TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pryke,Stephen
ED  - Ebook Central (Online service)
TI  - Construction supply chain management: concepts and case studies 
SN  - 1405158441
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chichester, UK, Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Construction industry
KW  - Management
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Business logistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Stephen Pryke -- The concepts and development of supply chain management in the UK construction industry / Roy Morledge, Andrew Knight and Mohieddin Grada -- Culture in supply chains / Richard Fellows -- Learning to co-operate and co-operating to learn: knowledge, learning and innovation in construction supply chains / Mike Bresnen -- Marketing and pricing strategy / Martin Skitmore and Hedley Smith -- Risk management and the supply chain / Andrew Edkins -- Slough estimates in the 1990s- client driven SCM / Bernard Rimmer -- From Heathrow Express to Heathrow Terminal 5: BAA\'s development of supply chain management / Keith Potts -- Supply chain management: a main contractor\'s perspective / Andrew P. King and Martin C. Pitt -- Franchising the supply chain / Hedley Smith -- Conclusion / Stephen Pryke; Electronic reproduction; Dawson Books; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - This book provides a unique appraisal of supply chain management (SCM) concepts alongside lessons from industry, observation and analysis gathered during the first decade of supply chain management strategies in the UK construction industry. The research from leading international academics has been drawn together with the experience from some of the industry\'s foremost SCM practitioners to provide both a definition of SCM and an overview of its development as a strategy for managing construction projects. Key case study material - from Slough Estates to BAA and T5 - illustrates the benefits to the industry of its adoption. Little has been written on the application of SCM to construction and this book provides an agenda for discussion for both the experienced researcher and the industry practitioner by offering a thorough grounding in its principles as well as an illustration of SCM as a methodology for industry. Construction Supply Chain Management studies makes an important contribution to the debate on innovative systems and their significance in increasingly complex construction projects.
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