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Article: Quality Relationships: Partnering in the Construction Supply Chain

TitleQuality Relationships: Partnering in the Construction Supply Chain
Authors
KeywordsConstruction industry
Lean production
Partnering
Quality
Subcontracting
Issue Date2000
PublisherEmerald Group Publishing Limited. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ijqrm.htm
Citation
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 2000, v. 17 n. 4/5, p. 493-510 How to Cite?
AbstractSubcontractors and suppliers are playing an increasingly important role in project construction – it is not uncommon for as much as 90 per cent of a project to be undertaken by subcontractors. The result of this increased involvement is that main contractors are now concentrating their efforts on managing subcontractors rather than employing direct labour. Outlines an approach to partnering developed by a European conglomerate which is being employed throughout the UK. Commences with an overview of recent studies into the UK construction industry concentrating on partnering, quality and lean production. The second part discusses the context of these points from a quality, general and construction project management perspective. A form of benchmarking is described and the actual partnering approach is detailed. Finally, the paper identifies the main points relating to quality as perceived by the project participants, as well as some of the overall advantages of adopting this approach to partnering.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/42245
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.575

 

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dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPellew, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorPhua, FTTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorRowlinson, Sen_HK
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dc.description.abstractSubcontractors and suppliers are playing an increasingly important role in project construction – it is not uncommon for as much as 90 per cent of a project to be undertaken by subcontractors. The result of this increased involvement is that main contractors are now concentrating their efforts on managing subcontractors rather than employing direct labour. Outlines an approach to partnering developed by a European conglomerate which is being employed throughout the UK. Commences with an overview of recent studies into the UK construction industry concentrating on partnering, quality and lean production. The second part discusses the context of these points from a quality, general and construction project management perspective. A form of benchmarking is described and the actual partnering approach is detailed. Finally, the paper identifies the main points relating to quality as perceived by the project participants, as well as some of the overall advantages of adopting this approach to partnering.en_HK
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dc.subjectConstruction industryen_HK
dc.subjectLean productionen_HK
dc.subjectPartneringen_HK
dc.subjectQualityen_HK
dc.subjectSubcontractingen_HK
dc.titleQuality Relationships: Partnering in the Construction Supply Chainen_HK
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