TY - CONF TI - A Subcontractor's Lean Journey: A Case Study on Ilyang C1 - East Lansing, Michigan, USA C3 - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 135 EP - 140 PY - 2007 AU - Kim, Yong-Woo AU - Jang, Jin Woo AU - Ballard, Glenn AD - Assistant Professor, Constr. Engr. and Mgmt. Program, Constr. Mgmt. and Wood Product Engrg. Department, 153 Baker Lab, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, 315/470-6839, FAX 315/470-6879, ywkim@esf.edu AD - Ph.D. Candidate, Constr. Engr. and Mgmt. Program, Constr. Mgmt. and Wood Product Engrg. Department, 153 Baker Lab, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, jijang@syr.edu AD - Research Director, Project Production Systems Labouratory, University of California, Berkeley. ballard@ce.berkeley.edu ED - Pasquire, C.L, Christine L. ED - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia AB - In most cases, owners of companies or general contractors initiate Lean implementation on construction projects. The value in this case study is that it presents a subcontractor successfully implementing Lean construction on its projects. The case study investigated its motivation for making a Lean transformation, the course of its Lean transformation, and the lessons learned through its Lean journey. The study used interviews with twentyfive key personnel, twelve site visits, and an analysis of twelve documents on twelve projects. Further, it shows that while subcontractors have difficulty initiating Lean implementation beyond their own firms due to their lack of influence, it is possible for them to affect this kind of change. KW - Case study KW - Lean journey KW - subcontractor 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/465/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/465 N1 - Export Date: 25 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -