- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Costs and Benefits of Materials Management Systems.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Publication 7-1, November 1986, 33 p.
- Keywords
- construction | costs | management systems
- Abstract
- Construction professionals are recognizing the need to focus on the materials management process as a proactive, identifiable entity which has a significant impact on the cost of construction. In recent years both construction contractors and owners have developed integrated materials management systems that combine and integrate the takeoff, vendor evaluation, purchasing, expediting, warehousing, and distribution functions. This publication is intended as a guide to the construction industry to understand materials management concepts, the cost of the efforts, and the positive results which can be expected.