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Ballard, R. (2010), "Construction logistics: a personal view", Strategic Direction, Vol. 26 No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1108/sd.2010.05626iad.009
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Construction logistics: a personal view
Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 26, Issue 9
Ballard R.Logistics & Transport Focus (UK), April 2010, Vol. 12 No. 4, Start page: 42, No. of pages: 4
Discusses the extent to which the UK construction industry has improved its supply chains and supply chain management (SCM) in recent years, in comparison with the gold standard of the automotive industry, from the viewpoint of the Construction Supply Chain Forum, which was established in April 2004 to help improve the uptake of good logistics and SCM practices. Records that, taking the long view, whilst some enlightened companies have continued to make progress, on the whole the industry is not much further than it was nine years previously, and some logistics experts are damning in their comments on the construction industry’s uptake of good logistics practices and conclude that the industry still uses “archaic supply chains”. Points to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) as one of the most significant initiatives currently underway, where WRAP’s programme is aimed at reducing physical waste and carbon dioxide emissions. Concludes that, while change is much slower than expected, change is nevertheless both necessary, and will take some time to be achieved.Article type: ViewpointISSN: 1466-836XReference: 39AL116
Keywords: Construction industry, Distribution management, Organizations, Sourcing, Supplier relations, Supply chain management, United Kingdom