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Flávio Picchi talks about the importance of lean management in the Casa 24 horas project
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Lean in the construction phase has been expanding its application and is used, to a greater or lesser degree, by many heavy construction companies with proven results. Few, however, have discovered the enormous benefits that can also be obtained from the integrated application of lean in engineering, procurement and logistics.
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Collecting and trading World Cup stickers has become a global habit, cultivated every four years. Every professional would do well to assess how this success was built
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Leaders can and should acknowledge their mistakes - a stance that is essential for building creative and collaborative work environments
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Buildings like this are part of an effort toward the “industrialization of construction”, which involves moving activities once done on construction sites to factories, turning construction into a rationalized assembly that is faster and more precise
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A few weeks ago, I walked through the Arsenale in Venice, which has been used continuously to build and refit military ships since 1104. The Arsenale is still an Italian naval base, and authorization from navy headquarters in Rome is required to visit it. But my interest was not in its current activities. It was in the Arsenale's remarkable record as a milestone in the long history of lean thinking.
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With the revival of major works and the predominance of private capital, the sector will face unprecedented demands, fierce competition and less tolerance for waste; lean will shift from an “alternative” to a “structuring condition” for mitigating operational risks, stabilizing execution and protecting return on investment.
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Given the uncertainties of the current scenario that infrastructure companies are experiencing, lean may be the key to improving efficiency in the sector.
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Learn how Consórcio MRF increased revenue by 38% on the spillway channel works within the decharacterization works of the Germano complex
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