O’Brien et al. (2002) presented a comprehensive literature review regarding
supply chain in construction. Such development provided basis for a robust
understanding of the intrinsic issues of construction in a multi-organizational process.
As a result, the paper delivers a synthesis of four research directions, namely sourcing
and make-versus-buy decisions, supply chain structures, incentives for improvement
throughout the many tiers of supply chain, and behavioural actions for suppliers from
a normative perspective. Isatto and Formoso (2006) presented a set of relevant
research findings in SCM theory in construction. The study discussed the joint use of
three conjectural methodologies in order to investigate multi-organizational
management in construction SCM. O’Brien et al. (2009) presented a handbook
discussing a wide set of key-issues related to SC in construction. Such publication
covered operational and organizational aspects of supply chain management.
Roehrich and Lewis (2010) discussed the relevance of governance models in complex
inter-organizational systems. Schoenwitz et al. (2012) discussed the matters of mass
customization, presenting a framework to implement such initiative, which is an
emergent research topic in construction.