...Wenchi Shou; Jun Wang; Peng Wu Purpose Simulation has attracted increasing attention in lean production research as a response to address the complexities of the production environment and difficulties of dealing with changes within a system. Considerable growth of using simulation to facilitate...

...) CI should be viewed as a “process intended to achieve improvement” rather than a series of isolated improvement activities. CI is described both as a process within more comprehensive quality improvement strategies, e.g. Total Quality Management (TQM) or Lean production, and as a management strategy...

... to construction the process losses appear to be related to critical aspects and the challenges surrounding practical application to a different context. Lean is highly interpretive and there is no shared definition or understanding of what is meant by lean, lean production, and lean construction. The focus has...

... construction philosophies, producing a “lean” measure of productivity, and it has been shown that major productivity increases could be achieved by implementing several relatively simple principles. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Concretes Estimation Lean production Construction...

... reduction. However, fabrication lead times can also be reduced. This paper describes the application of lean production concepts and techniques to structural precast concrete fabrication. The key change was learning to identify and utilise work flow as opposed to focusing management effort on keeping...