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Four essential practices to strengthen leadership, improve communication, reduce failures and make civil construction more efficient
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The combination of the Lean Management System and Construction 4.0 can be an indispensable lever for the productivity gains the sector so badly needs. See some important precautions in this digital transformation and two real examples from major construction companies.
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What is the key to improving frontline work in construction? Our lean construction coaches pool their experience to shed light on the subject.
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The construction sector is full of waste, yet lean is still not widely adopted in the industry. The authors show how lean can help the sector, emphasizing the importance of developing problem-solving capabilities.
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Drawing on his direct experience in the gemba, the author shares what he has learned about applying lean thinking in his family's construction company, along with some useful tips.
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Learn how SKIC Brasil transformed the procurement process in its operation through Lean practice, engaging teams and sustaining support for core activities
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Learn how “productivity, prefabrication, project design, planning, partnership and people” can, from a lean perspective, work in favor of a sector that today suffers from a shortage of available professionals
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To harness the potential of renewable energy, a leap in management is needed, and there is no better path for this than the lean system.
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The lean management system delivers productivity results, financial gains and operational excellence in heavy construction. See the 7 strategies suggested by experts in the construction sector .
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Learn how Construtora Habiarte applied lean concepts and practices, such as standardized work and visual management, and achieved a series of concrete results that were fundamental to the success of its projects.
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Stabilizing production in a tailings dam raising project
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A practice pioneered by Toyota in which the problem, the analysis, the corrective actions and the action plan are written on a single sheet of paper (A3 size), usually with graphs and figures. At Toyota, A3 reports…
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Part three of a seven-part series, “The real secret to success with the A3 process”. Learn how the A3 process goes beyond problem solving and the other facets of the practice you must understand. Read the previous articles: part one - It is as much a social process as a technical problem-solving process and part 2 - PDCA is actually CA-PDCA – and it is the CA that makes the PD work .
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Part two of a seven-part series, “The real secret to success with the A3 process”. Learn how the A3 process goes beyond problem solving and the other facets of the practice you must understand. Read part one, " It is as much a social process as a technical problem-solving process "
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