TY  - CONF
TI  - Lean Production in the Precast Concrete Components' Industry
C1  - Lima, Peru
C3  - 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2011
AU  - Deffense, Jean
AU  - Cachadinha, Nuno
AD  - MS.c in Civil Engineering. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Phone +351 214673485 ; jeandeffense@gmail.com
AD  - Assistant Professor, UNIDEMI, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, , Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal. Phone +351 212948557, n.cachadinha@fct.unl.pt
ED  - Rooke, John
ED  - Dave, Bhargav
AB  - This article is a case study applying Lean Thinking and Lean Production principles in a factory that produces prefabricated reinforced concrete components. The objective is to reduce waste production and increase productivity. Nine factories were analyzed, of which one was chosen for developing an implementation model. A number of changes were proposed based on Lean concepts and the study of several similar factories to improve productivity. A Black Belt Team was created to improve the execution and continuance of the lean concepts. Value Stream Mapping was also used as an aid in the identification of existing waste and improvement opportunities, to which various Lean tools were applied in order to solve the identified problems. The main conclusions of this study are that it is possible to achieve a significant improvement in the production system of prefabricated reinforced concrete components using Lean philosophy. Improvements in the reduction of lead-time, reduction of waste and increase in productivity are achieved with simple and low cost techniques.
KW  - Lean Production
KW  - Value Stream Mapping
KW  - Black Belt Team
KW  - Implementation Model
KW  - Prefabrication
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T2  - 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2011/07/13
CY  - Lima, Peru
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1135/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1135
N1  - Export Date: 18 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -