TY  - CONF
TI  - Management of Production in Construction: A Theoretical View
C1  - Berkeley, California, USA
C3  - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 241
EP  - 252
PY  - 1999
AU  - Koskela, Lauri
AD  - Senior Research Scientist, VTT Building Technology, Concurrent Engineering, P.O.Box 1801, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland, tel.: +358 9 4564556, fax: +358 9 4566251, lauri.koskela@vtt.fi
AB  - The transformation view and the flow view are two major conceptualizations of production. The current practice in construction is based on the transformation view. However, the transformation view is an idealization, and in a complex production situation the associated idealization error may become large. This is exactly what happens in practice. Task management, based on the transformation view, assumes that certainty prevails in production. However, it is widely observed that, due to the inherent variability of production in construction, intended task management degenerates into mutual adjustment by teams on site. It is argued that the transformation view and the flow view should be synthesized into a new theoretical view on construction. The inherent causes of variability in construction can be explained and the countermeasures for eliminating variability or stemming its impact can be pinpointed by this new theoretical view. It is shown that the Last Planner method is compatible with this new view.
KW  - Production theory
KW  - construction
KW  - project management
KW  - Last Planner.
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/76/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/76
N1  - Export Date: 19 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -