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Application of the New Production Philosophy to Construction
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The article was published on 1992-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1495 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lean construction.read more
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An exploration towards a production theory and its application to construction
TL;DR: The TFV-teoriaksi (Transformation, flow, value generation) as discussed by the authors is a well-known method for value generation in the literature, e.g. in finance.
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The last planner system of production control
TL;DR: The Last Planner system has previously been successfully applied by firms with direct responsibility for production management; e.g., specialty contractors as mentioned in this paper, to increase plan reliability during design processes.
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The four roles of supply chain management in construction
Ruben Vrijhoef,Lauri Koskela +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the present status of construction supply chains is investigated by means of case studies and a comparison with previous research, and the subjective and objective limitations of the four roles of supply chain management are analyzed.
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Identification of parameters for embodied energy measurement: A literature review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the analysis of existing literature in order to identify differing parameters so that development of a consistent and comparable database can be facilitated, and propose a template, standard or protocol regarding embodied energy computations that could address these problems.
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Shielding production: essential step in production control
Glenn Ballard,Gregory A. Howell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the quality of work assignments in production units such as construction crews and engineering squads is the key to production control and for determining production unit productivity, and it has been shown that quality assignments can be substantially improved by forming and selecting them to meet soundness, sequence, and size criteria.
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