TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akintoye,Akintola
AU  - Goulding,Jack
AU  - Zawdie,Girma
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Construction innovation and process improvement
AV  - HD9715.A2 A435 2012
U1  - 624.068 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Chichester [England], Ames, Iowa
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Construction industry
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Civil engineering
KW  - Competition
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "This book sets out the innovative practices that have been introduced from other industries and shows how the construction industry has learnt from these. It explores the commercial significance of innovation; outlines its role in transforming practice and improving competitiveness; and lists technological and market forces driving the innovation process. The authors explain why some attempts at innovation in construction fail and others succeed and detail the management of change, outlining economic, technical and organisational characteristics which may inhibit change in practice as well as examine management strategies for making change happen"--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=875738
ER  -