TY  - CONF
TI  - Comparing the Methods of A3 and Canvas
C1  - Berkeley, California, USA
C3  - Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 13
EP  - 24
PY  - 2020
DO  - 10.24928/2020/0136
AU  - Koskela, Lauri
AU  - Broft, Rafaella D.
AU  - Pikas, Ergo
AU  - Tezel, Algan
AD  - Professor, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield, UK, l.koskela@hud.ac.uk, ORCID 0000-0003-4449-2281 
AD  - PhD Candidate (part-time), The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management, University College London, UK, r.d.broft@gmail.com, ORDCID 0000-0002-3724-854X | Expert in (Lean) SCM. 
AD  - Postdoc, School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, ergo.pikas@aalto.fi, ORCID 0000-0001-5691-685X 
AD  - Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture and 3D Design, University of Huddersfield, UK, a.tezel@hud.ac.uk, ORCID 0000-0003-3903-6126
AB  - The method of A3, which originated in the framework of the Toyota Production System, is used for collaborative problem solving, status reporting, and presenting proposals. It is now widely used as a part of the implementation of lean in different industries. In turn, the Canvas method was initially developed, through academic research, for generating business models, but over time it has been generalised for many other situations. In subsequent research, design principles for Canvases have been developed. The use of the Canvas method has rapidly increased in practice. As these two methods seem to have similarities regarding application areas and working principles, it is of interest to compare them. The following questions are addressed: How are these two methods similar and dissimilar? Are there underlying theories that could shed new light on both methods? A better understanding of these methods, both theoretically and practically, might be beneficial for their use in different contexts and scenarios. Especially, enhanced mastery of these methods would be instrumental for collaborative resolution of the well-known problems in construction.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - A3 method
KW  - Canvas method
KW  - visual management
KW  - theory.
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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/1838/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1838
N1  - Export Date: 20 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -