TY - CONF TI - Employing the Principle of “Going and Seeing” to Construction C1 - Lima, Peru C3 - 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 2011 AU - Samudio, Mike AU - Alves, Thais da C.L. AU - Chambers, David AD - Senior Project Manager, Rudolph and Sletten, 10955 Vista Sorrento Parkway, Suite 100, San Diego, CA, 92130, U.S.A. Mike_Samudio@rsconst.com AD - Assistant Professor, J.R. Filanc Construction Engineering and Management Program, Dept. of Civil, Constr., and Envir. Engrg., San Diego State University, talves@mail.sdsu.edu AD - Concrete General Foreman, Rudolph and Sletten, Dave_Chambers@rsconst.com ED - Rooke, John ED - Dave, Bhargav AB - The paper describes the team’s journey from learning about the main production problems to going and seeing in the field how to improve operations and plan reliability in a large laboratory project replacement in San Diego, CA. Analyzing root causes the team realized the two categories that reduced reliability were over-committing and revising the plan. The counter measures employed improved performance in these categories, which improved reliability of meeting scheduled commitments. However, unexpectedly cycle times for concrete wall pours increased. In order to solve the problem, the team employed the principle of “going and seeing” to gather relevant information to make informed decisions. The production line was observed for several hours a day, performance was measured, and barriers to flow were documented. The result of “going and seeing” brought the team closer to managing the project as a production line. The data collected provided insight to the contributing factors to production cycle times including wait time, inventory, and rework. Tools employed to track the data included value stream maps and employee feedback to inform project planning. This provided the necessary balance to complement the implementation of Last Planner on this hard bid federal project. KW - Go and see KW - Gemba KW - Last Planner System™ KW - value stream map KW - laboratory building PB - T2 - 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2011/07/13 CY - Lima, Peru L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1156/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1156 N1 - Export Date: 23 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -