TY - CONF TI - Strategic Issues in Lean Construction AU - Almeida, Joao C. AU - Salazar, Guillermo F. AD - Ph.D. candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, FAX 508/831-5808, joao@wpi.edu AD - Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, 508/831-5262 FAX 508/831-5808, salazar@wpi.edu PY - 2003 DA - 2003/01/01 T2 - 11th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction C3 - 11th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction CY - Virginia, USA AB - This paper reviews the basic components of lean construction, with references to the development of lean production systems by manufacturing organizations and the advances of lean construction research. The paper also presents the key concepts on strategic management and industry structure analysis. It discusses the implications on the implementation of lean construction with regard to a firm’s strategic planning as well as to the conditions for the industry to lesser the barriers for lean construction implementation. Finally, the paper describes the objectives and anticipated contributions of current research conducted at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute involving strategic issues in lean construction. KW - Lean construction KW - strategic management KW - competitive strategy L1 - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/223/pdf UR - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/223 DB - IGLC.net LA - English N1 - Export date: 04 October 2026 ER -