@inproceedings{Ballard2001_131,
  author = {Ballard, Glenn},
  editor = {Ballard, Glenn and Chua, David},
  title = {Cycle Time Reduction in Home Building},
  booktitle = {9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction},
  year = {2001},
  address = {Singapore, Singapore},
  url = {https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/131},
  abstract = {Even Flow Production is an innovation in residential construction intended to increase the reliability of work flow. That objective is to be accomplished by adherence to a standard schedule for sale, design, construction, and turnover of a home. In turn, increased work flow reliability reduces cycle time, the time required to deliver a home to a customer. Reliability increases as variability is reduced, allowing a reduction of slack in activity durations and of inventory previously needed to accommodate that variability. Increased work flow reliability is also a necessary condition for taking other actions to reduce cycle time.     This paper proposes a method for reducing cycle time within the context of even flow production. The key innovation is the formation of multicraft teams responsible for specific systems and components of a house. Each team is to be helped to: 1) Overlap activities within their phase of the work, 2) reduce activity durations through time studies, and 3) reduce work-in-process through the development of multi-skilled workers.},
  keywords = {cycle time, even flow production, multi-skilled workers, work flow reliability},
}