TY - CONF TI - The Relantionship Between Strategy and Lean Construction C1 - Gramado, Brazil C3 - 10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 2002 AU - Neto, Jose de Paula Barros AD - Civil Engineer; Doctor in Administration; Professor at Federal University of Ceará; Address: R. Coronel Jucá, 1612/401 Fortaleza/CE – Brazil - CEP: 60.170-320; E-mail: jpbarros@ufc.br ED - Formoso, Carlos T. ED - Ballard, Glenn AB - Lean construction is a philosophy that has been implemented in building firms around the world, in last years. But it is important to answer some questions: Will this implementation be the better alternative to these firms, in this moment? Will it be the best way to implement the principles of lean construction? Will the implementation of lean construction help firms to improve their competitiveness and success? What is the relationship between market and lean construction? Helping answering these questions is the aim of this paper, since it is necessary to introduce strategic aspects in the discussions about lean construction because firms are not isolated in the market. They have customers, labor force, competitors and other stakeholders that influence the performance of the organizations and consequently in the introduction of lean construction. This paper is a theoretical proposal that intend to show the importance of linkage between the implementation of lean construction and market aspects and, consequently, to stimulate and to facilitate the introduction of these principles in building firms. KW - Strategic planning; Lean construction; Small firms. 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/199/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/199 N1 - Export Date: 19 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -