TY  - CONF
TI  - Aa Lean Approach to Construction: an Historical Case Study 
C1  - Gold Coast, Australia
C3  - 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 63
EP  - 76
PY  - 1997
AU  - Horman, Michael
AU  - Kenley, Russell
AU  - Jennings, Victor
AD  - Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
AD  - Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
AD  - Researcher, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
ED  - Tucker, Selwyn N. 
AB  - The paper outlines a case study revealing the early employment of flow principles in construction. Insights are gathered with a view to assist present-day efforts to adopt alternative management approaches in construction, such as lean production and just-in-time.The case is that of Jennings, previously one of the largest house-building organisations in Australia. Concurrent with Toyota’s development of lean production, including the just-in-time production method, Jennings employed some of the principles to which lean ideas are attributed. Their practices included the use of flow production, supply-chains, standardised design approach, unitary production, and quality measurement. Jennings’ practices are reviewed and the way in which the organisation initially adapted them to the characteristic conditions of construction examined. Further the circumstances surrounding the dilution of these principles, an act which has partly led to the novelty of lean approaches in construction today, are reviewed. 
KW  - construction flow
KW  - supply-chains
KW  - standardisation
KW  - housing
KW  - Jennings
PB  - 
T2  - 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 1997/07/16
CY  - Gold Coast, Australia
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/26/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/26
N1  - Export Date: 18 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -