ABSTRACT
Suppliers of materials on the other hand are similar to those servicing the retail and manufacturing business, in that materials and components generally are stored or made in fixed locations, the materials and components being brought together for assembly. The major differences are that for some of the suppliers, the product required for each contract will be purpose made
requiring considerable changes to plant and equipment at the supplier’s base. Other materials and components such as timber, aggregates, reinforcement steel, structural steel, window frames and door frames will require no modifications to the supplier’s processes and only minor adjustments to their plant. Delivery problems are similar other than the delivery point is continually changing as one contract closes and another commences. The activities where some of these variances can be eliminated or reduced is where there is a contractual relationship between the client and a contractor for multiple contracts, as for example with some clients in the retail sector, or where the client and the contractor are one and the same person as in speculative housing..
