Shtub, A (1988) The integration of CPM and material management in project management. Construction Management and Economics, 6(4), pp. 261-272. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
The problem of scheduling a project for which expensive, long-lead inventory items have to be ordered from outside vendors is addressed. A logic aimed at minimizing the cost of such projects is presented along with an illustrative example. The logic is based on adding a material management module to the CPM analysis, evaluating the feasibility of the CPM schedule, and rescheduling the project in case long-lead items make the schedule generated by CPM infeasible. An attempt to integrate CPM and material management in a large-scale construction project is reported and possible extensions of this research are suggested.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | material management; project management |
| Index terms: | inventory, scheduling, construction project, integration, project management, module |
| Subjects: | operations research, architectural elements, organizational analysis, production management, inventory management, project management theory and practice |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Time Control, Supply Chain Management, Organizational Design, Project Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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