TY - CONF TI - What Is Lean Construction - 1999 AU - Howell, Gregory A. AD - P.E., Director, Lean Construction Institute, Box 1003, Ketchum, ID 83340, 208/726- 9989, fax: 208/726-0699, ghowell@micron.net PY - 1999 DA - 1999/07/26 T2 - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction C3 - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction CY - Berkeley, California, USA AB - The origins of lean production are reviewed and a claim made that it is a new form of production management, that is neither mass nor craft. Then the applicability of lean production in construction is considered and nature of lean construction discussed in comparison with current practice. KW - Lean construction KW - lean production KW - production management L1 - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/74/pdf UR - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/74 DB - IGLC.net LA - English N1 - Export date: 04 October 2026 ER -