TY  - CONF
TI  - Introducing Lean Improvement into the UK Highways Agency Supply Chain
AU  - Drysdale, Derek
AD  - Highways Agency UK. derek.drysdale@highways.gsi.gov.uk
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/07/31
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
SP  - 1067
EP  - 1074
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - The U.K. Highways Agency’s Lean deployment strategy was introduced in 2009 with the establishment of an in-house Lean division. This paper describes the way in which the Highways Agency has engaged with its supply chain, helping to build capability so that suppliers can undertake Lean projects and champion them within their own organisations. This is followed by a discussion of the methods used to assess the supply chain’s progress in Lean, measure benefits and transfer knowledge gained from individual Lean projects so that those benefits can be multiplied across the highways sector. Four projects are then discussed, both within the supply chain and within the Agency, which show a range of Lean methods being used to support delivery of major projects and maintenance works.
KW  - U.K. Highways Agency
KW  - lean construction
KW  - lean deployment strategy
KW  - supply chain
KW  - collaborative planning
KW  - visual management
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/891/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/891
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -