Strategic Procurement in Construction

Title: Strategic Procurement in Construction
Author: Andrew Cox
ISBN: 0727725998 / 9780727725998
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 368
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Year: 1998
Availability: Out of Stock

Tab Article

This book explores the appropriateness of procurement strategies in certain situations. It argues that organisations should develop strategically aligned supply chains to deliver predictable and sustained performance improvements and asserts that the assumption that one approach is appropriate to manage all cirumstances is flawed.

It provides a framework to help organisations develop segmented approaches in the management of their construction supply chains built on 'fit-for-purpose' relationships. Flowing from this, the appropriateness of operational tools and techniques to effectively manage the critical processes in supply relationship management are also analysed.

Tab Article

Preface
Introduction : On the appropriateness of Strategy and Operational Practice in Construction Procurement

Section A : The UK Construction Industry in Context
Section B : Better practice Case Studies in the Effective Management of Construction Procurement
Section C : Better Practice Operational Tools and Techniques for Effective Construction Procurement
Section D : Towards a Theoretical and Practical Synthesis

Index