03061nam 2200577 a 450 991014132790332120230526233903.01-118-28031-81-280-58683-497866136166611-118-28030-X1-118-28029-61-118-28032-6(MiAaPQ)EBC875738(Au-PeEL)EBL875738(CaPaEBR)ebr10542596(CaONFJC)MIL361666(OCoLC)781629124(EXLCZ)99267000000016150620111213d2012 uy 0engurcn#---anc|atxtccrConstruction innovation and process improvement[electronic resource] /Akintola Akintoye, Jack Goulding and Girma ZawdieChichester [England] ;Ames, Iowa Wiley-Blackwell20121 online resource (457 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-5648-1 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."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"--Provided by publisher.Construction industryTechnological innovationsCivil engineeringTechnological innovationsCompetitionConstruction industryTechnological innovations.Civil engineeringTechnological innovations.Competition.624.068TEC009020bisacshAkintoye Akintola861424Goulding Jack861425Zawdie Girma1946-861426MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910141327903321Construction innovation and process improvement1922490UNINA03816nas 2200997-a 450 991014103060332120250204153950.01573-7667(DE-599)ZDB2035174-4(OCoLC)47196762(CKB)963018350359(CONSER)--2008233351(EXLCZ)9996301835035920010626a20009999 s-- aengurmnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInformation technology & management[Dordrecht] Kluwer Academic Publishers2000-[Dordrecht] :Springer1 online resourceRefereed/Peer-reviewedTitle from image of cover (SpringerLink, viewed February 25, 2008).1385-951X Information technology and managementJournal of special topics in: Information technology & managementINF TECHNOL MANAGEINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENTINFORM TECHNOL MANAGINF. TECHNOL. MANAGInformation technologyManagementPeriodicalsManagement information systemsPeriodicalsInformation technologyPeriodicalsInformation storage and retrieval systemsInformation technologyManagementPeriodicalsManagement information systemsPeriodicalsInformation ScienceInformation SystemsTechnologie de l'informationGestionPériodiquesSystèmes d'information de gestionPériodiquesTechnologie de l'informationPériodiquesTechnologie de l'informationGestionPériodiquesSystèmes d'information de gestionPériodiquesTechnologie de l'informationPériodiquesSystèmes d'informationInformation storage and retrieval systemsfast(OCoLC)fst00972781Information technologyfast(OCoLC)fst00973089Information technologyManagementfast(OCoLC)fst00973112Management information systemsfast(OCoLC)fst01007271Tecnologia de la informacióthubSistemes d'informacióthubPeriodical.periodicals.aatPeriodicals.fastPeriodicals.lcgftPériodiques.rvmgfRevistes electròniques.thubInformation technologyManagementManagement information systemsInformation technologyInformation storage and retrieval systems.Information technologyManagementPeriodicals.Management information systemsInformation Science.Information Systems.Technologie de l'informationGestionPériodiques.Systèmes d'information de gestionPériodiques.Technologie de l'informationPériodiques.Technologie de l'informationGestionSystèmes d'information de gestionTechnologie de l'informationSystèmes d'information.Information storage and retrieval systems.Information technology.Information technologyManagement.Management information systems.Tecnologia de la informacióSistemes d'informació681658.4038JOURNAL9910141030603321Information technology & management2262316UNINA