TY  - CONF
TI  - Removing Waste While Preserving Slack: The Lean and Complexity Perspectives 
C1  -  Heraklion, Greece
C3  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 209
EP  - 216
PY  - 2017
DO  - 10.24928/2017/0099
AU  - Saurin, Tarcisio A.
AD  - Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Transportation Department. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, saurin@ufrgs.br
AB  - In complex socio-technical systems such as construction projects, the lean emphasis on waste reduction can contribute to the depletion of necessary slack for managing unexpected variability. This risk is amplified by the absence of a solid lean theory on slack and on how to manage the trade-off between slack and efficiency. Furthermore, lean focuses on managing slack in terms of time and inventories. Thus, a broader approach that accounts for a wide variety of slack resources is necessary. In this paper, the complexity science´s and lean´s views of slack are laid down and compared based on eleven criteria. Commonalities and conflicts between both approaches are identified, and proposals for future research related to slack management in lean complex systems are presented.
KW  - Slack
KW  - buffers
KW  - complexity
KW  - waste
KW  - lean
PB  - 
T2  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2017/07/09
CY  -  Heraklion, Greece
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1435/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1435
N1  - Export Date: 23 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -