33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan - 2025

https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0229

Kaizen Events for the Development of the Last Planner System® Maturity in a Construction Project

Kevin Ronceros1, Harold Ronceros2, Luis Mio3, Oscar Miranda4, Jose Chicoma5 & Ricardo Soto6

1Production Engineer, National University of Engineering, Lima, Perú, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0005-1205-3833
2Civil engineer, National University of Engineering, Lima, Perú, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0004-4832-9232
3Civil engineer, National University of Engineering, Lima, Perú, [email protected], orcid.org/0009-0001-3730-2016
4Civil engineer, National University of Engineering, Lima, Perú, [email protected]
5Civil engineer, National University of Engineering, Lima, Perú, [email protected]
6Civil engineer, National University of Engineering, Lima, Perú, [email protected]

Abstract

The construction industry has shown limited advances in innovation and productivity compared to other sectors, despite its global economic relevance. In response to this scenario, companies have adopted practices such as Lean Construction (LC) and tools such as the Last Planner System® (LPS), designed to improve planning and performance in projects. However, the adoption of the LPS is limited by partial implementation that limits the capacity of the system. This research arises as an initiative to develop a structured method that allows a systemic implementation of all the components of the LPS, supported by the Maturity Model (MM) of the LCI lean IPD focused on LPS and Kaizen events to strengthen the adoption of all the components of the LPS. The case study of development during 43 weeks in the construction of the structural shell of the new FIIS-UNI building. During the application of the proposed method, the eight components of the LPS were developed from the development of 43 Kaizen events during the application of the proposed method. This article documents the experience of applying the proposed method and presents a sequential guide of steps to replicate the experience in another construction project.

Keywords

Maturity Model, Kaizen events, Last Planner System®, Integrated Project Delivery, Lean Construction.

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Ronceros, K., Ronceros, H., Mio, L., Miranda, O., Chicoma, J. & Soto, R.. (2025). Kaizen Events for the Development of the Last Planner System® Maturity in a Construction Project. In Seppänen, O., Koskela, L., & Murata , K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) (pp. 471–482). https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0229

Shortened reference for use in IGLC papers:

Ronceros, K., Ronceros, H., Mio, L., Miranda, O., Chicoma, J. & Soto, R.. (2025). Kaizen Events for the Development of the Last Planner System® Maturity in a Construction Project. IGLC33. https://doi.org/10.24928/2025/0229

 

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