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How Lean construction can help you overcome costly labor shortages
You can't control the labor market, but you can control your workflow. By adopting Lean construction methods, firms are cutting out busy work and...
Last Planner System (2)
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Pull planning: Building better teams that get things done
Unlike traditional push scheduling or Gantt charts, pull planning begins with the final project milestone and works backward to establish realistic...
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Best of both worlds – digital in-room and distributed Last Planner
One of the fundamental tenets of Last Planner System® (LPS) is the ability for the team to congregate in a room and discuss challenges, make...
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Data capture and analysis – an essential tool for lean practitioners
Analog pull planning with sticky notes makes capturing Percent Plan Complete (PPC) and variance data too time-consuming to sustain, causing Lean...
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Digitizing pull planning – from dilemma to innovation
As so many practitioners know, implementation of the Last Planner System® (LPS) can lead to various benefits for a construction project, including...
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Paper-based pull planning - is there a better way?
Pull planning is a collaborative Lean construction method where project teams work backward from a specific milestone to define the sequence work and...