Beschreibung
Industrialized construction: The goal is to accelerate the pace of delivery, increase schedule certainty, and improve the flow of work. Owners and project teams are increasingly using "pop-up" near-site prefabrication facilities to achieve these outcomes. However, the promise of industrialized construction is not achieved simply by shifting the work off-site. Entering the prefab environment presents unique challenges, notably in line layout optimization, material flow, and workload balancing. Easley and Rivers—in collaboration with ICG Consulting and powered by Autodesk FlexSim technology—learned to bring together craft expertise to mitigate these risks with tried-and-true lean manufacturing methods and industrial engineering best practices. By using discrete-event simulation, the team has not only improved the reliability of delivery to the field, but it's also significantly enhanced production standards.
Wichtige Erkenntnisse
- Learn about using discrete-event simulation to reduce wastes, and the increased potential for defects, excess inventory, and overproduction.
- Learn about fundamental lean thinking alignment, specifically the concept of one-piece flow and implementing manufacturing techniques.
- Learn about overcoming operational inefficiency as an exploration of how a committed team embraces the principles of lean manufacturing.
Referenten
- SHStephen HayesAs an industrial engineer with experience in both automotive and modular construction, Stephen has the uncommon ability to adapt shop-floor manufacturing best practices to the construction environment. He is key to ICG's plant layout, production simulation, and supply chain optimization services for general contractors and trade contractors. Stephen is a systematic, data-driven, and creative problem solver, who leads with listening: he makes change happen. Stephen lives in Birmingham, Alabama where he loves spending time with his wife and young kids. He is a mountain biker and runner, and loves traveling to beautiful parts of our country for races.
- MMMelissa McEwenMelissa is a Principal and Co-Founder at the Industrialized Construction Group (ICG). She is a collaborator and lean thinker focused on helping Owners, Builders, and Designers to transform the Built Environment through innovation and better ways of working. Most of her career in AEC industry has been focused on optimizing organization and project team performance. With the founding of ICG, Melissa is bringing a heavy dose of lean thinking, lean operating principles, and manufacturing methods to build the skills, systems, and new mindsets needed to succeed in Industrialized Construction.
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