A mechanism to mitigate the

effects of variation in production

Buffer systems. It is important to use
properly sized buffers in critical
areas of the production process

A morning, standing meeting

where we discuss what we are
going to be doing that day: Are
Daily Huddle
there better ways of doing it? is it
safe? And arethere any
concerns?

Developing and aligning the

project's process design with
Lean Workstructuring (LWS) engineering design, supply chain
capability, resource allocation
strategies and assembly efforts

Also known as the six week

lookahead schedule, it
Make ready planning results in what can be done
(get to can by constraint
removal from the should's).

A schedule produced durig

the front-end planning
Master Schedule period. Such a schedule
covers a project from start
to end
 An important interim goal
that we know we need to
Milestone give us confidence that we
will be getting through the
project.

Usually refers to activiteis on a

weekly work plan. We derive PPC
Percent plan complete (PPC) by dividing the number of
activities completed by the
number of activities committed.

Typically the GC would determine the

phases of the project, such as steel
erection, MEP rough in, drywall, etc. A
Phase schedule project would normally be broken down
into thirds or quarters at this level, with
each phase lasting four to six months.

Focus on making work

happen by removing
Proactive planning
constraints ahead of time as
much as possible.

Reliably, efficiently and

economically allocating
Production planning resources to day to day functions
such that project level milestone
and phases are completed.
 Focuses on long term goals
and milestones. It gives the
Project management plan of what should be done
and when and who should do
it, but not how it will be done.

A planning system that schedules

work based on understanding the
level of readiness or downstream
Pull Planning activities. Releasing work is
permitted only when that will help
move the project forward.

When the superintendent and other members of the

project are working in firefighter mode, focused on
solving the problem that has gotten out of hand. The
reactive control mode tends to consume large
Reactive control quantities of time, manpower and money, and it
leaves the field staff with little opportunity to look
down the horizon and solve small issues before they
turn into a large problem.

A list of assignments to be
completed in a specific week. The
list should be prepared as close to
Weekly Work plans the week in question as possible in
order to have effective
commitments.

These assignments have met all

the criteria needed to start bur
the crew may hold off starting
Workable backlog
these activities in case other,
critical work can't start as
planned