Posts Tagged ‘Lean Construction’
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Construction clients including repeat customers frequently see procurement of new facilities as a “distress purchase” [1], buying reluctantly as a last resort because of the difficulty in achieving the desired result with good value.
Clients wish that construction could be like other advanced industries: easy to buy from; full of ideas to meet their special needs; integrated to need no customer leadership. In more than three years spent in construction Total Flow have found no examples where this aspiration is met.
Tags: BAA Construction, Construction, Construction Client, Construction Value, Lean Construction, Total Flow Construction
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Hi all, I have been watching and reading a string on Linkedin Lean Construction Group with great interest.
One question that keeps nagging away at me is what is the objective in construction we are seeking to solve with lean or sigma approaches and frameworks?. Safety? Quality? On time delivery? Read More
Tags: Construction, Continuous Improvement, Lean Construction, Operational Excellence
Posted in Construction, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Total Flow | 1 Comment »