Construction innovation and process improvement (Record no. 135845)
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| fixed length control field | 02684nam a2200373 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 624.068 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Akintoye, Akintola. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Construction innovation and process improvement |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chichester [England] ; |
| -- | Ames, Iowa : |
| Name of publisher | Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Year of publication | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 443 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Construction industry |
| Topical Term | Civil engineering |
| Topical Term | Competition. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Goulding, Jack. |
| Personal name | Zawdie, Girma, |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10542596 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| -- | Provided by publisher. |
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