Supply Chain Management in the Construction Industry: Gilmor Engineering Limited case study. By Emmanuel Ola Elehinle Student I.D 15597305 Submitted To Laureate Online Education & University of Liverpool – Online Masters Degree In Partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management Abstract Activities in the execution of a construction project are usually time bound and require an effective management of the supply chain network
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Causeway’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) solutions provide companies in construction with the software and services to maximise profit margins throughout the entire tendering process. From estimating to procurement and beyond, our products provide an innovative and integrated approach to reducing risk, managing cost and ensuring compliance – all of which contribute to increased profitability. Estimating Causeway Estimating will help produce accurate bids, fast. Unlike other estimating
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT International Journal of Project Management 25 (2007) 150–157 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman Coordination mechanisms for construction supply chain management in the Internet environment Xiaolong Xue a,c,* , Yaowu Wang a,c , Qiping Shen b,c , Xiaoguo Yu a,d a c Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 1243, No. 13, Fayuan Street, Harbin 150001,
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Supply Chain Article Review Name BUS612: Advanced Project Procurement Instructor Dr. Ken Edick February 10, 2014 According to Benton, (2013) who argues that the efficacy of supply chain, is the success project and that between project management and supply chain management the connection is unquestionable. Every organizational endeavor is structured to ensure efficient, lean and effective supply chain (Benton, 2013). As a project manager at American Airlines
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Bullwhip Effect Analysis A significant phenomenon in supply chain management (SCM), first observed by Forrester (1961), shows that the orders variability along the upstream direction is amplified in supply chain networks. Subsequently this observation was termed as bullwhip effect by Lee, Padmanabhan, and Whang (1997a, 1997b). Such extreme distortion for the actual end customer demand to upstream have been proved to significantly increase costs and lower performance (Chen, L. and Lee, H. L. 2012;
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A Project Report on Supply Chain Management Submitted By:Utpal Chaturvedi MBA II Sem, 2009-10 Guided ByMiss Latika Dhuria Vivekanada Institute of Technology, Jaipur ACKNOLEDGEMENT I take this oppurtinity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to my guide for his exemplary guidance,monitoring & constant dedicated encouragement throughout the course. The blessing,help & guidance given by him from time to time shall carry me in a long way in journey of life on which I am
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Executive Summary The concept of value chain has attracted considerable attention of managers and researchers. This report briefly presents the value chain in manufacturing industry and then explores the leadership roles of the engineer in the management of the value chain. Furthermore, this report analyzes the benefits of using an engineer in the value chain management and points out that the engineer is best suited to perform the value chain management role. Table of Contents
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information it contains may not be reproduced by any means without my written consent. Acknowledgement I am grateful to individuals who have assumed an instrumental role in bringing this project to completion: * My employer, Anglo American management for providing the environment and opportunity to execute this project. * Mr Tumisho Kekana, Commodity Implementation Manager for Underground Mining Equipment and Heavy Mining Equipment at Anglo American, for guidance and selfless mentoring throughout
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characteristics of the most common procurement systems and methods are presented. In conjunction with this report the reader should also refer to the material developed by the New South Wales Government (2005) ‘Procurement Methodology Guidelines for Construction’ and the Western Australian Department of Housing and Works ‘Local Government Procurement Guide’ (2006). 2.0 PROCUREMENT STRATEGY New building or renovation/adaptation of an existing building is necessary only when no other building exists or
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