LEAN CONSTRUCTION

CONTENTS

1. WHAT IS LEAN?

2. LEAN PHYLOSOPHY

3. WHY LEAN?

4. KEY LEAN CONCEPTS

 CONTINUOUS FLOW

 CYCLE TIME

 JIDOKA

 JUST-IN-TIME (JIT) PRODUCTION

 KAIZEN

 KANBAN

 LEAN PRODUCTION

 LEAN THINKING

 OBEYA

 PACEMAKER PROCESS

 PLAN, DO, CHECK, ACT (PDCA)

 PRODUCTION LEAD TIME

 TAKT TIME

 TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (TPS)

 VALUE STREAM

 VALUE STREAM MAPPING

5. PRINCIPLES OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION

6. NEED OF LEAN APPLICATIONS TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

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7. IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN PHILOSOPHY

8. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND LEAN CONSTRUCTION

PROCESS

9. THE 5 ‘S’ PROGRAM TO ELIMINAT WASTE

10. FORMS OF WASTE

11. HOW LEAN CONSTRUCTION ADDRESSES UNPREDICTABLE WORK FLOW

AND SUPPORTS PROJECT SUCCESS

12. LAST PLANNER SYSTEMS

 RELIABLE WORK FLOW AND RAPID LEARNING

 PREICTABLE WORK FLOW AND RAPID LEARNING

 PROBLEMS WITH TASK-BASED PLANNING

13. LAST PLANNER VS. CPM SCHEDULING

14. LEAN SIX SIGMA AND ITS 2 POWERFUL BUSINESS APPROACHES

15. LEAN AND SIX SIGMA TOOLS

16. THE ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN LEAN

17. PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

18. LESSONS FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT / LEAN IN SOFTWARE

19. LEAN PRODUCTION

20. LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

21. LEAN PROJECT FRAMEWORK AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

22. ADVANTAGE / BENEFITS OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION

23. BARRIARS IN IMPLEMNTING LEAN CONSTRUCTION

24. SOLUTIONS TO AVOID BARRIERS

25. LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

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26. CONVENTIONAL MODEL VS LEAN MODEL

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