TY  - CONF
TI  - Managing Variability In-House Production
C1  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
C3  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 109
EP  - 118
PY  - 2007
AU  - Yu, Haitao
AU  - Tweed, Tarry
AU  - Al-Hussein, Mohamed
AU  - Nasseri, Reza
AD  - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2W2, Canada, Phone +1 780/492-9131, FAX 780/492-0249, hyu@ualberta.ca
AD  - General Manager, Landmark Master Builder Inc., 9765-54 Ave. Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 5J4, Canada, Phone +1 780/702-8273, FAX 780/436-4773, tarryt@landmarkmasterbuilder.com
AD  - Assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2W2, Canada Phone +1 780/492-0599, FAX 780/492-0249, malhussein@ualberta.ca
AD  - President, Landmark Master Builder Inc., 9765-54 Ave. Edmonton, Alberta, T6E 5J4, Canada, Phone +1 780/702-8273, FAX 780/436-4773, rezan@landmarkmasterbuilder.com
ED  - Pasquire, C.L, Christine L.
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - The differences between construction and manufacturing are well known. There have been many arguments on whether lean production model is relevant to construction and what strategy should be taken for construction enterprises to pursue lean transformation. A central issue here is how to deal with high variability in construction process. This paper presents a collaborating research performed by the University of Alberta and a local homebuilder. An analysis of historical production data confirms that the current house production flow is extremely variable, particularly at the beginning of the production process. The ripple effects of a change in production conditions can cause serious problems in scheduling and lead to big variation in construction operation durations. Based on a comparative study of home building and auto manufacturing, a comprehensive approach is proposed to reduce and manage the variability in house production through the resolution of particularities.
KW  - House production
KW  - Construction particularities
KW  - Variability
KW  - Residential construction
KW  - Strategy.
PB  - 
T2  - 15th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2007/07/18
CY  - East Lansing, Michigan, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/462/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/462
N1  - Export Date: 30 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -