Niu, Y; Nwagboso, C; Proverbs, D and Olomolaiye, P (2004) Developing supply chain integration in building technologies cluster. In: Khosrowshahi, F (ed.) Proceedings of 20th Annual ARCOM Conference, 1-3 September 2004, Edinburgh, UK.
Abstract
Building technologies cluster covers a wide range of materials, products, systems and specialist services supplied by a variety of industry sectors. The supply chain of the building technologies industry within the cluster is currently organized on a fragmented basis. However, instead of treating the steps of the supply chain as individual links, building technologies organizations need to transform their supply chain into more synthesized entities through inter-organizational connectivity with established integrated architecture. Supply chain integration is generally associated with inter-organizational communications, leading to time compression in processes, services and information flows. The fusion of building technologies design, manufacture, deployment in a building projects and building processes management with Iinformation and Ccommunication Technology (ICT) is seen as forming the core of a strategic vision for supply chain integration for the building technologies industry. This paper presents an incitement into the building technologies cluster by thedeveloping a framework for a web-based e-supply chain information system. The intent with the proposed system is to deal with the management and transaction of information across network of supply chain partners. It is targeted towards achieving the integrated supply chain working for the integrated project team through an electronic marketplace.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building technologies cluster; e-supply chain; ICT; supply chain integration; web-based system |
| Index terms: | web-based system, information flow, connectivity, building technology, industry sector, compression, building process, information system, supply chain integration, inter-organizational communication, project team |
| Subjects: | digital technology, supply chain integration, project delivery, integration, engineering systems, networking, building construction, industry analysis, information systems, material properties and characteristics |
| Topics: | Site Management, Organizational Design, Digital Applications, Supply Chain Management, Research Practice, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Construction Materials |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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