Design of a lean and agile construction system for a large and complex mechanical and electrical project

Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-14

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-14

  Court, Peter ^a   Pasquire, Christine ^a   Gibb, Alistair ^a   Bower, David ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction system; Labour; Leagile; Lean and agile; Lean interventions; Mechanical and electrical; Performance improvement; Total supply chain

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS; LABOUR; LEAGILE; LEAN AND AGILE; LEAN INTERVENTIONS; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS;

GROUP THEORY; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84866120254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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