Construction supply management handbook / / edited by William J. O'Brien. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782783003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 0-429-14519-5; 1-281-79250-0; 9786611792503; 1-4200-4746-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (520 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): O'BrienWilliam J
• Disciplina: 624.0687; 690.068/7
• Soggetti: Building materials - Purchasing; Building - Superintendence; Business logistics; Construction industry - Management; Production scheduling
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Contents; Authors; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Section I: Production and Operations Analysis; Chapter 2. Construction Supply Chain Modeling: Issues and Perspectives; Chapter 3. Production Planning and Control and the Coordination of Project Supply Chains; Chapter 4. Supply Chain Management in Product Development; Chapter 5. Collaboration and Communication in the Design Chain: A Value-Based Approach; Chapter 6. Supply Chain Management for Lean Project Delivery; Chapter 7. Application of Integrated Materials Management Strategies; Chapter 8. Production System Instability and Subcontracted LaborChapter 9. Understanding Supply Chain Dynamics Via Simulation; I: Commentary; Section II: Organizational Perspectives; Chapter 10. Review of Organizational Approaches to the Construction Supply Chain; Chapter 11. Construction Supply Chain and the Time Compression Paradigm; Chapter 12. Strategic Management of Costruction ; Procurement; Chapter 13. Industrial Organization Object-Oriented Project Model of the Facade Supply Chain Cluster; Chapter 14. Innovation Management in the Construction Supply Chain; II: Commentary; Section III: Information TechnologyChapter 15. Overview of IT Applications in the Construction Supply Chain; Chapter 16. Field Technologies and Their Impact on Management of Supply Chains; Chapter 17. Benefits of Using E-Marketplace in Construction Companies: A Case Study; Chapter 18. Standards-Based Approaches to Interoperability in Supply Chain Management: Overview and Case Study Using the ISO 18629 PSL Standard; Chapter 19. Lean Enterprise Web-Based Information System for Supply Chain Integration: Design and Prototyping; III: Commentary; Author Index; Subject Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Mounting emphasis on construction supply chain management (CSCM) is due to both global sourcing of materials and a shortage of labor. These factors force increasing amounts of value-added work to be conducted off-site deep in the supply chain. Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook compiles in one comprehensive source an overview of the diverse research and examples of construction supply chain practice around the world.Reflecting the emergence of CSCM as an important area of multi-national research and practice, this volume takes an interdisciplinary p

Anthrax

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910698585103321
• Autore: Decker Janet M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Chelsea House Imprint, 2003
• ISBN: 1-281-32421-3; 9786611324216; 1-4381-0131-7
• Descrizione fisica: 2 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file
• Collana: Deadly diseases and epidemics Anthrax
• Disciplina: 363.325/3
• Soggetti: Anthrax; Bioterrorism; Public Health; Health & Biological Sciences; Communicable Diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: A cloud of death -- The fifth plague -- Human anthrax -- How anthrax causes disease -- Dead letter (outbreak 2001) -- Diagnosing and treating anthrax -- Anthrax vaccine -- Anthrax and bioterrorism.