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Commercial Construction Supply Chain Management Issues Involving Traveling Contractors, Fred Akers
Commercial Construction Supply Chain Management Issues Involving Traveling Contractors, Fred Akers
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Supply chain management (SCM) is an important aspect of running any business. To stay competitive in today's marketplace a supply chain management system must be in place to achieve success in this volatile global environment (Fewings, 2005).
This research differentiates the issues between executing a construction project close to home compared to away from home. Being away from home, there typically is no supplier relationship established. Furthermore, the research intends to document certain issues of the commercial construction industry that develop during the execution of a project. This will be based on the comparison of having or not having an …