The four roles of supply chain management in construction |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;2. Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;1. Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom;1. School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, 23 College Walk, VIC 3800, Australia;3. School of Engineering, RMIT University, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia;4. School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia;1. Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, PObox 1209, 1000 BE Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | It is argued that due to construction peculiarities, supply chain management has four specific roles in construction. Practical initiatives in each role to advance the construction supply chain are analysed. The present status of construction supply chains is investigated by means of case studies and a comparison with previous research. Three main conclusions are drawn regarding the present status. Firstly, even in normal situations the construction supply chain has a large quantity of waste and problems. Secondly, most of these are caused in another stage of the construction supply chain than when detected. Thirdly, waste and problems are largely caused by obsolete, myopic control of the construction supply chain. These results concur with the findings made on make-to-order supply chains in general. Finally, the subjective and objective limitations of the four roles are analysed, this being based on empirical findings and the generic theory of supply chain management. |
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