Practices for designing and improving construction supply chain management

Diego Vinicius Souza De Souza; Lauri Koskela

Practices for designing and improving construction supply chain management

Diego Vinicius Souza De Souza, Lauri Koskela

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This paper aims at proposing a set of practices for designing and improving construction supply chain management. Such practices were developed based on broad literature review and on interviews conducted in late 2012 and early 2013. Construction companies face difficulties in coordinating supply chain management towards value generation. Results indicate that construction companies building unique projects require a specific approach for managing their supply chains. Outcomes also show that the proposition of contextualized practices facilitates supply chain management in such complex environment, and enables enhanced project delivery. Even though this is a theoretical study, the paper's findings are useful to both practitioners and academic researchers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction 2013, IGLC 2013
Publisher	The International Group for Lean Construction
Pages	155-164
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781632660183
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Fortaleza, Brazil Duration: 29 Jul 2013 → 2 Aug 2013 Conference number: 21

Conference

Conference	21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
Abbreviated title	IGLC'13
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Fortaleza
Period	29/07/13 → 2/08/13

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De Souza, DVS & Koskela, L 2014, Practices for designing and improving construction supply chain management. in 21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction 2013, IGLC 2013. The International Group for Lean Construction, pp. 155-164, 21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Fortaleza, Brazil, 29/07/13. <http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/950>

Practices for designing and improving construction supply chain management. / De Souza, Diego Vinicius Souza; Koskela, Lauri.

21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction 2013, IGLC 2013. The International Group for Lean Construction, 2014. p. 155-164.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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