Introduction

William O'Brien, Carlos T. Formoso, Kerry A. London, Ruben Vrijhoef

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Abstract

![CDATA[Construction supply chain management (CSCM) is an emerging are of practice. It is inspired by but differs substantially from manufacturing supply chain management, where the emphasis is on modelling volume production. CSCM is more concerned with the coordination of discrete quantities of materials (and associated specialty engineering services) delivered to specific construction projects. The organization and sourcing of materials is becoming increasingly complex across the global construction industry. Mounting emphasis on CSCM is due to both global sourcing of materials and assemblies provided by advances in transportation technologies as well as a shortage of craft labor (reaching crisis proportions in many parts of the world) that force increasing amounts of value-added work to be conducted off-site deep in the supply chain. At the same time, construction clients are demanding faster, more responsive construction processes and higher-quality facilities. These demands generally involve both more responsive production chains and closer coordination between the owner and the construction team. For all these reasons, effective construction project execution will mean effective CSCM.]]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConstruction Supply Chain Management Handbook
EditorsWilliam J. O'Brien, Carlos T. Formoso, Ruben Vrijhoef, Kerry A. London
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherCRC Press
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781420047455
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • supply chain management
  • architecture

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