https://doi.org/10.24928/2022/0186

Implementing Lookahead Planning and Digital Tools to Enable Scalability and Set of Information in a Multi-Site Lean Implementation

Gustavo B. Bellaver¹, Diego O. R. S. Santos², Bernardo M. Etges³, Pablo H. J. Santos⁴ & Wesley de S. Mota⁵

¹M.Sc. Civil Engineer, Project Coordinator, Climb Consulting Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil, [email protected], https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4937-5861
²2 Civil Engineer, Consultant, Climb Consulting Group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, [email protected], https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-4989
³PhD Candidate, M.Sc. Eng., Founding-Partner at Climb Consulting Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-5597
⁴Civil Engineer, Planning and Control Consultant, MRV&CO, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-6839-7233
⁵Civil Engineer, Planning and Control coordinator, MRV&CO, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-9652

Abstract

This paper seeks to demonstrate the implementation of lookahead planning in the current largest construction company and developer in Latin America and how best to consolidate and manage data from a large number of construction sites. This is demonstrated starting with the planning of the implementation pilot, defining the routine model, the participants, the methodology and tools and goes on to the part of continuous improvement within the implementation cycles. The project expansion and project support stages reached 162 sites within a year. This was split into three implementation cycles, led to training 40 multipliers in the lean philosophy and the last planner system within the company in question. The article also presents difficulties encountered in the process of implementing this high volume of sites. Using the preliminary data collected in the routines, it was identified that more than 56% of the restrictions are not removed on time and these, when delayed, cause a delay of 20 days. In addition, it was identified that material correspond to approximately 55% of the total restrictions found in the survey.

Keywords

Lookahead planning, Last Planner® System, constraint analysis, application development

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Bellaver, G. B. , Santos, D. O. R. S. , Etges, B. M. , Santos, P. H. J. & Mota, W. S. 2022. Implementing Lookahead Planning and Digital Tools to Enable Scalability and Set of Information in a Multi-Site Lean Implementation, Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , 750-761. doi.org/10.24928/2022/0186

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