Analysis of Supply Chain Management in Small Scale Residential Construction Sector

This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey on supply chain management in the small-scale residential construction sector. The results indicate that the small-scale residential construction sector needs to improve its resource management, understand customer requirements, and adopt new technologies. The concept of supply chain management is new to the residential construction sector, and it requires awareness of the implementation of the philosophy. For the implementation of SCM in the small-scale residential construction sector, contractors need to concentrate on construction resource planning as a key target. The barriers to the successful implementation of SCM in the residential construction sector are a lack of conceptual knowledge, workplace culture, and a lack of IT. These barriers can be overcome by creating awareness of supply chain management.