TY - CONF TI - Lean Management Principles and Stigmergy C1 - Boston, Massachusetts, USA C3 - 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 2016 AU - Khaddaj, Maggie B AU - Kachouh, Hussein AU - Halaby, Bassel AU - Hamzeh, Farook R. AD - Master’s Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh-Beirut 1107 2020,Lebanon, mbk17@mail.aub.edu AD - Undergraduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh-Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon, kachouh.h@gmail.com AD - Undergraduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh-Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon, bnh04@mail.aub.edu AD - Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh-Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon, Phone +961 1 350000 Ext: 3616, fh35@aub.edu.lb AB - Stigmergy is a mechanism comprising a sensing agent that responds to the settings of the environment by performing an action. Lean is defined as a philosophy that aims at eliminating waste in production processes without compromising value. The two concepts appear in the literature as independent with little attempts to study a possible relation between them. The purpose of the paper is to explore synergies between two seemingly distinct concepts. This is performed by investigating both Stigmergy and Lean separately, transforming each notion into its dynamic functional system, and comparing the functions of each against one another. Findings reveal that the natural mechanisms of Stigmergy can facilitate the operations of a Lean environment. Organizations can enhance performance by realizing and implementing some of the overlapping features between Stigmergy and Lean. KW - Lean management principles KW - Stigmergy KW - agents KW - environment KW - dynamics KW - actuators KW - sensors PB - T2 - 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2016/07/20 CY - Boston, Massachusetts, USA L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1317/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1317 N1 - Export Date: 28 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -