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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826201303321

Autore

Akintoye Akintola

Titolo

Construction innovation and process improvement [[electronic resource] /] / Akintola Akintoye, Jack Goulding and Girma Zawdie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England] ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-118-28031-8

1-280-58683-4

9786613616661

1-118-28030-X

1-118-28029-6

1-118-28032-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 p.)

Classificazione

TEC009020

Altri autori (Persone)

GouldingJack

ZawdieGirma <1946->

Disciplina

624.068

Soggetti

Construction industry - Technological innovations

Civil engineering - Technological innovations

Competition

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--