This paper addresses the implementation and use of Last Planner System for production control to improve workflow reliability in a Norwegian shipyard. The paper clarifies the adjustments made to adapt this system and particularly stresses the difficulties and challenges faced during the transformation from a rational operationoriented to a process-oriented approach to production planning and control. The paper suggests that to benefit from employing Last Planner, making a system of collaborative improvement must be part of it. More generally, the paper is a first step to a deeper understanding of why Last Planner works from a sociological point of view and in investigating its application to other types of project production.
production control, project production, people, culture and change, last planner
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Reference in APA 7th edition format:
Aslesen, S. & Bertelsen, S.. (2008). Last Planner in a Social Perspective – A Shipbuilding Case. In Tzortzopoulos, P., & Kagioglou, M. (Eds.), 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 333–344).
Shortened reference for use in IGLC papers:
Aslesen, S. & Bertelsen, S.. (2008). Last Planner in a Social Perspective – A Shipbuilding Case. IGLC16.