The Toyota Way model: an alternative framework for lean construction

References

• Åhlström, P., & Karlsson, C. (2000). Sequences of manufacturing improvement initiatives: The case of delayering. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 20(11), 1259–1277. doi: 10.1108/01443570010348244
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alsmadi, M., Almani, A., & Jerisat, R. (2012). A comparative analysis of Lean practices and performance in the UK manufacturing and service sector firms. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 23(3–4), 381–396. doi: 10.1080/14783363.2012.669993
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anand, G., & Kodali, R. (2010). Development of a framework for implementation of lean manufacturing systems. International Journal of Management Practice, 4(1), 95–116. doi: 10.1504/IJMP.2010.029705
   Google Scholar
• Arbulu, R., Ballard, G., & Harper, N. (2003). Kanban in construction. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-11), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
   Google Scholar
• Ballard, G., & Howell, G. (1998). What kind of production is construction. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-6), Guarujá, Brazil.
   Google Scholar
• Ballard, H.G. (2000). The last planner system of production control (Unpublished PhD thesis). Department of Civil Engineering, Birmingham: University of Birmingham, p. 198.
   Google Scholar
• Bemelmans, J., Voordijk, H., Vos, B., & Buter, J. (2011). Assessing buyer-supplier relationship management: Multiple case-study in the Dutch construction industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(1), 163–176. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000418
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dahlgaard, J.J., & Dahlgaard-Park, S.M. (2006). Lean production, six sigma quality, TQM and company culture. The TQM Magazine, 18(3), 263–281. doi: 10.1108/09544780610659998
   Google Scholar
• Dahlgaard, J.J., Pettersen, J., & Dahlgaard-Park, S.M. (2011). Quality and lean health care: A system for assessing and improving the health of healthcare organisations. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 22(6), 673–689. doi: 10.1080/14783363.2011.580651
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dahlgaard-Park, S.M. (2011). The quality movement: Where are you going?. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 22(5), 493–516. doi: 10.1080/14783363.2011.578481
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dahlgaard-Park, S.M., Chen, C.K., Jang, J.Y., & Dahlgaard, J.J. (2013). Diagnosing and prognosticating the quality movement – A review on the 25 years quality literature (1987–2011). Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 24(1–2), 1–18. doi: 10.1080/14783363.2012.756749
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Delgado-Hernandez, D.J., & Aspinwall, E. (2008). Quality management case studies in the UK construction industry. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 19(9), 919–938. doi: 10.1080/14783360802224545
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Diekmann, J.E., Krewedl, M., Balonick, J., Stewart, T., & Won, S. (2004). Application of lean manufacturing principles to construction (CII Report 191). Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin.
   Google Scholar
• Egan, J. (1998). Rethinking construction: The report of the Construction Task Force. London: Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions.
   Google Scholar
• Evans, S., & Jukes, S. (2000). Improving co-development through process alignment. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 20(8), 979–988. doi: 10.1108/01443570010332980
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gao, S., Low, S.P., Hwang, B.G., & Ofori, G. (2012). Lean construction in large Chinese construction firms: A SWOT analysis. Proceedings of the CIOB World Construction Conference 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
   Google Scholar
• Green, S.D. (2002). The human resource management implications of lean construction: Critical perspectives and conceptual chasms. Journal of Construction Research, 3(1), 147–165. doi: 10.1142/S1609945102000114
   Google Scholar
• Green, S.D., & May, S.C. (2005). Lean construction: Arenas of enactment, models of diffusion and the meaning of ‘leanness’. Building Research & Information, 33(6), 498–511. doi: 10.1080/09613210500285106
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holweg, M. (2007). The genealogy of lean production. Journal of Operations Management, 25(2), 420–437. doi: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.04.001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Imai, M. (1986). Kaizen (Ky'zen) – The key to Japan's competitive success. New York: McGraw-Hill.
   Google Scholar
• Johansen, E., & Walter, L. (2007). Lean construction: Prospects for the German construction industry. Lean Construction Journal, 3(1), 19–32.
   Google Scholar
• Jørgensen, B., & Emmitt, S. (2008). Lost in transition: The transfer of lean manufacturing to construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 15(4), 383–398. doi: 10.1108/09699980810886874
   Google Scholar
• Karlsson, C., & Åhlström, P. (1996). Assessing changes towards lean production. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 16(2), 24–41. doi: 10.1108/01443579610109820
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khalfan, M., Mcdermott, P., Oyegoke, A., Dickinson, M., Li, X., & Neilson, D. (2008). Application of kanban in the UK construction industry by public sector clients. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-16), Salford, UK: University of Salford, 347–359.
   Google Scholar
• Kobayashi, K., Fisher, R., & Gapp, R. (2008). Business improvement strategy or useful tool? Analysis of the application of the 5S concept in Japan, the UK and the US. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 19(3), 245–262. doi: 10.1080/14783360701600704
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koskela, L. (1992). Application of the new production philosophy to construction (CIFE Technical Report 72). Stanford, CA: Stanford University, p. 75.
