IGLC.net EXPORT DATE: 29 March 2024 @CONFERENCE{Aslesen2008, author={Aslesen, Sigmund and Bertelsen, Sven }, editor={Tzortzopoulos, Patricia and Kagioglou, Mike }, title={Last Planner in a Social Perspective – A Shipbuilding Case}, journal={16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, booktitle={16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, year={2008}, pages={333-344}, url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/545}, affiliation={Researcher, Fafo Institute for labour and social research, P.O. Box 2947 Töyen, 0608 Oslo, Norway, Phone +47 2208 8669, sigmund.aslesen@fafo.no ; External lecturer, Danish Technical University, Roennebaervej 10, 2840 Holte, Denmark, Phone +45 4542 4705, sven@bertelsen.org }, abstract={This paper addresses the implementation and use of Last Planner System for production control to improve workflow reliability in a Norwegian shipyard. The paper clarifies the adjustments made to adapt this system and particularly stresses the difficulties and challenges faced during the transformation from a rational operationoriented to a process-oriented approach to production planning and control. The paper suggests that to benefit from employing Last Planner, making a system of collaborative improvement must be part of it. More generally, the paper is a first step to a deeper understanding of why Last Planner works from a sociological point of view and in investigating its application to other types of project production. }, author_keywords={production control, project production, people, culture and change, last planner }, address={Manchester, UK }, issn={ }, publisher={ }, language={English}, document_type={Conference Paper}, source={IGLC}, }