Achieving a lean wayfinding system in complex hospital environments: Design and through-life management

Challenging Lean Construction Thinking: What Do We Think and What Do We Know? - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC 18

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 233-242

  Rooke, C N ^a   Koskela, L J ^a   Tzortzopoulos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Lean knowledge management; Tri partite conception of knowledge flow; Unique adequacy; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; CUSTOMER VALUES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE FLOW; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LIFE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL OBJECTS; SOCIAL PRACTICES; UNIQUE ADEQUACY; WAY-FINDING; WAY-FINDING SYSTEMS;

BIOGRAPHIES; DESIGN; HOSPITALS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866085767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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