TY  - CONF
TI  - What Is the Complexity of Production Planning and Control?
AU  - Zegarra, Omar
AU  - Alarcón, Luis Fernando
AD  - Doctor of Engineering Science, Department of Construction Management Pontificia Universidad Católica de  Chile, E-mail: ozegarra@uc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-7637
AD  - PhD, Professor, Dep. of Construction Management Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, E-mail:  lalarcon@ing.puc.cl, (56 2) 354-4201, (56 2) 354 4244, orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-2272
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/26
T2  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
C3  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
CY  - Lille, France
SP  - 1149
EP  - 1159
DO  - 10.24928/2023/0122
SN  - 2789-0015 (ISSN)
AB  - Questionable project performance is a common issue in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry, with one contributing factor being the degree of difficulty or complexity of the project. One effective approach to address this issue is to improve the system of production planning and control (PP&C). This strategy, as per the literature, had evolved to include up to four different types of PP&C mechanisms that are related to ´business´, ´production´, ´virtual´, and ´complex´ aspects. Nonetheless, despite the progress, PP&C still disregards various complexity-related aspects. To address this issue, we analyzed the concept of the ´Complexity of PP&C´. This paper discusses its definition, elements, and role. It was found PP&C complexity involves three aspects: project complexity, outcomes complexity, and structural complexity. Thus, we conceptualized PP&C complexity as a feature of the behaviour of outcomes that emerge to answer project stimulus driven by the interaction between the elements of the structure of PP&C, a feature that is both a risk and an opportunity for performance improvement. This perspective offers new insights for PP&C evolution and improvement, although further work is still required.
KW  - Production planning and control
KW  - complexity.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2066/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2066
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -