TY  - CONF
TI  - Definition of a Supply Chain Management Model in Construction - Case Study
C1  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
C3  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 192
EP  - 197
PY  - 2007
AU  - Pinho, Tiago
AU  - Telhada, Jose
AU  - Carvalho, Maria S.
AD  - PhD Student, Systems and Production Department, School of Engineering - Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, tiago.pinho@dps.uminho.pt
AD  - Professor, Systems and Production Department, School of Engineering - Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, telhada@dps.uminho.pt
AD  - Professor, Systems and Production Department, School of Engineering - Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, sameiro@dps.uminho.pt
ED  - Pasquire, C.L, Christine L.
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of a construction Supply Chain Management (SCM) tool that is being developed in a PhD graduation project. The project is entitled “Definition of a Logistics Network Model in the Construction Industry: Case Study” and is being carried out in dst – domingos da silva teixeira, s.a., with the main office in Braga - Portugal. The project under development aims to elaborate a detailed analysis of the logistic system of a construction company, which includes the processes of re-engineering for the logistic activities by developing appropriate methodologies, procedures and tools aiming the compression of time, eliminating waste and improving the global performance of the logistics network. All the information is being integrated into an Information and Communication System (ICS). In order to improve the information flow, a software based on a single database that permits accessibly outside the company through a web portal is being developed. The main aspects of the current work will be discussed in this paper, along with some preliminary results.
KW  - Supply Chain Management
KW  - Information System
KW  - Logistics Case Study
KW  - Construction Company.
PB  - 
T2  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2007/07/18
CY  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/471/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/471
N1  - Export Date: 24 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -