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  2. Design–build - Wikipedia

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    Its membership is composed of design and construction industry professionals as well as project owners. DBIA promotes the value of design–build project delivery and teaches the effective integration of design and construction services to ensure success for owners and design and construction practitioners.

  3. Crowdsourcing architecture - Wikipedia

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    A growing number of architectural crowdsourcing platforms direct their calls openly to members of the public, facilitating mass-participation and self-organized collaboration to build upon and improve architectural design solutions. [1]

  4. Supply chain management - Wikipedia

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    This strategy of direct sourcing not only helped Wal-Mart in reducing the costs in the supply chain but also helped in the improvement of supply chain activities through boosting efficiency throughout the entire process. In other words, direct sourcing reduced the time that takes the company to source and stocks the products in its stock. [86]

  5. Procurement - Wikipedia

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    Procurement is one component of the broader concept of sourcing and acquisition. Typically procurement is viewed as more tactical in nature (the process of physically buying a product or service) and sourcing and acquisition are viewed as more strategic and encompassing. [citation needed] Multiple sourcing business models and acquisition models ...

  6. Procurement outsourcing - Wikipedia

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    Direct procurement. Direct categories are all goods purchased by the company which directly enter into the production process of that company. For the food industry as an example, ingredients and packaging will be the key direct procurement categories. Indirect Procurement. Indirect categories are all the goods and services that are bought by ...

  7. Materials management - Wikipedia

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    Industrial construction projects- examples of industrial construction projects include warehouses and manufacturing facilities. [4] These types of projects tend to be slightly more complex than residential or commercial construction projects and they require more technical knowledge. This increases the need for efficient materials management.

  8. Business-to-business - Wikipedia

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    A B2B transaction entails direct-sourcing contract management, which involves negotiating terms that establish prices and various other factors such as volume-based pricing, carrier and logistics preferences, etc. B2C transaction is clearer, it has spot sourcing contract management that offers a flat retail rate for each item sold.

  9. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of building materials.. Many types of building materials are used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures.These categories of materials and products are used by architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects.