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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: London, Kerry (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Taylor & Francis 2007.
Series:Spon Research
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434479706719
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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 - façade chain cluster
  • 8 Case study: Simple and complex core and non-core supply chain - steel chain cluster9 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; Bibliography; Index