TY - GEN
T1 - Takt Maturity Model
T2 - 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
AU - Lehtovaara, Joonas
AU - Heinonen, Aleksi
AU - Lavikka, Rita
AU - Ronkainen, Miika
AU - Kujansuu, Pekka
AU - Ruohomäki, Anton
AU - Örmä, Maiju
AU - Seppänen, Olli
AU - Peltokorpi, Antti
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported by the Building 2030 consortium of Aalto University and 19 companies. www.building2030.com
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IGLC 28 - 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction 2020. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Interest in takt production has grown globally amongst lean practitioners within the last decade. In Finland, several successful takt implementation cases within the last five years have radically increased the interest in leveraging takted production systems. However, the discussion on how to transform the first success stories of takt production to the systemic improvement of productivity has remained scarce. This study aimed to conceptualize the requirements for systemically implementing takt production within projects and organizations in the form of a maturity level model. The study was conducted as an explorative, qualitative multiple case study. Through synthesizing the learnings of 24 takt implementation cases in Finland, we propose fifteen requirements for effectively implementing takt production, structured in the form of three maturity levels: i) technical takt planning, ii) social integration & takt control, and iii) continuous improvement. The study has implications for the industry players and researchers to develop an understanding of where they are now and where they should focus next to improve their takt production processes to achieve a systemic change. For further research and development, the proposed model should be validated by testing the model with the industry players.
AB - Interest in takt production has grown globally amongst lean practitioners within the last decade. In Finland, several successful takt implementation cases within the last five years have radically increased the interest in leveraging takted production systems. However, the discussion on how to transform the first success stories of takt production to the systemic improvement of productivity has remained scarce. This study aimed to conceptualize the requirements for systemically implementing takt production within projects and organizations in the form of a maturity level model. The study was conducted as an explorative, qualitative multiple case study. Through synthesizing the learnings of 24 takt implementation cases in Finland, we propose fifteen requirements for effectively implementing takt production, structured in the form of three maturity levels: i) technical takt planning, ii) social integration & takt control, and iii) continuous improvement. The study has implications for the industry players and researchers to develop an understanding of where they are now and where they should focus next to improve their takt production processes to achieve a systemic change. For further research and development, the proposed model should be validated by testing the model with the industry players.
KW - lean construction
KW - takt production
KW - production planning and control
KW - continuous improvement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104860852&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24928/2020/0017
DO - 10.24928/2020/0017
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
T3 - Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP - 433
EP - 444
BT - Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
PB - IGLC
Y2 - 6 July 2020 through 12 July 2020
ER -