Enabling the Re-engineering of Material Purchasing in the Construction industry by the Effective Use of Information Technology

Authors

Alan V. Hore, Technological University DublinFollow
Roger West, Trinity CollegeFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Construction engineering

Publication Details

The International Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI) Research Symposium and International Built and Human Research Week,Salford University, Manchester

Abstract

The current methods of ordering, delivering and invoicing of materials in the construction industry is enormously inefficient, with vast quantities of paperwork, duplication of effort, scanning, re-keying and resolving mismatches between invoices, delivery dockets and purchase orders. This paper sets out the results of a successful 2005 pilot project which achieved a three-way electronic match of the purchase order, delivery note and supplier invoice information. The paper goes on to describe the opportunities and challenges of introducing such a system in the Irish construction industry

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/6jtv-b343

Recommended Citation

Hore, A.V., West, R.P. and Gunnigan, L., (2004), ‘Enabling the re-engineering of material purchasing in the construction industry by the effective use of information technology’,The International Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI) Research Symposium and International Built and Human Research Week, Salford University, Manchester, 386-395. doi:10.21427/6jtv-b343