Improving the Project Performance Based on Continuous Workflow and Reliable Planning

Abstract:

Lean Construction attracts widespread attention since it was formally proposed in 1993, which have made far-reaching development both in the theory and practice. Construction projects seldom happen as ideally as planned because of constructions nature uncertainty and variability, which always spoil plans and become major factors that affect project performance and productivity. The goal of the construction industry is to increase the planning-reliability, to impact the productivity of workflow and hence the project performance. The attention on improve the workflow will be a practical way to avoid these bad affections. This paper, through focusing the measurement of workflow and the methods to maintain the continuous workflow, introduces all-round methods called Last Planner System and Buffer Management two key indexes for keeping continuous workflow within giving reasonable improvements for better performance in construction industry.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 357-360)
• Pages: 2228-2232
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.357-360.2228
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xiu Feng Xue, Jian Guo Chen
• Keywords: Buffer Management, Last Planner System, Lean Construction, Planning-Reliability, Workflow

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