Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the transfer of lean manufacturing/
production from the Japanese manufacturing industry to the construction sector in the west …

Supply chain coordination has become a critical success factor for supply chain
management (SCM) and effectively improving the performance of organizations in various …

Several off‐site manufacturing companies in Sweden have attempted to apply lean
management to improve process effectiveness and efficiency. A state of continuous …

ABSTRACT The Last Planner System of Production Control has been used in many different
countries since the mid Nineties. However, most research studies developed so far have …

Abstract Since the Last Planner System®(LPS) was devised in the early 90s, a number of
studies have pointed out the need to understand the underlying theory in which it is based …

Construction management research in the early 1990s called for Architecture-Engineering-
Construction (AEC) researchers and practitioners to investigate how the theory, principles …

The integration and coordination of make-to-order (MTO) supply chains is critical for
successful execution of construction projects. This study aims to investigate the potential of …

This chapter explores how lean is different from mainstream thinking, and in what way is it
different or similar to traditional thoughts in mainstream management. It examines the …

Much of the waste in the construction industry is related to ineffective planning, including
design delays, flaws in the planning system and ineffective integration of suppliers in the …

The construction industry has globally been identified by investors and portfolio managers
as under-performing in terms of return on investment (ROI), while simultaneously exposing …