Open AccessSUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Ieva Cataldo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mokslas - lietuvos ateitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-2341
pISSN - 2029-2252
DOI - 10.3846/mla.2022.15156
Subject(s) - business , sustainability , supply chain , supply chain management , construction industry , construction management , sustainable development , process management , perspective (graphical) , environmental resource management , marketing , engineering , management , construction engineering , economics , computer science , ecology , biology , artificial intelligence
Most of the existing supply chain management methods and systems are being transferred to construction sphere regardless of the specifics of companies in the construction sector. Numerous complex factors such as ecological, social and economic are required for the continuous evaluation in the modern management of construction sector. The provided studies and the research to examine sustainable supply chain management in construction sector from a holistic perspective, concentrating on mostly longterm sustainable decisionmaking by the construction company rather than being centered only on the supply chain management for construction projects. This paper identifies a list of sustainability indicators for examining the supply chains of construction companies. Those indicators were categorized and assigned to one or a couple groups by reviewing their use in the previous literature agreeing to the reasoning to way better reflect the SSCM principle of their use in construction companies. The use of indicators can help develop strategies for the construction sector for sustainable policy makers and construction company managers.