Production management in Skanska Finland

2.5.2008

Sakari Pesonen

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Before project starts During project1. 2.

-BIM helps planning (location based quantities)

-Master schedule (line of balance –method)

- Schedule planned by using actual quantities and work groups

- Lastplanner

- Monitoring

- Corrective plans

Production management in Skanska Finland

Production planning in Skanska Finland – Before (Gantt –chart)

45º Angle, great schedule!

Calender

Location sequenceStart-end for each locationDependenciesBuffers

Project’s locations

Master schedule (line-of-balance)

Tasks are based on actual quanties and work groups

Activities that belong to task

Quantities and consumption rate

Working hours

Benefits of LOB

During project

2.

- Lastplanner

- Monitoring

- Corrective plans

ProductiveWaiting

Moving

40%30%

30%

Study 2004

Skanska Finlands production isn´t reliable. This causes a lot of disturbances, disturbances mean lost money and effort

A

B

”This will be ready next week Thursday”

”You can start working next weeks friday”

C E

D

A lot of lost work

Why production reliablity is so important?

− Started in 2007

− Getting genuine commitment is the most difficult part, change your mindset

− Tools are implemented to production one by one1. Weekly planning and PPC monitoring2. Pull scheduling (reversed phase schedule)3. Five why´s4. Look-ahead plan

− ” Do or do not... There is no try” – Yoda

Implementing lastplanner

Weekly planning + monitoring

-Subs participate- phase is planned together- Planning is started from milestone - co-operation in better- binding to schedule is better

Reversed phase -schedule

Mile stone

Reversed phase -schedule

Reversed phase -schedule

Reversed phase -schedule

Five why’s

Look-ahead plan

Control Chart (monitoring)

Red = Late!

Yellow = started but delayd!

Green = readyBlue = on time

Monitoring, Forecast, Alarm