Int. J Sup. Chain. Mgt Vol. 9, No. 3, June 2020 273 Literature Review of Areas of Application of Supply Chain Management in Construction Industry Nkolika J. Peter *1 , Hilary I. Okagbue *2 , Chukwuemeka O. Iroham *3 , Akunnaya P. Opoko *4 Adedotun O. Akinola *5 1,3 Department of Estate Management, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria 2 Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria 4,5 Department of Architecture, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria 1 nkolika.peter@covenantuniversity.edu.ng, 2 hilary.okagbue@covenantuniversity.edu.ng, 3 osmond.iroham@covenantuniversity.edu.ng, 4 akunnaya.opoko@covenantuniversity.edu.ng, 5 adedotun.akinola@covenantuniversity.edu.ng, Abstract— Construction projects are becoming increasingly complex and the conventional methods of managing them have plateaued over the years. The complexity could be traced to the complexity of designs, which requires inputs from different suppliers/contractors. This has led to fragmentation where suppliers/ contractors specialize in a given project and are contracted to deliver only on their area of expertise. The aim of this paper is to produce evidence of the areas of application of supply chain management (SCM) in the construction industry. The aim was achieved by a thorough literature review of works done in the area. The results showed that all the selected research on the SCM falls within eight major areas. They are procurement, logistics, models application, information, performance evaluation, customer relationship, environmental management and sustainability. Other subfields can be derived from the areas. Keywords— Supply chain, lean construction, green supply chain, construction, procurement, recycling, logistics, sustainability. 1. Introduction Supply chain management (SCM) is the planning, execution and coordination of the moving of goods and services from the point of origin to where they are to be further processed into finished goods or consumption. SCM involves the management of Interconnected, interlinked and interrelated networks of human resources, software, projects, activities, tasks, capital, machinery and information that are deployed in the movement of a product or service from a supplier to customers. Goods are transformed in the process and delivered as a finished or semi-finished products or services to the end-users. Supply chain management is intrinsically linked to value chain management [1]. The latter is concerned with the delivering of valuable products and services to the market while the former considers all categories of products and services. SCM also includes planning, management, and coordination of suppliers, service providers and customers in procurement and logistics activities [2]. The origin of SCM can be traced to the manufacturing industry [3] but the concepts have been applied to different fields thereafter. Logistics and inventory management are areas that depend on SCM [4-6]. Different industries use SCM to improve responsiveness to customers, reduced time of goods delivery to the customers and to achieve competitive advantage. Some examples of industries where SCM has helped to improve production and minimize losses are aviation [7- 8], fashion [9] and food [10-11]. Specifically, the concept of SCM is very important in the marketing of manufactured goods and services, hence effective use of SCM have proved decisive in investment and portfolio management [12-15]. Other areas can be found in [16-19]. The construction industry is one of the key economic sectors. Construction activities are often one of the measures of economic advancement and quality of life. Construction projects are becoming increasingly complex and the conventional methods of managing them have plateaued over the years. The complexity could be traced to the complexity of designs, which requires inputs from different suppliers/contractors. This has led to fragmentation where suppliers/ contractors specialize in a given project and are contracted to deliver only on their area of expertise. What is ______________________________________________________________ International Journal of Supply Chain Management IJSCM, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print) Copyright © ExcelingTech Pub, UK (http://excelingtech.co.uk/)