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IGLC 21 · Fortaleza, Brazil · 2013

Last Planner System Innovation Efforts on Requirements for Digital Management System

  1. Senior Lecturer, Dept for Engineering Science, University of Agder, Jon Lilletunsvei 9, 4879 Grimstad, NORWAY, Phone +47 37 23 30 00, rein.t.thorstensen@uia.no
  2. Professor, Dept for Working life and Innovation, University of Agder, Jon Lilletunsvei 9, 4879 Grimstad, NORWAY, Phone +47 37 23 30 00, bo.t.kalsaas@uia.no
  3. Lean Construction Manager at Skanska Norway, Skanska, Rigedalen 15,4626 Kristiansand, NORWAY, Phone +47 45 86 91 78, john.skaar@skanska.no
  4. Supply chain manager at Skanska Norway, Skanska, Rigedalen 15,4626 Kristiansand, NORWAY, Phone + 47 98 21 02 76, sigmund.jensen@skanska.no

Abstract

The plans and on-going efforts of a major Scandinavian construction company to digitalise their LPS-inspired planning processes have provided the focus in this paper. A management system designed to reduce uncertainty by ensuring that soundness criterions are met, is proposed and discussed. The proposal involves predefining “process trains” and introducing tollgates and a traffic light system to visualize the soundness status. Our conclusion is that such a system is possible and desirable provided that the user threshold is low and that the system is low-maintenance. The latter is achieved by as far as possible making it an automatic part of other, already existing processes. If successful, the system could also provide additional support for decision-making in relation to principals and engineering issues.

Keywords

  • Last planner system (LPS)
  • digitalising
  • tollgates for sound activities
  • visualising

Cite this paper

APA 7th edition

Thorstensen, R. T., Kalsaas, B. T., Skaar, J., & Jensen, S. (2013). Last Planner System Innovation Efforts on Requirements for Digital Management System. In C. T. Formoso, & P. Tzortzopoulos (Eds.), 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 669–678).

Shortened reference for IGLC papers

Thorstensen, R. T., Kalsaas, B. T., Skaar, J., & Jensen, S. (2013). Last Planner System Innovation Efforts on Requirements for Digital Management System. IGLC21.