Implementing Lean Production Strategies in Construction Companies

Contruction Research Congress, Winds of Change: Integration and Innovation in Construction, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 313-320

  Alarcon, Luis F ^a   Calderón, Rodrigo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ACTION RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES; LEAN PRODUCTION; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2342442186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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