Managing construction supply chain

Abstract

Construction industry involves several players in a same project. Defining and coordinating such players and their activities is a very complex task. Hence, an information system capable of aggregate and display the relevant information, in the right time, is an extraordinary tool to help the construction site managers. There is a diversity of software available in the market that is very powerful in many specialised areas, but lacks the supply chain management overview. An integrated web portal to assist the managers in their daily tasks and simultaneously effectively control the entirely construction project is a partial result of a research project in a Portuguese construction company. This paper intends to show the main developments and preliminary conclusions in the implementation of this web portal to assist the logistics of construction projects.