25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Heraklion, Greece - 2017

https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0245

A Balanced Dashboard for Production Planning and Control.

Trond Bølviken1, Sigmund Aslesen2, Bo Terje Kalsaas3 & Lauri Koskela4

1Director of Strategy, HR and HSE, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, P.O. Box 506 Skøyen, N-0214 Oslo, Norway; also Professor II, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, N-4846 Grimstad, Norway; email: [email protected]
2Head of Research and Improvement, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, P.O. Box 506 Skøyen, N-0214 Oslo, Norway; email: [email protected]
3Professor, Dr. Ing, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, N-4846 Grimstad, Norway; e-mail: [email protected]
4Professor of Construction and Project Management, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]

Abstract

The paper proposes a concept for a dashboard to be used as part of Last Planner based production planning and control. The dashboard is constructed to be used, not primarily by management, but by the last planners. For this reason the dashboard has to be simple (it should focus on some few but important metrics), and it has to be balanced (it should give a holistic view of the status of the process and where it is heading). It is proposed that the dashboard should consist of three sections: planning, production flow and outcome. Each of these three sections should comprise one or a few metrics, put together so as to and provide a consolidated overview of both status and direction. We present a specific dashboard consisting of six metrics in all. This dashboard will be tested in a forthcoming case study.

Keywords

Dashboard, Scorecard, Metrics, Measurement, Last Planner.

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Bølviken, T. , Aslesen, S. , Kalsaas, B. T. & Koskela, L. 2017. A Balanced Dashboard for Production Planning and Control., 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 621-628. doi.org/10.24928/2017/0245

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