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035 _a(Sirsi) u147068
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aPeat, M
245 0 4 _aBriefing
_bsupply-chain management in the construction industry
260 _c2008
490 _aProceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
_bManagement, Procurement and Law
_v162(MPL) February 2009, 3-6(4)
520 _aReports that there are fundamental and strategic trends underway in supply chains that need further facilitation and acceleration in the construction industry. Explains that this means that management needs to review each of these major supply chain trends, including outsourcing, collaborating, differentiating and compressing, to determine whether their company lies ahead of, or up-to-date with their competition. Concludes that information communication technology is an essential tool in the optimisation and improvement of supply chain management.
590 _aKA
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
_y
690 _aProject management
_96261
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING MATERIALS
700 1 _aMcCrea, A
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