@inproceedings{Zanotti2017_1399,
  author = {Zanotti, Nero Lenotti and Maranhão, Flávio Leal and Aly, Vitor Levy Castex},
  title = {Bottom-up Strategy for Lean Construction on Site Implementation},
  booktitle = {25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction},
  year = {2017},
  pages = {325--331},
  address = {Heraklion, Greece},
  issn = {2309-0979},
  doi = {10.24928/2017/0304},
  url = {https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1399},
  abstract = {This paper shows a Lean Construction method being implemented with a bottom-up strategy, using spontaneous improvement as a tool for the implementation. To introduce the changes, all workers were trained on how to manage and identify the 8 types of waste, and presented to a simplified A3 thinking approach as a problem-solving technique.     The implementation occurred on a large infrastructure project with a total extension of 83 km, using the construction of a water pipeline as an example, studying it for six months. To measure the results, the labor productivity rate and the average production-per-day rate were introduced as performance indicators, to analyse whether the implementation was successful or not.     By the end of the study, it was possible to observe a correlation between the number of improvements made, the labor productivity rate, and the average production-per-day rate, which implied a successful implementation of the lean philosophy.},
  keywords = {Lean construction, site implementation, kaizen, spontaneous improvement},
}