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  title info:
    title: Lean Construction Management
    sub title: The Toyota Way
  name:
    name part: Gao, Shang.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Low, Sui Pheng.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: si
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXI, 390 p. 38 illus., 14 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The book presents a mixed research method adopted to assess and present the Toyota Way practices within construction firms in general and for firms in China specifically. The results of an extensive structured questionnaire survey based on the Toyota Way-styled attributes identified were developed, and data collected from building professionals working in construction firms is presented. The quantitative data presented in the book explains the status quo of the Toyota Way-styled practices implemented in the construction industry, as well as the extent to which these attributes were perceived for lean construction management. The book highlights all the actionable attributes derived from the Toyota Way model appreciated by the building professionals, but alerts the readers that some attributes felled short of implementation. Further findings from in-depth interviews and case studies are also presented in the book to provide to readers an understanding how these Toyota Way practices can be implemented in real-life projects. Collectively, all the empirical findings presented in this book can serve to enhance understanding of Toyota Way practices in the lean construction management context. The readers are then guided through to understand the gaps between actual practice and Toyota Way-styled practices, and the measures that they may undertake to circumvent the challenges for implementation. The book also presents to readers the SWOT analysis that addresses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats towards the implementation of the Toyota Way in the construction industry. The book prescribes the Toyota Way model for use in construction firms to strategically implement lean construction management. The checklist presented in the book enables readers to draw lessons that may be used additionally as a holistic assessment tool for measuring the maturity of firms with respect to their Toyota Way implementation. Consequent to this, management would then be in a b…
  table of contents: Introduction -- Production Management -- Lean Production and Construction -- The Toyota Way -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- China’s Construction Industry -- Research Methodology -- Survey Data Analysis -- Interview Findings -- Case Study -- Discussion and Validation -- Conclusions.
  note: by Shang Gao, Sui Pheng Low.
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Project management
  subject:
    topic: Engineering economics
  subject:
    topic: Engineering economy
  subject:
    topic: Building
    topic: Superintendence
  subject:
    topic: Construction industry
    topic: Management
  subject:
    topic: Construction superintendence
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Construction Management
  subject:
    topic: Project Management
  subject:
    topic: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
  classification: TH438
  classification: 624
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9789812870148
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-014-8
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    record change date: 20151125192808.0
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