Logistics in the implementation of construction investment projects has an individual character, resulting from the specificity of the construction industry. The business profile of this industry is based primarily on the uniqueness of products – construction structures, and the variability of implementation conditions under which services are provided, as well as efficient logistics support responsible for delivering necessary resources, i.e., materials, equipment, employees, financial resources, and information.
For this reason, logistics tasks and effective logistics management in a construction company take on particular importance. In construction industry companies and the investment projects they carry out, there are opportunities to introduce modern organizational forms and logistics management concepts. For effective management, it is necessary to know the mechanisms governing logistics processes and to possess good supporting tools. Such knowledge is provided by research into logistics processes and systems, allowing for the development of strategies and methods for their implementation that are appropriate to changing economic trends.
Logistics management concept in construction
Logistics management consists of formulating strategies, planning, controlling, and monitoring the processes of flow and storage of raw materials, work-in-progress inventories, finished goods, and relevant information, from the point of acquisition to the points of consumption, in order to best adapt to and satisfy customer needs. The essence of logistics management is to establish objective goals and strategies within which material and distribution management activities can take place.
Logistics management refers to logistics processes that serve a supporting role for production processes. It focuses on the rationalization of procurement, storage, transport, and distribution processes in relation to the enterprise, as well as cooperation with partner companies and customers, forming a logistics chain. Construction companies create logistics chains of various configurations. A logistics chain includes all links that constitute individual enterprises along the path of material and physical flows related to the product life cycle. It is formed by companies ranging from those supplying raw materials, producing construction materials and semi-finished products, to those creating the final product, as well as companies dealing with secondary raw materials and waste generated during production or product disposal. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 5/2012