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Ahmed Elkherbawy
Ahmed Elkherbawy is the CEO and Founder of Lean Rise, which is a Spanish consultant company focused on the construction industry. He holds a PhD from Polytechnic University of Catalunya (UPC) in the Lean Construction topic and has 9 years of experience in the professional field.
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The Last Planner System with a new perspective on productivity
Last Planner System (LPS) is known as one of the most popular Lean Construction (LC) tools, which focuses on improving the workflow of the project’s activities. This is applied through the emphasis on identifying then eliminating – or reducing – the potential time wastes.
Avoid Lean Construction; why?
Lean Construction (LC) categorizes the project’s activities as Value-Added (VA) activities and Non-Value-Added (NAV) activities. The second category has eight different types: 1) Rework; 2) Overproduction; 3) Transportation; 4) Inventory; 5) Waiting; 6) Over-processing; 7) Unnecessary Movement; and 8) Non-Utilized Talent [1-8].