• A New Set of Principles for Pursuing the Lean Ideal in Engineer-to-order Manufacturers 

      Powell, Daryl; Strandhagen, Jan Ola; Tommelein, Iris D.; Ballard, Glenn; Rossi, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      For many years, lean production has been successfully applied in large companies producing high volumes of standardized products. However, companies which operate in dissimilar environments have yet to expose a suitable ...
    • Extending the Last Planner System® to the Entire Project 

      Ballard, Glenn; Vaagen, Hajnalka; Kay, William; Stevens, Bill; Pereira, Mauricio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Research Question: How to extend the Last Planner System® to planning the entire project? Purpose: To provide one planning and control system for both project and production, and to improve project level planning. Research ...
    • Lean and Flexible Project Delivery 

      Vaagen, Hajnalka; Ballard, Glenn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The average cost and time overrun of frequent changes in ETO and construction projects is high, and with steadily increasing cost constraints, productivity increase is critical for future competitiveness. Successful lean ...