The practical relationship between continuous flow and lean construction in SMEs

Avelar, Wallace; Meiriño, Marcelo Jasmim; Tortorella, Guilherme Luz

doi:10.1108/tqm-05-2019-0129

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“…Action research is conducted in only seven cases (Mättö, 2019; Malik et al , 2016; Gustavsson et al , 2016; Kassela et al , 2017; Mättö, 2019; Kennedy, 2020; Prashare, 2020; Unzueta et al , 2020). Avelar et al (2020) do not call it action research but do make use of direct involvement in the environment under study.…”

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Patterns emerging from the TQM paradigm in relation to the 21st century complex context within TQM journal

Kemenade

2021

TQM

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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to explore the deployment of the total quality management (TQM) paradigm in the TQM Journal in relation to the context of the 21st century. The study builds on the theoretical framework of the four quality paradigms that together compose TQM. The four paradigms differ in their effectiveness based on the context in which they are used. In a complex context, one would expect the reflective and the emergence paradigm to flourish. The TQM Journal is one of the leading scientific journals on TQM. If the assumption that the reflective and emergent paradigm would flourish in a complex environment is correct, one will see that represented in the past five years of scientific research in that magazine.Design/methodology/approachThe TQM Journal articles of the past five years from January 2016 till January 2021 have been chosen as the scope of an exploratory review. The author assessed the title and abstract of all articles based on the characteristics of the four quality paradigms, as described in the theoretical framework. If the title and abstract did not provide enough data to take the decision for the assessment, the whole article has been taken into account. The results have been collated, summarized and reported. Based on the results, the author explores the possible patterns.FindingsIn total, 283 articles from 2016 to 2021 (from Volume 28, Issue 1 to Volume 33, Issue 1) were included in this study. In total, 45 were read fully to be able to characterize the article. Most of the studies relate the tertiary (33.3%) and secondary (27.9%) sectors. Healthcare was the sector in 32 of the cases (11.3%). Most studies have been conducted in Europe (n = 82, 28.9%) and Asia (n = 58, 20.5%). Within Europe, Italy was the most prolific country with, respectively, 25 (30.8%) of the articles. The USA and Canada only had five articles in these five years (1.8%). Many articles did not specify the region. More than half of the articles (52.4%) worked with surveys, questionnaires or other methods to involve the customer in the research; 16 articles (5.6%) used experts in the field through expert panels and such to collect data from. In total, 107 articles (37.8%) did involve no other stakeholders than the researchers themselves. Eight studies (2.8%) used action research or co-design methodology to create optimal stakeholder participation. Based on the data, four patterns can be discovered: the context sensitivity of the articles, reflexivity, coping with uncertainty and co-creation.Research limitations/implicationsIt is acknowledged that the articles in the study were published in just one scientific journal. One can expect that this will be represented in other journals on TQM. Still, it would be interesting to conduct a follow-up study in other journals on TQM and compare the results. The research is done by one subjective researcher.Practical implicationsResearch on TQM should take the complexity of the context into account. For that purpose, researchers should focus more on the emergence paradigm within TQM.Originality/valueThis study is the first to investigate TQM as a holistic paradigm, including the empirical, reflective, reference and emergence paradigm in TQM research.

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Patterns emerging from the TQM paradigm in relation to the 21st century complex context within TQM journal

Kemenade

2021

TQM

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“…The proposal of the production concept of the "Lean" philosophy is to see it as a transformation of materials, a flow of resources and a generation of value, for example, in the making of a wall the bricks glued with mortar are transformed into square meters of the wall the flow is the use of resources and materials to make the wall and the value is the number of square meters of the wall that are achieved in a given time. The objective of LC is to optimize the transformations by minimizing or eliminating the flows that the materials must follow to the places of execution of the works to obtain more value in the final products (Avelar et al, 2019); (Igwe et al, 2020); (Martinez et al, 2019). The error of traditional thinking in construction is to focus on conversion activities and not take into account the flow of resources to achieve the generation of more value in the products obtained (Avelar et al, 2019); (Senaratne and Wijesiri, 2008); the model proposed by Lean Construction transformation-flow-value or TFV, which is illustrated in (Figure 2).…”

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“…The objective of LC is to optimize the transformations by minimizing or eliminating the flows that the materials must follow to the places of execution of the works to obtain more value in the final products (Avelar et al, 2019); (Igwe et al, 2020); (Martinez et al, 2019). The error of traditional thinking in construction is to focus on conversion activities and not take into account the flow of resources to achieve the generation of more value in the products obtained (Avelar et al, 2019); (Senaratne and Wijesiri, 2008); the model proposed by Lean Construction transformation-flow-value or TFV, which is illustrated in (Figure 2). Source: Adapted by ( Cooper, 2015); (MacKinnon, 2012); (Sierra et al, 2018) Source: Adapted by ( Bajjou and Chafi, 2020a); (Díaz et al, 2014); (Ogunbiyi et al, 2014).…”

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Una revisión sobre Lean Construction para la Gestión de Proyectos de Construcción

Garcés

Peña²

2023

RIC

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The construction industry is an important part of the economic sector of a country, therefore, it is important to verify the new management systems that are implemented in the main construction industries of the world. This article makes a bibliographic review of the Lean Construction (LC) philosophy, introduced by Professor Lauri Koskela in 1992, based on the model used by the automobile industry in the 1980s, called “Lean production”. The theoretical bases of LC intend to see production in construction as a process of transformation, flow and value generator, consequently, the objective of Lean Construction is to create good production systems that allow optimizing, reducing, or eliminating flows to improve delivery times. Within the framework of creating Lean tools to improve the management of construction projects, the Last Planner System arises to improve the work scheduling process and the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model, which by unifying it with LC becomes the Lean Project Delivery System (LPDS) project execution system, which proposes the methodology to develop construction projects under five phases and 12 “Lean” stages, in which the development of tools that contribute to the generation of value. Finally, the 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) modeling technology, although not part of LC, is an important help tool for the LPDS model, helping to better understand the construction processes of complex designs to save time in their construction. Under this paradigm, the emergence of new tools gives us a better vision of the future of Lean Construction.

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“…VSM is indeed only a tool, generally, the first diagnostic tool to find the inefficiencies in a production system. The VSM was designed to show the phases that add value to the product while minimizing waste (Avelar et al, 2020). VSM has become highly popular because it provides a kaleidoscopic view of the whole production system at the micro-level, unlike time and method studies.…”

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Leanness assessment of a complex assembly line using integrated value stream mapping: a case study

Sangwa

Sangwan

2022

TQM

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PurposeThis paper proposes an integrated value stream mapping (VSM) for a complex assembly line to improve the leanness of a complex automotive component manufacturing organization.Design/methodology/approachThis study depicts the application of VSM at the case organization, where top management is concerned about the challenges of higher cycle time and lower productivity. Gemba walks were conducted to establish the concept of “walk the flow, create the flow” along the assembly line. The multi-hierarchical cross-functional team developed the current value stream map to know the “as-is” state. Then, the team analysed the current VSM and proposed the future VSM for the “to-be” state.FindingsThe integrated VSM shows different processes and work cells, various wastes, non-value-added activities, cycle time, uptime and the material and information flows for both products of the assembly line on the same map. The integrated VSM reduced cycle time, non-value-added activities, work in process inventory and improved line efficiency and production per labour hour for both the products, simultaneously.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of the study is that the study focussed only on the application of VSM for one complex assembly only. Future research may be conducted using the developed integrated VSM approach in other complex production environments.Practical implicationsManagers can identify and reduce system waste by incorporating the concept of integrated VSM in a complex production or assembly environment where two or more products are being manufactured/assembled with low similarity.Originality/valueThe application of VSM for assembly lines is highly challenging because of merging flows, a large number of child parts in the lines and assembly of more than one product on the same line.

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The practical relationship between continuous flow and lean construction in SMEs

Cited by 14 publications

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Patterns emerging from the TQM paradigm in relation to the 21st century complex context within TQM journal

Patterns emerging from the TQM paradigm in relation to the 21st century complex context within TQM journal

Una revisión sobre Lean Construction para la Gestión de Proyectos de Construcción

Leanness assessment of a complex assembly line using integrated value stream mapping: a case study

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