Supply Chain Excellence

Theory
Practice

The construction industry includes numerous small to medium sized enterprises as well as multinational firms linked together through a chain of contracts in response to projects. The way in which we understand the supply chain can make important contributions to a range of issues in the industry. Supply chain excellence research is concerned with improving the performance of the industry, sustainable urban development, environmental management; social health and wellbeing of practitioners and efficient and effective processes through streamlined information management. Such areas researchers are currently working on include:

Procurement:

  • procurement strategies: project and strategic
  • relational contracting
  • capital infrastructure projects
  • clients
  • SMEs

Management:

  • lean design, procurement, supply and construction
  • culture
  • trust
  • reflexivity

Environment:

  • environmental management
  • construction industrial ecology

Economics:

  • political economy
  • industrial organisational economics
  • econometric modelling 
  • simulation
  • ecoinformatics
  • negotiation, bargaining & power

IT:

  • visualisation
  • data flow management
  • security
  • ebusiness

 

Program Director
Construction Management
Architecture
Associate Professor Kerry London
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Researchers
Mathematics
Computing		 Ljiljana Brankovic
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Construction Management Graham Brewer
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Architecture Jessica Chen
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Construction Management Brianna Chesworth
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Economics Dr Janet Dzator
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Construction Management Marcus Jefferies
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Business & Management Associate Professor Amir Mahmood
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Environmental Studies		 Kim Maund
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Construction Management		 Dr Michael Mak
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Construction Management Shiyamini Ratnasabapathy
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Design Vishal Singh
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Construction Management
Gajendran Thayaparan
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