TY  - CONF
TI  - The Impact of Path Dependencies on Lean Implementation Within a Construction Company
C1  - Haifa, Israel
C3  - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 425
EP  - 434
PY  - 2010
AU  - Morrey, Nicola
AU  - Pasquire, Christine
AU  - Dainty, Andrew
AD  - Nicola Morrey, Research Engineer, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, N.Morrey@lboro.ac.uk
AD  - Dr, C, L Pasquire, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, Phone 01509 222895 C.L.Pasquire@lboro.ac.uk
AD  - Professor, A.R.J Dainty, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, Phone 01509 228742 A.R.J.Dainty@lboro.ac.uk
ED  - Walsh, Kenneth
ED  - Alves, Thais
AB  - The effect path dependency has on a lean implementation is being investigated using a major UK construction company as a case study. This paper describes the nature of the issues arising from path dependency and presents the preliminary findings. Path dependency refers to the idea that events and decisions that have taken place in the past continue to influence current decisions and ways of working. Concerning the implementation of lean, path dependencies would be in existence if a company‘s ability to improve processes, learn and innovate were constrained by policies, technologies, relationships and strategies from the past. The case study Company has recently developed a number of tools (ways of working) that it is trying to standardise across the business. This is akin to the standardised work that might be seen in a lean production environment. The assumption under consideration for this project is that path dependencies exist within the case study company that are influencing and constraining its ability to implement change. Following from this, it is proposed that understanding these path dependencies will enable them to be overcome, or capitalised upon, and that such an analysis of path dependencies is a useful diagnostic tool for lean implementation.
KW  - Path dependency
KW  - Lean
KW  - Standardised work
KW  - Lean implementation.
PB  - 
T2  - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2010/07/14
CY  - Haifa, Israel
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/726/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/726
N1  - Export Date: 26 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -