TY  - CONF
TI  - An Application of Lean Concepts and Techniques to Precast Concrete Fabrication
C1  - Gramado, Brazil
C3  - 10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2002
AU  - Ballard, Glenn
AU  - Harper, Nigel
AU  - Zabelle, Todd
AD  - Glenn Ballard is Research Director for the Center for Innovation in Project and Production Management (dba Lean Construction Institute) and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, ballard@leanconstruction.org.
AD  - Nigel Harper is Operations Director for Malling Precast Products Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of O’Rourke Ltd., nharper@orourke.co.uk.
AD  - Todd Zabelle is President of Strategic Project Solutions, tzabelle@strategicprojectsolutions.net
ED  - Formoso, Carlos T.
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
AB  - Fabrication is a vital part of the extended production system for a construction project. As shop fabrication is a type of manufacturing and ‘lean thinking’ arose in manufacturing, use of lean concepts and techniques in the management of fabrication processes would seem to be a natural and beneficial application. Fabrication can be divided into pre-manufacturing, manufacturing, and postmanufacturing. In a separate paper, the authors have reported the application of lean ‘rules and tools’ to the manufacturing of precast concrete. This paper presents an overview of the entire intervention, which confirms the applicability of lean concepts and techniques to the management of fabrication processes, and illustrates the benefits achievable in improved management of demand, reduced cycle time, greater productivity, heightened work force involvement, and increased revenue and profitability. Suggestions are made for future research.
KW  - cycle time
KW  - fabrication
KW  - flow
KW  - lead time
KW  - Last Planner
KW  - lean production
KW  - management
KW  - pull
KW  - production system design
PB  - 
T2  - 10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2002/08/06
CY  - Gramado, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/173/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/173
N1  - Export Date: 19 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -