TY  - CONF
TI  - How Does Takt Production Contribute to Trade Flow in Construction? 
C1  - Berkeley, California, USA
C3  - Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 445
EP  - 454
PY  - 2020
DO  - 10.24928/2020/0069
AU  - Kujansuu, Pekka
AU  - Lehtovaara, Joonas
AU  - Salerto, Saara
AU  - Seppänen, Olli
AU  - Peltokorpi, Antti
AD  - Development Engineer, Skanska Oy, Finland, pekka.kujansuu@skanska.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002- 5672-1101 
AD  - Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, Joonas.lehtovaara@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-3811
AD  - Site Supervisor, Skanska Oy, Finland, saara.salerto@skanska.fi, orcid.org/0000-0001-8222-5470
AD  - Associate professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, olli.seppanen@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002-2008-5924
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, antti.peltokorpi@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-6612
AB  - Takt production has gained increased attention over the past decade inside the Lean Construction community. Several case studies have shown that implementing takt has positive effects on construction production, increasing flow by decreasing various types of waste. However, evidence on how takt production actually affects the flow of trades has been contradictory. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how implementing takt production, which heavily focuses on improving the flow of processes, affects the flow of trades. This was conducted as a single case study. We collected and analyzed 650 hours of video material by observing one takt area over a period of six weeks, in addition to document observation and nine semi-structured interviews, including general contractor and trade partner personnel. We then classified and analyzed the results in light of propositions based on a literature review. Lastly, we drew our conclusions regarding what effects takt implementation has on trade flow. The observations showed that even though the beginnings of the takt production resembled the traditional firefighting way of working, this more structured method stabilized production and positively impacted trade flow. 
KW  - Flow
KW  - takt production
KW  - waste
KW  - trade flow
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2020/07/06
CY  - Berkeley, California, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1800/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1800
N1  - Export Date: 20 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -