Supply Chain Management in Real Estate Practices: The Estate Surveyor and Valuers’ Perspective

Real estate practice is a strategic and multi-faceted vocation that connects the clients/owners of real projects or products with end users in building industry. Different aspects practices require collaboration practitioners who are professional surveyors valuers, built environment professionals other stakeholders at different levels order to achieve transaction objectives. This study, therefore, examined view uncovering preparedness valuers respect knowledge application supply chain management practices. Empirical data were collected aide questionnaires administered respondents from 373 firms Lagos State, Nigeria which 291 duly completed returned constituting 78% rate response. The Readiness Assessment Model was adapted determine operational surveying valuation implement regards readiness, employee services/processes readiness logistic/ICT on 5-point Likert scale corresponding mean score relative importance determined. Kolmogorov Smirnov Test Normality performed showed normally distributed. Hence, Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis used relationship between businesses. It observed, among others, generally low does not necessarily translate property market transactions firms. study further observed employees do have adequate principles for productive engagement transactions. identified alongside others such as confidentiality, stiff rivalry economic instability critical factors resisting adoption market. therefore suggested capacity programmes improve strategy harness benefits.