TY  - CONF
TI  - Introducing Lean Improvement into the UK Highways Agency Supply Chain
C1  - Fortaleza, Brazil
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 1067
EP  - 1074
PY  - 2013
AU  - Drysdale, Derek
AD  - Highways Agency UK. derek.drysdale@highways.gsi.gov.uk
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - The U.K. Highways Agency’s Lean deployment strategy was introduced in 2009 with the establishment of an in-house Lean division. This paper describes the way in which the Highways Agency has engaged with its supply chain, helping to build capability so that suppliers can undertake Lean projects and champion them within their own organisations. This is followed by a discussion of the methods used to assess the supply chain’s progress in Lean, measure benefits and transfer knowledge gained from individual Lean projects so that those benefits can be multiplied across the highways sector. Four projects are then discussed, both within the supply chain and within the Agency, which show a range of Lean methods being used to support delivery of major projects and maintenance works.
KW  - U.K. Highways Agency
KW  - lean construction
KW  - lean deployment strategy
KW  - supply chain
KW  - collaborative planning
KW  - visual management
PB  - 
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2013/07/31
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/891/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/891
N1  - Export Date: 25 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -