TY  - CONF
TI  - Case Study: Lean Supply Chain Management in Construction Projects
C1  - Manchester, UK
C3  - 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 381
EP  - 388
PY  - 2008
AU  - Zimmer, Eric
AU  - Salem, Ossama
AU  - Genaidy, Ashraf
AU  - Shell, Richard
AD  - Graduate Student, Construction Engineering and Management Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
AD  - Associate Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
AD  - Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
ED  - Kagioglou, Mike 
AB  - Researchers and construction professionals have adopted lean manufacturing concepts and strategies in the development of lean construction principles. Much of these efforts have centered on the field construction activities themselves. However, the ideology of lean focuses on the entire value stream of an operation from raw material to final product delivery. Waste and inefficiency is still evident throughout construction supply chains. The goal of this paper is to investigate improvement opportunities in the construction industry, utilizing the practice of lean supply chain management. A case study was conducted to achieve this goal and investigate applicability in the field. An assessment was done with a local contractor already familiar with lean. From this study came a number of findings and observations: differences between lean and non-lean fabricators and effects on construction, effective staging of materials. From these findings, improvement recommendations are prepared for future projects.
KW  - lean construction
KW  - supply chain management
KW  - just-in-time
KW  - collaboration
PB  - 
T2  - 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2008/07/16
CY  - Manchester, UK
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/618/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/618
N1  - Export Date: 18 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -