoption evaluation; construction industry; supply chain management; Buildings; Capability maturity model; Materials; Organizations; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Adoption; Construction supply chain; Supply chain management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Automation and Logistics (ICAL), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chongqing
  • ISSN
    2161-8151
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0301-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2161-8151
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAL.2011.6024709
  • Filename
    6024709