Construction supply chain economics

This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London presents real-world case studies to combine theory and practice to describe the e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: London, Kerry, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis [2007]
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817337306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction to Supply Chain Economics and Procurement
  • 2. The Rationale for the Modelling of Procurement in the Construction Supply Chain
  • 3. Supply Chain Theory and Models
  • 4. Industrial Organization Economics Methodology and Supply Chain Industrial Organization Approaches
  • 5. Project-Oriented Industrial Organization Economics Supply Chain Procurement Model
  • 6. Multiple Project Environment Chain Structural Organization
  • 7. Case Study: Complex Core Commodity Supply Chain - Facade Chain Cluster
  • 8. Case Study: Simple and Complex Core and Non Core Supply Chain - Steel Chain Cluster
  • 9. Case Studies: Simple and Complex Core Commodity Supply Chains - Mechanical Services, Formwork, Concrete and Masonry
  • 10. Conclusions and Future Directions: Supply Chain Specialization and Integration Blueprint.