The lack of coordination the construction supply chain (CSC) creates a problems. purpose this paper is to contribute knowledge about within CSCs and how thereof can impact their performance. Coordination encompasses several different mechanisms, whereof focus here has been information sharing with unit analysis suppliers' availability. Four suppliers active CSC, delivering projects have studied. These represent two delivery patterns, continuous intermittent deliveries. Based on availability...

Most scholars of purchasing and supply management (PSM) are familiar with some form a process model (PPM). A PPM is the visual representation sequence activities that constitute management. Such can be tool in teaching PSM since it gives students an overview otherwise intangible process. Moreover, also viewed as identity PSM, providing schema what (and not). In this notes debates article, systematic different types PPMs, their evolution, presented, based on literature review survey, models...

Increased demand for actionable knowledge in operations- and supply chain management has fuelled the interest collaborative, action-oriented research design as well modes of theorising that generate adaptable frameworks. Whilst action (AR) middle-range theories (MRT) offer guiding principles herein, they are researcher centric nature. It is taken granted practitioners enter such an endeavour have a certain level or experience prior to initial stages formalising problem. Practitioners...

Customization and customer-driven manufacturing are both explicitly based on the focal actor's interaction with customer actor. The impact of these aspects internal operations actor is relatively well known compared to limited number studies performed supplier. purpose here therefore investigate how concept customization complements requirements affect between a supplier supplier's in triad. Frameworks for different perspectives developed where match mismatch actors perception flow driver...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify requirements and tradeoffs on logistics services for enhanced circularity materials resources. Design/methodology/approach Based multiple case study design abductive reasoning, the investigates 13 different product categories. data were analyzed based theoretical, a priori codes from literature review. Inductive, emerging added coding scheme during analysis. Findings Requirements support slowing resource flows are categorized with respect...

Purchasing and supply management research influences practice through the advancement of knowledge theoretical principles is positioned as an academic discipline. For individual researcher, it calls for skills experience that can be associated with engaged scholarship. This paper explores tensions inherent in scholarship, arise during quest to interact closely professionals ensure relevance impact while living up quality criteria. The concludes researcher a field such PSM easily left...

In the operations management literature, organizational learning has recently begun to emerge as an important missing link successful lean transformations.As such, drawing on insights from two case companies in engineer order (ETO) industry, we frame enhancement of supply chain capabilities through a lens call "Lean and Learn".Continuous improvement without is not thinking.Thus, thinking practice is, essence, process learning; where problems are identified solutions created, analysed,...

Construction logistics services can, if implemented with high quality, positively impact both efficiency and sustainability of construction projects. However, present quality management frameworks have not been developed for temporary multi-actor contexts, such as construction, which is largely lacking industrialised processes. Still, service providers provide offerings to settings could thus benefit from a perspective. Applying this perspective, study supports the improvement by using...

Purpose The integration of supply chains together with the disintegration individual actors in chain shifts focus from to challenges interaction between actors. This paper aims identify risk strategies for different supplier interactions triadic configurations outline strategies. Design/methodology/approach Companies participating a research project recounted they faced regarding customer order-based management and triad perspective. Six were identified, based on literature, resulting three...

Customization and customer-driven manufacturing are both explicitly based on end-customer relations customer requirements. The impact of these aspects internal operations is relatively well known can be investigated using time phasing decoupling points. These tools however rarely used for analyzing purchased material. Based the phased product structure, items categorized according to three criteria: driver, uniqueness, make/buy. Purchased thus identified last criteria then driver uniqueness...