Modeling just-in-time purchasing in the ready mixed concrete industry

W Min, LS Pheng - International journal of production economics, 2007 - Elsevier
The currently available economic order quantity–just-in-time (EOQ–JIT) cost indifference
point models suggest that the JIT purchasing approach is always preferred to the EOQ …

Transshipment approach to coordinate materials for a contractor's project portfolio

Q Chen, B Garcia de Soto, B Adey - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The challenges to coordinate material supply and dynamically changing demand always
lead to construction interruptions or a considerable waste of materials on-site. Mainstream …

Re‐modelling EOQ and JIT purchasing for performance enhancement in the ready mixed concrete industries of Chongqing, China and Singapore

W Min, LS Pheng - International Journal of Productivity and …, 2005 - emerald.com
To develop just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing threshold value (JPTV) models for ready mixed
concrete (RMC) suppliers to decide whether or not to switch from an economic order …

Code compliance in reinforce concrete design: A comparative study of USA code (ACI) and Chinese code (GB)

L Zhang, H Hu, Y Fang, Z Qiang - Advances in Civil …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The structural engineering codes dictate the design criteria of the facility. Given that different
countries use different parameters to design a facility, different codes are followed. Current …

A systematic approach to enabling digital supply chain coordination in construction projects

Q Chen - 2020 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Supply chain management plays a fundamental role in running a successful construction
project to ensure cost-efficient, accurate, and on-time material delivery to construction sites …

Strategic development of the built environment through international construction, quality and productivity management

SP Low - 2012 - etheses.bham.ac.uk
This thesis presents a coherent, sustained and substantial contribution to the advancement
of knowledge or application of knowledge or both in the field of construction management …