   Google Scholar
• Koskela, L. (2000). An exploration towards a production theory and its application to construction. EspooFinland: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
   Google Scholar
• Krafcik, J.F. (1988). Triumph of the lean production system. Sloan Management Review, 30(1), 41–52.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liker, J.K. (2004). The Toyota way: 14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer. New York: McGraw-Hill.
   Google Scholar
• Love, P.E.D., Li, H., Irani, Z., & Faniran, O. (2000). Total quality management and the learning organization: A dialogue for change in construction. Construction Management & Economics, 18(3), 321–331. doi: 10.1080/014461900370681
   Google Scholar
• Low, S.P., & Choong, J.C. (2001). Just-in-time management of precast concrete components. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 127(6), 494–501. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2001)127:6(494)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Low, S.P., & Gao, S. (2011). Bridging Western management theories and Japanese management practices: Case of the Toyota Way model. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection, 1(1), 1–20.
   Google Scholar
• Low, S.P., & Mok, S.H. (1999). The application of JIT philosophy to construction: A case study in site layout. Construction Management & Economics, 17(5), 657–668. doi: 10.1080/014461999371268
   Google Scholar
• Low, S.P., & Teo, J.A. (2004). Implementing total quality management in construction firms. Journal of Management in Engineering, 20(1), 8–15. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2004)20:1(8)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martínez-Jurado, P.J., Moyano-Fuentes, J., & Jerez-Gómez, P. (2013). HR management during Lean production adoption. Management Decision, 51(4), 742–760. doi: 10.1108/00251741311326545
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Monden, Y. (1998). Toyota production system: An integrated approach to just-in-time engineering and management press (3rd ed.). Norcross, GA: Engineering & Management Press.
   Google Scholar
• Morris, T., & Lancaster, Z. (2006). Translating management ideas. Organization Studies, 27(2), 207–233. doi: 10.1177/0170840605057667
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mossman, A. (2009). Why isn't the UK construction industry going lean with gusto. Lean Construction Journal, 5(1), 24–36.
   Google Scholar
• Ohno, T. (1988). Toyota production system: Beyond large-scale production. Cambridge, MA: Productivity press.
   Google Scholar
• Olivella, J., Cuatrecasas, L., & Gavilan, N. (2008). Work organisation practices for lean production. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 19(7), 798–811. doi: 10.1108/17410380810898750
   Google Scholar
• Paez, O., Dewees, J., Genaidy, A., Tuncel, S., Karwowski, W., & Zurada, J. (2004). The lean manufacturing enterprise: An emerging sociotechnological system integration. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 14(3), 285–306. doi: 10.1002/hfm.10067
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paez, O., Salem, S., Solomon, J., & Genaidy, A. (2005). Moving from lean manufacturing to lean construction: Toward a common sociotechnological framework. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 15(2), 233–245. doi: 10.1002/hfm.20023
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Picchi, F.A., & Granja, A.D. (2004). Construction sites: Using lean principles to seek broader implementations. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-12), Helsingør, Denmark.
   Google Scholar
• Salem, O., Solomon, J., Genaidy, A., & Minkarah, I. (2006). Lean construction: From theory to implementation. Journal of Management in Engineering, 22(4), 168–175. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2006)22:4(168)
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Santos, A. (1999). Application of flow principles in the production management of construction sites (Unpublished PhD thesis). Salford, UK: University of Salford.
   Google Scholar
• Shah, R., & Ward, P.T. (2007). Defining and developing measures of lean production. Journal of Operations Management, 25(4), 785–805. doi: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.01.019
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sowards, D. (2007). Lean construction: New tools and old combine to reduce waste. Quality Digest, 27(11), 32–36.
   Google Scholar
• Sugimori, Y., Kusunoki, K., Cho, F., & Uchikawa, S. (1977). Toyota production system and kanban system materialization of just-in-time and respect-for-human system. The International Journal of Production Research, 15(6), 553–564. doi: 10.1080/00207547708943149
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tezel, B.A., Koskela, L., & Tzortzopoulos, P. (2010). Visual management in construction: Study report on Brazilian cases. Salford, UK: University of Salford.
   Google Scholar
• Womack, J.P., Jones, D.T., & Roos, D. (1990). The machine that changed the world. New York: Rawson Associates.
   Google Scholar
• Wong, A. (1999). Partnering through cooperative goals in supply chain relationships. Total Quality Management, 10(4–5), 786–792. doi: 10.1080/0954412997811
   Google Scholar
• Wong, K.Y., & Aspinwall, E.M. (2004). Knowledge management implementation frameworks: A review. Knowledge and Process Management, 11(2), 93–104. doi: 10.1002/kpm.193
   Google Scholar
• Yusof, S.M., & Aspinwall, E.M. (2000). Total quality management implementation frameworks: Comparison and review. Total Quality Management, 11(3), 281–294. doi: 10.1080/0954412006801
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yusuf, Y., Gunasekaran, A., & Dan, G. (2007). Implementation of TQM in China and organisation performance: An empirical investigation. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 18(5), 509–530. doi: 10.1080/14783360701239982
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar