31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 31) - Lille, France - 2023

https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0122

What Is the Complexity of Production Planning and Control?

Omar Zegarra1 & Luis Fernando Alarcón2

1Doctor of Engineering Science, Department of Construction Management Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, E-mail: [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-7637
2PhD, Professor, Dep. of Construction Management Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, E-mail: [email protected], (56 2) 354-4201, (56 2) 354 4244, orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-2272

Abstract

Questionable project performance is a common issue in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry, with one contributing factor being the degree of difficulty or complexity of the project. One effective approach to address this issue is to improve the system of production planning and control (PP&C). This strategy, as per the literature, had evolved to include up to four different types of PP&C mechanisms that are related to ´business´, ´production´, ´virtual´, and ´complex´ aspects. Nonetheless, despite the progress, PP&C still disregards various complexity-related aspects. To address this issue, we analyzed the concept of the ´Complexity of PP&C´. This paper discusses its definition, elements, and role. It was found PP&C complexity involves three aspects: project complexity, outcomes complexity, and structural complexity. Thus, we conceptualized PP&C complexity as a feature of the behaviour of outcomes that emerge to answer project stimulus driven by the interaction between the elements of the structure of PP&C, a feature that is both a risk and an opportunity for performance improvement. This perspective offers new insights for PP&C evolution and improvement, although further work is still required.

Keywords

Production planning and control, complexity.

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Zegarra, O. & Alarcón, L. F. 2023. What Is the Complexity of Production Planning and Control?, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 1149-1159. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0122

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