TY  - CONF
TI  - Findings on the Use of the Last Planner System—a Case Study
C1  - Edmonton, Canada
C3  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 60
EP  - 71
PY  - 2022
DO  - 10.24928/2022/0106
AU  - Lappalainen, Eelon
AU  - Ibrahim, Hisham Abou
AU  - Seppänen, Olli 
AU  - Palsola, Ilari 
AD  - Doctoral Candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland,  eelon.lappalainen@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-344X
AD  - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland,  hisham.abouibrahim@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0003-4261-9322
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Finland, olli.seppanen@aalto.fi, orcid.org/0000-0002-2008-5924
AD  - Bachelor of Engineering student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Oulu University of  Applied Sciences, Finland, t1pail01@students.oamk.f
AB  - The last planner system™ (LPS) is a production control method used in lean construction projects that has offered good results to construction companies in terms of improving labour productivity, increasing collaboration and the possibility for developing continuous learning. This short study contributes to LPS research on the reliability of promises and how parties perceive their effects on schedule and productivity. The study was conducted using a case study on an industrial construction project in which LPS had been in use since its start. Research data were collected using a semi-structured survey conducted online due to the pandemic. The study also utilized project progress data and measurement data from the LPS sessions. The most interesting result of the study was how little the LPS participants felt they had to compromise their goals. We also found how scheduling methods used in parallel with LPS can frustrate users and contribute to reducing its usefulness. Our findings can be used in further research in several ways, either by utilising the questionnaire we developed or by comparing our findings to other studies. We believe that practitioners using LPS will benefit from our results and can use them to address these shortcomings identified in future projects.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - last planner
KW  - reliable promises
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2022/07/27
CY  - Edmonton, Canada
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1945/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1945
N1  - Export Date: 02 May 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -