TY  - CONF
TI  - Lean Construction as an Integrated Production
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2001
AU  - Bertelsen, Sven
AD  - Consulting Engineer; Project Manager, Habitat as; Director, Sven Bertelsen Strategic Consultant, Morlenesvej 22, 2840 Holte, DK Denmark, +45 4542 4705, FAX +45 4541 4705, sven@bertelsen.org
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
ED  - Chua, David
AB  - The general approach within lean construction is to make the construction process, as it is normally undertaken on the construction site, leaner by reducing non-value-generating activities. This is usually done respecting the traditional division of work into trades. 

However, inspired by the manufacturing industries, this approach might be challenged. Manufacturing industries very seldom keep up the division of work into trades. Instead the product is divided into subassemblies, often made of independent suppliers down the supply chain under individual design and manufacture contracts. 

The paper presents a five year Danish experiment within the housing sector, making this approach within six completed schemes and three in progress comprising app. 350 apartments, mostly in terraced houses. 

Even though cost reductions have been hard to demonstrate, a number of other benefits have been found. Increased focus on customer value, shorter project completion time, much fewer faults and omissions, and higher customer satisfaction. 

The paper outlines the approach and reports on some of the lessons learnt and discusses the experiences in relation to the Lean Construction theories.
KW  - Lean production
KW  - integrated production
KW  - industrialization
KW  - modularization
KW  - complexity.
PB  - 
T2  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2001/08/06
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/132/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/132
N1  - Export Date: 25 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -