Is the Last Planner System applicable to design? A case study

Proceedings of IGLC17: 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 165-176

  Hamzeh, Farook R ^a   Ballard, Glenn ^a,b   Tommelein, Iris D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Project Production Systems Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Last planner system; Lean construction; Lean design; Lookahead planning; Production control

Indexed keywords

COURSE OF ACTION; DELIBERATIVE PLANNING; DESIGN ACTIVITY; DESIGN PROCESS; LAST PLANNER; LAST PLANNER SYSTEM; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LOOK-AHEAD; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; SITUATED ACTIONS; WORK PLANNING;

HEALTH CARE; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

DESIGN;

EID: 84856655827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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