TY  - CONF
TI  - Guidelines for Managing Physical Flows in Construction Sites
C1  - Brighton, UK
C3  - 8th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2000
AU  - Alves, Thais da C.L.
AU  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
AD  - M.Sc., Research Assistant, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Building Innovation Research Group (NORIE), Brazil, e-mail: thaiscla@cpgec.ufrgs.br
AD  - Ph.D., Associate Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Building Innovation Research Group (NORIE), Brazil; Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, USA e-mail: formoso@vortex.ufrgs.br
AB  - The process model that has been mostly used in construction management tends to neglect the importance of flow activities in production. By contrast, the New Production Philosophy (Lean Production) states that both conversions and flows should be considered in production management. While the conversion management aspect of production seems to be relatively well defined, further research into the management of physical flows is required. 

This paper proposes some guidelines for managing physical flows in construction sites based on case studies carried out in small sized building companies in the South of Brazil. In this research work, physical flows refer to both material and production unit flows. The authors propose that decision making concerned with such flows should be part of the production planning and control process. This means that the flows of people, equipment, and materials must be explicitly and systematically planned and controlled, considering distinct hierarchical decision making levels. 

It is expected that these changes in production planning and control will increase process transparency and, at the same time, will create conditions for reducing variability in site conditions and thereby reduce waste.
KW  - Physical flows
KW  - process transparency
KW  - production planning and control
KW  - lean construction
PB  - 
T2  - 8th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2000/07/17
CY  - Brighton, UK
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/93/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/93
N1  - Export Date: 26 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -