TY - CONF TI - What Is Lean Construction - 1999 C1 - Berkeley, California, USA C3 - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 1999 AU - Howell, Gregory A. AD - P.E., Director, Lean Construction Institute, Box 1003, Ketchum, ID 83340, 208/726- 9989, fax: 208/726-0699, ghowell@micron.net AB - The origins of lean production are reviewed and a claim made that it is a new form of production management, that is neither mass nor craft. Then the applicability of lean production in construction is considered and nature of lean construction discussed in comparison with current practice. KW - Lean construction KW - lean production KW - production management PB - T2 - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 1999/07/26 CY - Berkeley, California, USA L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/74/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/74 N1 - Export Date: 19 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -