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Lean readiness factors for construction organizations

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Title Lean readiness factors for construction organizations
 
Creator Prasad, Kudrekodlu Venkatesh
Venkatesan, Vasugi
 
Subject Lean Construction
Lean readiness
Readiness factors
Lean transformation
Culture
 
Description 608-619
Application of the principles of the “Toyota Production Systems” and the advancements such as lean management
systems for the construction projects are very beneficial. Implementation of lean systems in any organization is a journey of
transformation that requires an intrinsic recognition of the need and commitment towards improvement, driven with passion
by the top management, changes to existing organizational cultures and practices before it can be implemented. Studies have
been documented that more than 90% of the organizations fail in their journey of lean implementation and a majority of
the organizations have failed to sustain the implementation and reap the benefits thereon. Research has been conducted in
SMEs and manufacturing, healthcare & emergency, humanitarian & higher education domains to identify a set of
conditions/practices which indicate the state of readiness of organizations to embrace the lean journey. Currently, no studies
exist which have investigated the aspect of lean readiness of construction organizations. The present study has identified the
lean readiness factors for construction organizations covering all the phases of construction projects, through literature
review and experts’ opinions. The factors identified form the basis for the design of the framework which shall benefit
construction organizations immensely for sustainable lean transformation.
 
Date 2022-03-03T09:16:23Z
2022-03-03T09:16:23Z
2021-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1017 (Online); 0971-4588 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/59266
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJEMS Vol.28(6) [December 2021]