English
Język Polski
Agile/flexible and Lean Management in ready-mix concrete delivery
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24425/ace.2021.136497Abstract
The aim of the article is indicating the advantages of utilizing the synergy obtained by introducing two management methods: Lean Construction and Agile Management using the example of the process of deliveries of concrete mix in road construction. Despite the seemingly contradictory assumptions (Lean Management aims at limiting wastefulness and maximizing the value for the customer and agile management serves for creating the possibility for fast, effective response to non-expected changes thanks to the adopted strategy of flexibility, which usually requires engaging additional resources), both management methods deliver the effect of increasing the effectiveness of the machine laying the pavement. Using a “spaghetti diagram” (one of the tools of Lean Management) led to limiting the time losses during loading and unloading the concrete mix destined for constructing highway pavement. On the other hand, the tactic of technological flexibility in the form of a modification of the concrete mix allowed for broadening the time frame for the delivery of concrete to the construction site to as much as two hours. Moreover, applying the real time delivery management system (in accordance with the assumptions of Construction 4.0) created the possibilities for ensuring quick reacting to the changing conditions of delivery and laying the concrete mix in the pavement and ensuring the appropriate functioning of the machine laying the pavement. The presented examples indicated the advantages of the suggested concept in reference to the traditional solution.References
1. P.F. Druker The practice of management [in Polish], MT Biznes, 2011
2. M. Kostera After the Apocalypse: finding hope in organizing John Hunt Publishing/ Zero Books 2020
3. P. Fleming The death of Homo Economicus, Pluto Press, London 2017
4. M. Kostera Doradztwo organizacyjne. Ujęcie systemowe, Poltext, Warszawa 2013
5. H.R. Thomas and R.D. Ellis Construction site management and labor productivity, ASCE Press 2017
6. Á. Uhrin, Bruque-Cámara S. and Moyano-Fuentes J., Lean production, workforce development and operational performance, Management Decision, Vol. 55(1), pp. 103-118, 2017
7. A. Smith, H. Hofmeister, Agile and Lean for Construction, Ennova Engineering Innovation, taken from Internet: https://www.slideshare.net/adrianlsmith/agile-and-lean-for-construction-9384237 at: November 15th, 2020, 2011
8. McKinsey Global Institute. Reinventing Construction: A Route to Higher Productivity; McKinsey Company, New York, NY, USA, 2017
9. J. Ratajczak, M. Riedl, D.T. Matt, BIM-based and AR Application Combined with Location-Based Management System for the Improvement of the Construction Performance. Buildings 2019, 9, 118.
10. A. Elssamadisy, Agile Adoption Patterns: A Roadmap to Organizational Success, Addison-Wesley, 2009
11. R. de Neufville and S. Scholtes Flexibility in Engineering Design MIT Press, 2011
12. E. Radziszewska-Zielina Studies of the partner relations of construction companies, Lambert Academia Publishing, 2017
13. L. Dupuis, H. McKean, H. Chow Quitting the smoke break: a successful partnership with the construction industry, Canadian Journal of Public Health, 109:128-133, 2018
14. V. Biolek, T. Hanak, M. Hanak Proposed Interconnecting Database for BIM Models and Construction-Economic Systems in The Czech Republic, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 471 112079, 2018
15. J. Sagan, A. Sobotka, A. How to manage waste on the construction site? Builder, 20(10), 84-86, 2016
16. A. Sobotka, J. Sagan, Cost-saving environmental activities on construction site - cost efficiency of waste management: case study. Procedia Engineering, 161, 388-393, 2016
17. Ch. P. Schimanski, C. Marcher, G.P. Monizza, D.T. Matt The Last Planner System and building information modeling in construction execution: from an integrative review to a conceptual model for integration, Applied Sciences, 10:821, 2020
18. A. Kurylowicz-Cudowska, K. Wilde, J. Chroscielewski Prediction of cast-in-place concrete strength of the extradosed bridge deck based on temperature monitoring and numerical simulations, Construction and Building Materials, 254 119227, 2020
19. C.T. Formoso, P. Tzortzoupoulos, D. Forgues Lean and BIM meet social sciences: new perspectives in construction engineering and management, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 47, v-vi, 2020
20. L. Rudzinski, M. Słowik Concrete pavements management, MATEC Web of Conferences, 222:01014-1-7, 2018
21. A. Chauvet Methodes des management. A guide, Editions d’Organisation, Paris 1995
22. H.A. Mesa, K.R. Molenaar, L.F. Alarcon Exploring performance of the integrated project delivery process on complex building projects, International Journal of Project Management, 34:1089-1101, 2016
23. PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition, PMI 2017
24. K. Richards, PRINCE2 Agile Guidance, AXELOS, 2015
25. M. Durbin, K. Hoffman The dance of the thirty-ton trucks: dispatching and scheduling in dynamic environment, Operations Research, 56: 3-19, 2008
26. F.L. Hitchcock, The distribution of a product from several sources to numerous localities. Journal of Mathematical Physics 20 (2), 224-30, 1941
27. G.B. Dantzig, J.H. Ramser, The truck dispatching problem, Management Science, 6:80-91, 1959
28. D. Halpin, L.S. Riggs Planning and Analysis of Construction Operations, Wiley Interscience, New York, 1992
29. M. Lu, M. Anson, S.L. Tang, Y.C. Ying HKCONSIM: a practical simulation solution to planning concrete plant operations in Hing Kong, Journal oc Construction Engineering and Management, 129:547-554, 2003
30. P.V. Rekapalli, J.C.Martinez Discrete-event simulation-based virtual reality environments for construction operations: Technology introduction, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137:214-224, 2011
31. L. Koskela, An Exploration towards a Production Theory and its Application to Construction (Ph.D.). Finland: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2000
32. T. Rudnicki, Natural and synthetic admixtures plasticize the tail and mechanisms of their interaction in the concrete mix. Mag. Autostrady 4:22-25, 2004, doi:10.5281/zenodo.3739539
33. P. Dangeshari, Agile construction for the electrical contractor. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010
34. G. Eckes, Rewolucja Six Sigma - jak General Electric i inne przedsiębiorstwa zmieniły proces w zyski. MT Biznes, 2010
35. L. Czarnecki, My pursuit of truth in building materials engineering, Archives of Civil Engineering, 66(3): 3-35, 2020
36. R. Brozzi, D. Forti, E. Rauch, D.T. Matt, The advantages of Industry 4.0 applications for sustainability: Results from a sample of manufacturing companies, Sustainability, 12, 3647, 2020
37. M.K. Kwan, Graphic programming using odd or even points. Chinese Math. 1 (110) 273-7, 1962
38. C. Orloff, A fundamental problem in vehicle routing. Networks. 4 (1), 35-64, 1974
39. M. Melan, R. Sabar, N.K. Anuar, A. Omotayo, O. Alonge, An innovative of stimul model for Ready-Mix Concrete in the concept of third-party logistics and supply chain management in Malaysia and Thailand, International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 9(5) 908-914
40. S. Biruk, P. Jaśkowski, A. Sobotka, Zarządzanie w budownictwie. Organizacje, procesy, metody. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane Politechniki Lubelskiej, Lublin, 2003
41. S. Biruk, P. Jaśkowski, A. Sobotka, Lean logistics in the planning multiobject construction project. Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering, 2002/2003, pp. 20-25.
42. McKinsey Global Institute. Imagining construction’s digital future, McKinsey, Company:New York, NY, USA, 2016; pp. 2-13.
43. T. Rudnicki, R. Jurczak. Recycling of a Concrete Pavement after over 80 Years in Service. Materials, 13(10), (2020), 2262, doi:10.3390/ma13102262
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
