TY  - CONF
TI  - Suggestions to Improve Lean Construction Planning
AU  - Dave, Bhargav
AU  - Hämäläinen, Juho-Pekka
AU  - Kemmer, Sergio
AU  - Koskela, Lauri
AU  - Koskenvesa, Anssi
AD  - Senior Researcher, Civil and Structural Engineering Dept, Aalto University; Finland. +358 50 4364717; bhargav.dave@aalto.fi
AD  - Technical Manager, Skanska (Finland), Helsinki, Finland.
AD  - PhD Candidate, University of Huddersfield, UK, Sergio.Kemmer@hud.ac.uk
AD  - Professor, Civil and Structural Engineering, Aalto University; Finland; lauri.koskela@aalto.fi
AD  - Managing Director, Mittaviiva Oy, Finland, Anssi.Koskenvesa@mittaviiva.f
ED  - Seppänen, Olli
ED  - González, Vicente A.
ED  - Arroyo, Paz
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/07/29
T2  - 23rd Annual Conference of the  International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 23rd Annual Conference of the  International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Perth, Australia
SP  - 193
EP  - 202
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - The Last Planner System® has been one of the most popular lean construction tools that offers a solution to tackle the problems of production management on construction sites. Since its inception almost 20 years ago, construction companies across the world have implemented Last Planner with reported success. However, even as Last Planner was originally designed to address some shortcomings of the CPM method, a particular shortcoming – namely task continuity was not addressed directly. Also, excepting PPC and Reasons for Non Completion charts, there are no explicit visual tools offered by the Last Planner system. On the other hand, Line of Balance based approaches intrinsically support the consideration of task continuity, and offer a basic visual management approach in schedule representation. With some exceptions, Line of Balance is seen as a special technique applicable only in linear or repetitive work based schedules. The authors suggest that i) there is a need for a robust theory of planning and scheduling and ii) there is a need for a more suitable approach that addresses critical aspects of planning and scheduling function for example by integrating Line of Balance and Last Planner to provide a more robust support for construction scheduling.
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - Last Planner®
KW  - Line of Balance
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1225/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1225
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -