TY  - CONF
TI  - Improving the Production Planning and Control System in a Building Company - Contributions After Stabilization
C1  - Gramado, Brazil
C3  - 10th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2002
AU  - Soares, Alexandre C.
AU  - Bernardes, Mauricio M.S.
AU  - Formoso, Carlos T.
AD  - M.Sc. candidate (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Planning and Control Coordinator, BSF Engenharia Ltda, Rua Portugal, 776, Higienópolis, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil, CEP 90520-310, e-mail: alexandre.soares@bsfeng.com.br
AD  - Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, School of Architecture, Rua Sarmento Leite, nº 320, sala 504, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil, CEP 90050-010, bernarde@vortex.ufrgs.br
AD  - Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Av. Osvaldo Aranha, nº 99, 3º andar, Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil, CEP 90035-190, formoso@vortex.ufrgs.br
ED  - Formoso, Carlos T.
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
AB  - Several papers have discussed the importance of the Last Planner Method as a means of stabilizing the production process in building sites. After process stabilization, however, a continuous effort is necessary in order to maintain and perfect the positive results obtained from the implementation of production planning and control systems. This article presents the preliminary results from an ongoing research project undertaken in a construction company from the South of Brazil. The main objective of this investigation is to propose guidelines to maintain and improve production planning and control systems after process stabilization. A series of fifteen projects were studied, aiming to identify the main barriers and also factors that contribute to the success of planning and control systems in the long term. The main sources of evidence used were the PPC (Percentage of Plans Completed) indicator, causes of the non-completion of work packages and interviews with company directors, clients and site engineers. One of the major factors that contributed to the success of planning and control system was the realization of weekly meetings focussed on learning rather than problem solving. This meeting involves company directors, a planning and control coordinator, and all site engineers. The results achieved in different sites are periodically disseminated throughout the company, pointing out the main barriers for implementation. Also, a strong emphasis is given in those meetings to the discussion of the Last Planner Method underlying ideas.
KW  - Production Planning and Control
KW  - Planning system
KW  - Last Planner Method
KW  - Learning
KW  - Implementation.
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/210/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/210
N1  - Export Date: 26 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -