TY  - CONF
TI  - Measurement of Waste and Productivity in Relation to Lean Thinking
C1  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
C3  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 67
EP  - 76
PY  - 2007
AU  - Forsberg, Azam
AU  - Saukkoriipi, Lasse
AD  - PhD student, Department of Architecture and Infrastructure, Luleå University of Technology, SE- 971 87 Luleå, Sweden, +46 (0) 70-794 76 23, azam.forsberg@ltu.se
AD  - Tech. lic, Building Economics and Management, Chalmers University of Technology, Sven Hultins gata 8, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden, +46 (0)31-7721964, lasse.saukkoriipi@chalmers.se
ED  - Pasquire, C.L, Christine L.
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - In the Swedish construction sector there have been debates concerning what can be done about the current low productivity and the high levels of wastes. During the last few years it has become more common to utilize principles from lean construction as a way to enhance the problems concerning the levels of productivity and waste. The aim of this paper is to do a literature review on measurement of waste and productivity. Terms waste and productivity will be compared and discussed in relation to lean construction. Furthermore this paper will highlight the use of lean philosophy to reduce waste and improve productivity in the Swedish construction industries. The study shows that the term ‘waste’ is more closely related to lean thinking than productivity is, but both terms are according to our analysis nonetheless important when striving for cost reductions. Furthermore there is a need of changing in the way of thinking in order to create a value added activities that can cut down production cost in the Swedish construction industries.
KW  - Waste
KW  - productivity
KW  - lean construction
KW  - Swedish construction industry and performance measurements.
PB  - 
T2  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2007/07/18
CY  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/458/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/458
N1  - Export Date: 26 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -