TY  - CONF
TI  - Doubling Throughput With Optimized Cycle-Time Flow (OCF) Strategy
C1  - Auckland, New Zealand
C3  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
SP  - 179
EP  - 189
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.24928/2024/0132
AU  - Gabai, Doron S.
AU  - Haronian, Eran
AU  - Kennard, Nikita S.
AU  - Sacks, Rafael
AU  - Miera, Mark K.
AU  - Cloyd, Tabitha D.
AD  - PMP, PgMP, LCI Israel Chairman, Strategic Planner, Intel Corporation, AZ Construction, USA. doron.gabai@intel.com, https://www.lci-israel.org/,
AD  - Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel, 40700, Israel, eranha@ariel.ac.il
AD  - OCF Research Specialist, Intel Corporation, AZ Construction, USA. nikita.kennard@intel.com
AD  - Professor, Virtual Construction Laboratory, Faculty of Civil and Env. Eng. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, cvsacks@technion.ac.il, orcid.org/0000-0001-9427-5053
AD  - PMP, Senior Director of Construction, Intel Corporation, AZ Construction, USA. mark.k.miera@intel.com
AD  - Director of Construction, Intel Corporation, AZ Construction, USA. tabitha.d.cloyd@intel.com
AB  - Despite the availability of advanced managerial tools and technologies for project planning and control, projects failing to meet schedules and budget targets remains a common phenomenon. We argue that a root cause for these failures is the absence of strategic planning. Optimized Cycle-time Flow (OCF) is a strategy developed by Intel Inc., that enables teams to plan portfolios of projects subject to resource constraints and the principles of flow, while avoiding the pitfalls of the planning fallacy and unnecessary time-extensions. This paper presents a thorough exploration of OCF through a case study in a typical installation project, one of the first OCF implementations. Practical applications of the principles of OCF are explored through analysis of construction plans and interviews with key personnel. The paper provides supplementary observations and validation of empirical findings regarding the effectiveness of OCF. The multi-project environment and the sense of urgency to reduce time-to-market are recognized as a catalyzer for OCF. The case study highlights the importance of critical production thinking as manifested in the first two OCF principles: “Plan and Integrate Strategically” and “Plan Tactical Targets”.
KW  - Constraint Management
KW  - Design Science Research
KW  - Last Planner® System
KW  - Optimized Cycle-Time Flow (OCF)
KW  - Production Control
KW  - Strategic Integration & Planning
KW  - Target Pull-Plan
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
DA  - 2024/07/01
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2210/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2210
N1  - Export Date: 03 April 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -