Construction supply chain economics

Title:

Personal Author:

London, Kerry

Series:

Spon research

Publication Information:

London : Taylor & Francis, 2008

ISBN:

9780415409711

Subject Term:

Building materials -- Purchasing -- Data processing

Business logistics -- Data processing

Production scheduling -- Data processing

Building -- Superintendence -- Data processing

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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 economic structural and behavioural characteristics of sectors integral to the construction industry performance. Construction Supply Chain Economics details 'everyday' experiences and procurement decisions made by people in firms in the industry related to projects as they seek out other firms to work with during the tendering stage. London creates a language that enables us to classify and understand behaviour and recognise the impact of our decisions on firms and projects within the industry.

Construction Supply Chain Economics introduces a new model for mapping the construction sector of particular interest to construction management and economic researchers and to procurement decision makers, including policymakers and clients, as well as industry practitioners, such as contractors, consultants and materials suppliers.

Author Notes

Kerry London is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Built Environment in the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

1 Introduction to supply chain economics and procurement	p. 1
1.0 Orientation	p. 1
1.1 Rationale for text	p. 1
1.2 Ideas explored in this text	p. 14
1.3 Structure of text	p. 22
1.4 A final word	p. 28
2 The rationale for the modelling of procurement in the construction supply chain	p. 31
2.0 Orientation	p. 31
2.1 Introduction	p. 32
2.2 Background to policy analysis	p. 34
2.3 Charting the government quest for improved industry performance: international analysis - national studies and frameworks	p. 36
2.4 National case study: Australian initiatives	p. 50
2.5 Government economic models of performance	p. 78
2.6 A final word	p. 83
3 Supply chain theory and models	p. 86
3.0 Orientation	p. 86
3.1 Introduction	p. 87
3.2 Supply chain terminology	p. 88
3.3 Charting the supply chain movement	p. 102
3.4 Industrial organization economics	p. 120
3.5 A final word	p. 129
4 Industrial organization economics methodology and supply chain industrial organization approaches	p. 132
4.0 Orientation	p. 132
4.1 Introduction	p. 133
4.2 Industrial organization economics overview	p. 133
4.3 Key concepts of structure, conduct and performance	p. 144
4.4 Procurement relationships	p. 160
4.5 Chain organization	p. 168
4.6 Issues for procurement modelling using an industrial organization economics approach	p. 179
4.7 A final word	p. 184
5 Project-oriented industrial organization economics supply chain procurement model	p. 187
5.0 Orientation	p. 187
5.1 Introduction	p. 188
5.2 Assembling the structural elements of the model	p. 190
5.3 Description of the behavioural characteristics of the model	p. 210
5.4 A final word	p. 222
6 Multiple project environment chain structural organization	p. 227
6.0 Orientation	p. 227
6.1 Introduction	p. 228
6.2 Projects and firms	p. 235
6.3 Types of suppliers, associations and commodity attributes	p. 259
6.4 Structural organization of supply chains at individual firm level	p. 278
6.5 A final word	p. 289
7 Case study: complex core commodity supply chain - facade chain cluster	p. 292
7.0 Orientation	p. 292
7.1 Introduction	p. 293
7.2 Firm details	p. 295
7.3 Commodities and industrial market details	p. 302
7.4 Supplier types	p. 315
7.5 Procurement relationships	p. 318
7.6 Aggregated project supply chain organization: supply channels	p. 336
7.7 A final word	p. 341
8 Case study: simple and complex core and non-core supply chain - steel chain cluster	p. 344
8.0 Orientation	p. 344
8.1 Introduction	p. 345
8.2 Firm details	p. 346
8.3 Markets, commodities and competitors	p. 347
8.4 Supplier types	p. 352
8.5 Procurement relationships	p. 355
8.6 A final word	p. 375
9 Case studies: simple and complex core commodity supply chains - mechanical services, formwork, concrete and masonry	p. 379
9.0 Orientation	p. 379
9.1 Introduction	p. 380
9.2 Case study: mechanical services - core commodity	p. 381
9.3 Case study: formwork - core commodity	p. 392
9.4 Case study: concrete - core commodity	p. 399
9.5 Case study: brick - core product	p. 403
9.6 A final word	p. 411
10 Conclusions and future directions: supply chain specialization and integration blueprint	p. 413
10.0 Orientation	p. 413
10.1 Introduction	p. 413
10.2 Supplier firm and procurement relationship classes	p. 415
10.3 Supply chain classes	p. 420
10.4 Supply Chain Information Procurement Model (SCIP Model)	p. 427
10.5 Procurement relationship events	p. 430
10.6 Negotiation chain of events	p. 433
10.7 Interdisciplinary context and discourse	p. 435
10.8 Interdisciplinary patterns of study: borrowing, hybridization and common ground	p. 439
10.9 Further studies	p. 444
10.10 A final word	p. 448
Bibliography	p. 452
Index	p. 464

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