Supply Chain Sustainability, $211,160

Project Leader:
KLondon

Duration:
2005 - 2007

Aims & Objectives:
The project aim is to improve economic, social and environmental sustainability of the pre – cast concrete and construction and demolition waste supply chains through the development, trial and evaluation of an innovative supply chain management strategy.

The research questions addressed is:

  • "How do public sector clients develop sustainable supplier group strategy maps?"

The research objectives are to:

  • investigate the productivity and performance problems and the associated actions or changes of two supply chains (pre-cast concrete and construction and demolition waste) to indicate to industry and government what can be achieved,
  • develop, trial and evaluate a Supplier Group Strategy Map for the two chains,
  • document the development, trial and evaluation process to develop a Supplier Strategy Map (practice),
    develop a benchmarking guide to monitor market performance post implementation (monitor policy and practice) to inform decision-making to monitor business environmental changes triggered by federal, state and local government policy,
  • develop a best practice guideline for government supply chain management (policy and practice)

Deliverables:
Case Studies of Innovative Public Sector Supply Chain Management Industry Information Booklet, including highlights of policy development and changes in organisational behaviour

Best Practice Guideline for Supply Chain Management for Public Sector for the partner organisations (document)

Benchmarking Guide for Supply Chain Performance for the partner organisations (Information booklet)
Industry Summary Booklet - the booklet will include power point presentation material with speaker’s notes suitable for delivery to industry

Potential Outcomes/Impact:
Improved competitive behaviour and market sector performance

Improved business process efficiency and effectiveness of public sector program delivery by influencing policy development, changing organisational behaviour and implementation development to achieve more economic, social and environmentally sustainable markets

Action research project to investigate problems with developing and implementing supply chain policy

Increased recycled materials content of BCC & local government (LG) construction projects

Expansion in C&DW sector

Stabilisation of employment levels & reduced high staff turnover & flow on improvements in skill levels, OH&S, productivity as a result of a state-wide smoothing of market investment strategy

Improved product quality & reduction in remedial work

Reduction in wasted government resources to monitor poor performing sector

Project Participants:
University of Newcastle
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland Government Department of Main Roads
Brisbane City Council
Queensland Government Department of Public Works
Rider Hunt