TY  - CONF
TI  - Implementing Lean Construction: Understanding and Action
AU  - Howell, Greg
AU  - Ballard, Glenn
AD  - Adjunct Professor at Boise State and Virginia Tech.; Executive Director of the Lean Construction Institute, ghowell@micron.net
AD  - Lecturer at U.C. Berkeley and Research Director for the Lean Construction Institute, ballard@ce.berkeley.edu
PY  - 1998
DA  - 1998/08/13
T2  - 6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Guarujá, Brazil
AB  - Lean thinking is a new way to manage construction. Born in manufacturing, the goals demand a new way to coordinate action, one that is applicable to industries far removed from manufacturing. Implementation requires action be shaped by a deeper understanding of the goals and techniques. This paper explains the implications of the goals and key production principles, and how when taken together they result in a different way to manage construction. Implementing lean in construction then becomes a matter of developing and acting on this new knowledge. Advice on implementation is offered.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - implementation
KW  - project management.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/46/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/46
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -