Construction Supply Chain Management Research

The supply chain management, which appeared in 1980s, received much attention because it opened expansive space for entrepreneurs in reducing stock, lowing costs and improving customer services etc. It rose rapidly in developed nations. The so-called supply chain management refers to the management methods which manufactures goods with an effective combination of distributors, manufacturers, suppliers as well as clients, and distributes accurate amount of goods to correct places in right time, in order to minimize system costs and to satisfy the need of service level at the meantime. The supply chain management aims at implementing the win-win relations with the chosen partners, To Integrate the logistics, information flows together with the value flows into all participating enterprises, and improving the competitiveness of the whole supply chain. The costly and inefficient condition of construction enterprises badly needs management reform, for which the techniques and methods of the supply chain management provide feasible ways.The thesis contains four parts.The first part deals with the background and the domestic and overseas research status with respect to the current topic. The second part introduces the specific supply chain management of construction enterprises in China. As a backbone of this paper, the third part analyses the present status of supply chain management as well as existing problems of the Chinese construction companies, based on which, the author puts forward some recommendations for resolving those problems. The last part is mainly about the conclusion and suggestions for future research.