“Soft Waste” in the construction supply chain is caused by bad communication, duplicate data entry, unclear responsibilities, or human error, is one of the eight forms of waste in lean manufacturing. Duplicate data entry was also one of the five pains identified in our 2019 report for ELECTRI International where […]
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Have you ever been on a construction project where the owners, architects, engineers, and contractors have used their own tools, which lacked interoperability? Did you experience data loss because it had to be entered multiple times? As Executive Director of the Construction Progress Coalition, a non-for-profit organization focused on the
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This is part 3 of my series Trust in Construction. If you have not yet read parts 1 and 2, I recommend starting with Do You Trust Your Lean Team Members and Going Down the Rabbit Hole first. After unearthing the root causes of a trust breakdown, it is time
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In part 1 of this series, Do You Trust Your Lean Team Members, I discussed internal vs external trust. Once both sides are established and organizations understand their interconnectedness, teams need to go down that rabbit hole to differentiate symptoms of ‘shared pain’ from root causes. A helpful tool is
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This 3-part series based on my ebook Breaking Down the Breakdown: Trust in Construction explores the importance of trust in the building industry, analyzes the root causes of trust breakdown and offers strategies to build trust in construction teams. We all know that trust is an integral part of any
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