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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Automation and Logistics (ICAL), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0301-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-8151
DOI :
10.1109/ICAL.2011.6024709
