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EXPORT DATE: 28 April 2024

@CONFERENCE{Arefazar2022,
author={Arefazar, Yasaman  and Rybkowski, Zofia K.  },
editor={ },
title={Developing & Testing a Value Stream Map Simulation: Helping the Construction Industry Learn to See}, 
journal={Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)}, 
booktitle={Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)}, 
year={2022},
pages={342-353},
url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1969},
doi={10.24928/2022/0135},
affiliation={Graduate Student, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,  USA, o: (979) 422-6385, yasamanarefazar@tamu.edu, orcid.org/ 0000-0003-2827-572X  ; Associate Professor, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,  USA, o: (979) 845-43zrybkowski@tamu.edu, orcid.org/ 0000-0002-0683-5004 },
abstract={Resources to interactively teach value stream mapping (VSM) to construction practitioners and students of lean are currently limited. While traditional value stream mapping methods make sense for those with a background in manufacturing or industrial engineering, they are arguably neither intuitive to construct nor easy to understand by those in the building industry. There is a need for a value stream mapping method that implements and communicates in ways that are already familiar to those in construction. The objective of this research is to develop and test a VSM simulation as a preliminary study that makes intuitive sense for those in the construction industry and so can serve as a training method for the identification and removal of waste. A virtual simulation was developed and tested using a design research methodology to facilitate scalability and to enable on-line play.  },
author_keywords={Lean construction, value stream mapping, continuous improvement / kaizen, waste,  workflow, lean simulation },
address={Edmonton, Canada },
issn={2309-0979 },
publisher={ },
language={English},
document_type={Conference Paper},
source={IGLC},
}