Root, D and Thorpe, A (2001) Refocusing collaboration technologies in the construction supply chain: Looking beyond the organization. In: Akintoye, A (ed.) Proceedings of 17th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2001, Salford, UK.
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a survey carried out as part of a wider LINK/IDAC project involving an international design-manage-construct (DMC) organization and 11 of their first tier specialist suppliers/contractors. Using a methodology from a previous investigation into the application and issues surrounding the application of ICT's (Information and Communication Technologies), the data is compared to the earlier survey in 1996. The findings indicate that the emergent ICT's of 1996 have been broadly adopted by the supplier base and that the organizations involved are now undergoing a shift from the internal focus by suppliers on their own organizations towards an extra-organizational perspective reflecting the trend towards collaborative working practices. The paper concludes with the identification of barriers to the adoption of collaborative ICTs together with a brief review of how supply chain management can be used to address them.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | collaborative working; design; information technology; supply chain |
| Index terms: | information technology, construction supply chain, investigation, methodology, collaboration, survey, working practice, information and communication technology, specialist supplier |
| Subjects: | construction logistics, computing systems, practitioner, data collection methods, management, research methods |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Digital Applications, Supply Chain Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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