Investigating the relationship between planning reliability and project performance

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-474

  Gonzalez, V ^a,b   Alarcon, L F ^a   Mundaca, F ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Last planner system; Lean production; Planning reliability; Project performance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; WELL STIMULATION;

ACTIVITY PLANNING; AMINOTRANSFERASE (AT) ACTIVITY; APPLIED (CO); CONSTRUCTION PHASING; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; GENERAL (CO); HOME BUILDING; LAST PLANNER SYSTEM; LEAN PRODUCTION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PROCESS RELIABILITY; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL (PPC); PRODUCTIVITY INDEX (PI); PROJECT LEVELS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PLANNING; PROJECT PRODUCTIVITY; RELIABILITY INDEX (RI);

PLANNING;

EID: 45849086928     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802059023     Document Type: Article

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