https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0159

Analyzing the Lean Principles in Integrated Planning and Scheduling Methods

Moslem Sheikhkhoshkar¹, Hind Bril El-Haouzi², Alexis Aubry³, Farook Hamzeh⁴ & Mani Poshdar⁵

¹Research Assistant, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN, Epinal, France, moslem.sheikhkhoshkar@univlorraine.fr, orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-2705 2
²Professor, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN, Epinal, France, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-5342
³Associate Professor, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRAN, Nancy, France, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-821X
⁴Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., Hole School of Construction Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-9534
⁵Lecturer, Built Environment Engineering Department, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-2985

Abstract

The shortcomings and limitations of conventional planning and scheduling methods led to a great deal of emphasis on combining them and developing integrated scheduling methods. Also, lean principles and tools are included in the integrated scheduling methods' structure to develop more effective scheduling strategies. This paper implements a multi-step methodology to identify and analyze the lean principles utilized in integrated scheduling methods. The findings show that integrated scheduling methods, Building Information Modelling (BIM)-Last Planner System (LPS)-Kanban, BIM-LPS, Location-based Management System (LBMS)-LPS-CPM, and BIM-LBMS have included a variety of lean principles into their frameworks. Moreover, improving the reliability of the planning, increasing transparency, identifying and eliminating waste, detecting and solving spatiotemporal conflict, enabling the coordination of the look-ahead plans, and continuous flow of work have received the most attention in the integrated scheduling methods. This paper contributes significantly to the body of knowledge by raising project stakeholders' awareness of the lean principles utilized in integrated scheduling methods in construction projects.

Keywords

Lean principles, Integrated Scheduling Methods, SNA, Quantitative Analysis

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Sheikhkhoshkar, M. , El-Haouzi, H. B. , Aubry, A. , Hamzeh, F. & Poshdar, M. 2023. Analyzing the Lean Principles in Integrated Planning and Scheduling Methods, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 1196-1207. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0159

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