Lean construction submittal processa case study

Quality Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-93

  Garrett, Deborah F ^a   Lee, Jim ^a  

^a University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

Author keywords

construction submittals; lead time; lean; metrics; value stream mapping; waste

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION FIELDS; CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES; IN-PROCESS; LEAD TIME; LEAN; LEAN CONCEPTS; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LEAN TOOLS; LEVEE CONSTRUCTION; METRICS; PROJECT ENGINEERS; REVIEW PROCESS; VALUE STREAM MAPPING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; MAPPING;

HYDRAULICS;

EID: 78649932252     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2010.495100     Document Type: Article

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