https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0146

Achieving a 4-Hour Takt Time – and Driving Change With It

Jaakko Riekki¹, Jukka Rannisto², Joonas Lehtovaara³, Olli Seppänen⁴ & Antti Peltokorpi⁵

¹Research assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-2165
²VDC Manager, Haahtela-rakennuttaminen Oy, Finland, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-4626- 0700
³Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-3811
⁴Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-2008-5924
⁵Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-6612

Abstract

This study seeks to validate the hypothesis that takt production can be used as a driver for implementing several lean construction concepts together and for making them work as a system. This is done by studying a single case project where takt production with a 4-hour takt time was a core element of the operating system. In studying the case, a set of lean construction concepts found present in the project are extracted and analysed. It is concluded that takt production and in particular the short takt time worked to integrate the stakeholders and enabled the individual lean construction concepts to work in a tight relationship. Future case studies could be more explicitly designed to further validate the hypothesis.

Keywords

takt production, daily management, logistics, continuous improvement, collaboration

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Riekki, J. , Rannisto, J. , Lehtovaara, J. , Seppänen, O. & Peltokorpi, A. 2023. Achieving a 4-Hour Takt Time – and Driving Change With It , Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 1184-1195. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0146

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