This book sets out the innovative practices that have been introduced from other industries and shows how the construction industry has learnt from these.
This book sets out the innovative practices that have been introduced from other industries and shows how the construction industry has learnt from these.
Akintola Akintoye, Professor of Construction Economics and Management, Dean of School of Built and Natural Environment, University of Central Lancashire, UK; Joint Editor of Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, Joint Coordinator of CIB TG72: Public Private Partnerships Jack Goulding, Professor of Construction Project Management, University of Central Lancashire, UK, Joint Editor of Journal of Construction Innovation, Joint Coordinator of CIB TG74: New Production and Business Models in Construction Girma Zawdie Senior Lecturer in Innovation Management & Policy and International Development at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK; Joint Editor of International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Learning from other industries. Chapter 2 Innovation and changes in industrial practice. Chapter 3 Management of Change. Chapter 4 Lean production. Chapter 5 Integrated manufacturing. Chapter 6 Concurrent Engineering. Chapter 7 Materials requirements planning. Chapter 8 Just-in-Time manufacturing. Chapter 9 Supply chain management. Chapter 10 Knowledge management applications. Chapter 11 Quick response systems - Agile manufacturing. Chapter 12 Electronic data interchange. Chapter 13 Radio Frequency Identification Devices
