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Despite the fact that 99% of construction firms in Europe are small and medium enterprises (SME), the literature on supply chain management in civil engineering focuses on issues typical for large corporations. Thus, the supply chain problems of small businesses are neglected. Furthermore, the character of the building trade impedes the direct implementation of modern logistic solutions into project and enterprise management. In this paper, authors present barriers and obstacles to applying the idea of integrated supply chain management to small and medium construction enterprises. This study proposes the concept of cluster supply chain which can contribute to increase of building SME’s competitive strength. Moreover, the paper describes fuzzy multiobjective mathematical model, which depicts the “milk runs” problem with overtime consideration. Values of the criteria were based on a survey conducted among construction managers and engineers. The model can be implemented to describe operations of a distribution center, which is the part of a cluster supply chain.
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