TY  - CONF
TI  - Identifying the Impact on Labor Productivity From Design Choices Through Work Sampling
C1  - Edmonton, Canada
C3  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 540
EP  - 551
PY  - 2022
DO  - 10.24928/2022/0159
AU  - Lerche, Jon 
AU  - Wandahl, Søren 
AU  - Neve, Hasse 
AD  - PhD, Dept. of BTech., Aarhus University, Birk Centerpark 15, 7400 Herning, Denmark,  jon.lerche@btech.au.dk, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7076-9630
AD  - Professor, Aarhus University, Dept. of Technology Management & Engineering, Inge Lehmanns Gade  10, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, swa@cae.au.dk, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8708-6035. 
AD  - PhD, Consultant, Denmark, hasse_neve@hotmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-3529 
AB  - Productivity within construction and production is about the relationship between earned value and input of resource value. Researchers have dominantly focused on measuring how the hours are spent categorically in relation to the total amount of hours spent in order to understand productivity. Little has been done to investigate how the decision before execution affects productivity or process durations. Through a case study investigating assembly of cables at numerous locations with similar configurations, two companies are asked to install and terminate cables between switchgear. Their technical design solutions are compared, as the exterior around these is considered homogenous. This allows an understanding of how two design choices affect productivity and process durations. The results show how the design affects the productivity, where both contractors achieve a 25 % value-adding work, while the durations are significantly different- up to a 94 % difference at times. The results are contributing to the practical understanding of technical solutions and how the processes are thought into the design, The results contribute to the literature by raising the question of whether our quality management systems are adequately attuned to this situation.
KW  - Process
KW  - productivity
KW  - time compression
KW  - waste
KW  - work sampling
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2022/07/27
CY  - Edmonton, Canada
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1986/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1986
N1  - Export Date: 29 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -