Only a grocer would envy the construction business’s 3%-to-5% profit margins. On average, only about half of construction work planned for a given week gets done on schedule. Those two data points are ...

Master of Science in Project Management (MPM) students are learning more about principles of Lean thinking to affect change in the construction industry. One of the major innovations in the world of ...

EMDC and MPM Adjunct Professor Rich Seiler is an expert in lean construction and wants his students to understand the principles that make it so important The construction industry has evolved in ...

The software industry at the turn of the century needed a new direction. After years of preparing for Y2K, and then the dot-com crash, it was time for change. Industry leaders came together and ...

The process of designing and constructing a building is markedly different from that of manufacturing a product. But adapting lean production-management concepts from manufacturing for use in ...

I started working in construction, as many did, at a young age, as a gopher and worked my way up. Now 55 years old, I was part of the generation that entered the workforce as computers and new ...

Mass-housing projects (MHPs) are often delivered using mass construction to save time and cost. However, it actually leads to large work in progress (WIP), delays, and cost overrun. Moreover, to ...

Learn about lean project management and how it can improve efficiency and productivity. Discover its principles, benefits, and how to implement lean methodology in your projects. Lean project ...

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