Lean is All About Providing Value
Successful Lean implementations have as their primary goaljust one thing: the creation and delivery of customer value. There’s no question
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Author: Dan Fauchier
Kanban Boards for Constraint Removal
Using Kanban Boards for Constraint Management in Last Planner’s® lookahead An alternative to constraint logs By Luca Cotta Ramusino (Florence,
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Last Planner® System Principles and Rules
(Ballard and Tommelein: Current Process Benchmark for the Last Planner System, Lean Construction Journal 2016 pp 57-89) What do the
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LAST PLANNER SYSTEM® IS THE GATEWAY TO LEAN BEHAVIORS
Participation in The Last Planner System (LPS®) teaches-by-doing such foundational behaviors as collaboration, transparency, long-term and short-term planning, making work
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LAST PLANNER® SYSTEM IS THE GATEWAY TO LEAN BEHAVIORS
Participation in LPS teaches-by-doing such foundational behaviors as collaboration, transparency, long-term and short-term planning, making work ready, making clear commitments,
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The 3 Levels of Thinking on a Project
“Maximize the whole, not the piece.” On any project – and in life – there are three levels of thinking.
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What is Lean Construction?
The term ”Lean” came from John Krafcik who was a graduate student at MIT, working for Lean Enterprise Institute founder
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RFP Proposal and Contract Language for using Last Planner® in Design
This blog post discusses the use of Last Planner® in Design, and the language used here can be easily incorporated
Read moreBusiness Case for Lean in Design
“How do design professionals improve client outcomes and maximize design excellence? Designers indicated these two factors were most valuable to
Read moreComparison of Last Planner® in Construction vs Design
We’re often asked “What are the basic differences between Last Planner(R) in Construction vs in Design?” The process itself is
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