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Preliminary case studies of knowledge flow in construction supply chains
conference contribution
posted on 2013-01-03, 09:10 authored by Selda Konukcu, Chimay J. Anumba, Patricia CarrilloPatricia CarrilloA critical issue in Construction Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the effective
management of knowledge through the whole project lifecycle. This issue involves the
enhancements of the flow of knowledge within and between different sectors of
construction supply chain as well as the accumulation, coding, and storage of knowledge
in the organizations. A typical construction project is one-of-a-kind, temporary, and
involves different tasks which are held by different professional and trade disciplines of
construction supply chains. These different disciplines of the supply chain have to work
closely in an intense environment over a period of months or even years. The information
shared between these organizations varies from technical drawings and legal contracts to
purchase orders, project reports, and schedules. Moreover, project knowledge which has
to be shared within and between the organizations is interconnected and includes all the
knowledge about the end product. Within such a complex environment, the efficient flow
of project knowledge between all the sectors of construction supply chain will directly
improve all the SCM efforts. This paper presents the findings of preliminary case studies
on knowledge flow in construction supply chains. The supply chain management
approach and the main problems regarding the supply chain and the knowledge
management practices in two supply chains are discussed. It also presents the research
method to identify the knowledge requirements of different sectors of the construction
supply chains. It concludes that the application of a systematic approach to knowledge
management in construction supply chains will bring enhance knowledge flow and enable
these supply chains to become construction knowledge chains.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
KONUKCU, S., ANUMBA, C.J. and CARRILLO, P.M., 2010. Preliminary case studies of knowledge flow in construction supply chains. IN: Anumba, C.J. ... et al. (eds.) Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), pp. 177 - 187.Publisher
© Loughborough UniversityVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2010Notes
This is a conference paper. It was presented at the 6th International Conference on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, June 9-11, 2010, Pennsylvania State University, USA.: http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/AEC2010/Proceedings.pdfISBN
978-1-897911-35-8Language
- en