TY  - CONF
TI  - Integrated Inward Logistics and Construction Work and its Impact on Efficency in Production
AU  - Kalsaas, Bo Terje
AU  - Thorstensen, Rein Terje
AU  - Grepperud, Andreas
AU  - Hinlo, Halvard
AU  - Jensen, Sigmund
AU  - Skaar, John
AD  - Associate Professor, Dr.Ing, Faculty of economics and social sciences, Department of working life and innovation, University of Agder, 4846 Grimstad, Norway, Phone +47 37 23 30 00, e-mail: bo.t.kalsaas@uia.no .
AD  - Head of Department for Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Norway, Phone +47 37 23 30 00 e-mail: rein.t.thorstensen@uia.no
AD  - Master student, Industrial management, University of Agder
AD  - Master student, Industrial management, University of Agder
AD  - Supply Chain Manager, SKANSKA Norway, e-mail: sigmund.jensen@skanska.no
AD  - QA Manager and HSE/Lean consultant, Skanska Agder Norway, e-mail: John.Skaar@skanska.no
ED  - Rooke, John
ED  - Dave, Bhargav
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2011/07/13
T2  - 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Lima, Peru
AB  - We address a main contractor’s implementation of organising logistics, as part of the contractor’s transition to lean construction. Our research question is ‘How to identify improvements in production, on the basis of different external logistics and material flows?’ Engineering logic is applied in the paper, which builds on data from a case study. We discuss how to measure changes in production workflow efficiency, and relate this discussion to different external logistics arrangements. We only partially succeed at answering our research question in this paper, but useful experience for increasing the reliability of future measurements has been gathered, and means of improving validity have been identified. We expect practitioners to find the paper useful because of our logistics focus and method for measuring impact of logistics on production. Academics are expected to find value in our conceptualisation of the relationship between external logistics and construction work.
KW  - External construction logistics
KW  - production
KW  - construction work
KW  - workflow efficiency.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1130/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1130
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -