Construction Supply Chain Management

by Stephen Pryke (University College London )

• ISBN13: 9781444319415
• ISBN10: 1444319418
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book provides a unique appraisal of supply chain management (SCM) concepts alongside lessons from industry, observation and analysis gathered during the first decade of supply chain management strategies in the UK construction industry.The research from leading international academics has been drawn together with the experience from some of the industry's foremost SCM practitioners to provide both a definition of SCM and an overview of its development as a strategy for managing construction projects.Key case study material - from Slough Estates to BAA and T5 - illustrates the benefits to the industry of its adoption. Little has been written on the application of SCM to construction and this book provides an agenda for discussion for both the experienced researcher and the industry practitioner by offering a thorough grounding in its principles as well as an illustration of SCM as a methodology for industry.Construction Supply Chain Management studies makes an important contribution to the debate on innovative systems and their significance in increasingly complex construction projects.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Supply Chain Management - What Is It?

Supply Chain Management and Project Management

Origins of SCM in Construction

Overview of the Book

Summary

Concepts

The Concept and Development of Supply Chain Management in the UK Construction Industry

Introduction

Characteristics of Construction Industry

Government Initiatives in the Construction Industry

The Historical Development of Supply Chain Management

The Concept of Supply Chain Management

The Application of Supply Chain Management Techniques in the Construction Industry

Supply Chain Challenges

Conclusion

Culture in Supply Chains

Introduction - Context

Culture

Dimensions of Culture

Values and Value

Ethics

Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Teams and Teamwork

(Strategic) Alliances

Supply Chain Participants and Behaviour

Conclusion

Learning to Co-operate and Co-operating to Learn: Knowledge, Learning and Innovation in Construction Supply Chains

Introduction

Supply Chain Management: Innovation, Knowledge Sharing and Organisational Learning

SCM in the Construction Industry

Innovation, Knowledge Sharing and Learning in Construction Supply Chains

Situated Learning and Implications for Project-Based Supply Chains

Conclusion

Marketing and Pricing Strategy

Definitions and Difference

Collaboration

Added Value

Profitability and Repeat Business

Conclusion

Application and Case Studies

Risk Management and the Supply Chain

Introduction

Placing the UK Construction Industry in Context

Supply Chains and Risk

Supply Relationships

Risk and Supply

Managing Risks in the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Management and PFI

Concluding Remarks

Slough Estates in the 1990s - Client Driven SCM

Introduction

Slough Estates' Experiences of Procurement Analysed in Terms of SCM

Infl uences of Industry Reports

Slough Estates SCM Initiatives and Results

Summary and Conclusions

From Heathrow Express to Heathrow Terminal 5: BAA's Development of Supply Chain Management

Introduction

Heathrow Express High Speed Rail Link

Continuous Improvement of the Project Process (CIPP)

SCM at BAA: 'The Genesis Project'

BAA Initiatives

Best Practice - Framework Agreements

Motivations and infl uences

SCM on Heathrow T5

Conclusions

Supply Chain Management: A Main Contractor's Perspective

Introduction

Supply Chain Management

Methodology

Analysis

Conclusion

Franchising the Supply Chain

Towards Controlling the Supply Chain

Conceptualising Franchising

Conclusion

Conclusion

Supply Chain Management in Construction

Final Thoughts and the Future of SCM in Construction

In Conclusion

Next Steps

Index

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