TY - CONF TI - Supply Chain Rhythm: Multidisciplinary Teams Through Collaborative Work Structuring C1 - Dublin, Ireland C3 - Proc. 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) SP - 1261 EP - 1270 PY - 2019 DO - 10.24928/2019/0272 AU - Broft, Rafaella D. AU - Pryke, Stephen AD - PhD Candidate, University College London, The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management, London, United Kingdom, r.d.broft@gmail.com AD - Professor, University College London, The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management, London, United Kingdom, s.pryke@ucl.ac.uk AB - Collaborative work structuring methods are increasingly used in the construction industry to support project teams on delivering their projects on time, within budget and with high quality. By breaking down the work to be done in so-called manageable chunks, work structuring plays an important role in the creation of flow. The optimisation of flow is important due to the fragmented nature of the industry. Despite successful examples of the application of these methods, it is believed that the advantages remain limited to achieving better project results. Where current examples organise working packages around the work of different trades, this paper explores the consequences of a more supply chain-driven approach to collaborative work structuring. It challenges trades to design a “Supply Chain Rhythm”. The results presented in this paper show additional advantages, where multidisciplinairy teams have been created within a project. This way, the configuration of the crew performing the work chunk exceeds the boundaries of organisations or trades, and leads to further optimisation of the work flow. KW - Production system design KW - work structuring KW - collaboration KW - multidisciplinary teams KW - supply chain rhythm. PB - T2 - Proc. 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) DA - 2019/07/03 CY - Dublin, Ireland L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1698/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1698 N1 - Export Date: 29 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -