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Calling all Construction Engineers! Know What You are Building Before You Start!
Calling All Construction Engineers to Know what you are building before you start! Welcome back to our blog series: A Day in The Life. Today, we’ll be discussing the steppingstones and stumbling blocks commonly faced by construction engineers out there at any given jobsite. We’ll discuss how to maximize efficiencies and minimize bottlenecks – both resulting in the success of your project. You...
Calling all Superintendents
Meet Your Hero: Herbie Welcome to our next blog series: A Day in The Life. Here, we’ll be discussing the steppingstones and stumbling blocks that come with the various trade positions out there in any given jobsite. We’ll discuss how to maximize efficiencies and minimize bottlenecks – both helping you succeed. Circling Back As you know, we’ve already talked in our last blog about the challenges...
CFMx: No Flow Circle
Tired of Running in Circles? Balance Your Way Out! Coordination issues on a construction site can spread like wildfire, compounding each other until site supervision is caught up and the No Flow Circle commences! For those of you wondering, the No Flow Circle is the inevitable outcome that will always result when production is not balanced and the driving focus for any job relies more on...
CFMx: Success Down to The Details
Did you know? The Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) is founded on Shingo’s proven concept that the relationship between process flow and operations flow is a perpendicular one. By maintaining this perpendicular relationship (and Shingo’s concepts), the CFMx emphasizes balanced flow along the balanced production front. The Necessity of Flow Why is this so helpful? Project production based on balanced flow...
A Schedule for Sustainability: CFMx Weekly Work Plan
A Schedule for Sustainability: CFMX Weekly Work Plan What is the key difference between the Weekly Work Plan and other scheduling tools? Put simply, it all revolves around the personal, daily commitment made by the Trade Partner/Last Planner. And it can’t be just an impersonal nod or empty agreement. The level of commitment required for accomplishment must be personal and intentional to ensure...
CFMx + Last Planner: A Clear Flow For Takt Production
So, how does the Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) work with the proven methodologies of The Last Planner system? The Last Planner System has greatly improved project communication and planning, bringing all levels of supervision and management into daily communication with proven results. Takt has applied another proven lean concept focusing on production planning and controls re-emphasizing flow as...
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!
CFMx Blog: Gantt Vs. Matrix CFMx: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone! Takt Time in Real Time It’s no secret that human tendency will always gravitate towards the familiar. We like knowing what to expect, how best to succeed and will most often always choose the path of least resistance. Welcome to being human! However, there has been an innumerable amount of research conducted on the growth,...
The Benefit of Balance
What’s one of the most important necessities when it comes to developing a construction schedule that will keep you on task and on time? Balance! A balanced production front is crucial to sustaining workflow and suppressing bottlenecks. The Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) provides a clear visual and intuitive mechanism for managing and controlling production – promoting and sustaining balance...
Work Sampling Analysis
Proof of Productivity: The Clear Flow Matrix WSA verifies effectiveness of the takt construction schedule When it comes to measuring the effectiveness of the takt construction schedule, the industry standard for excellence revolves largely around the work sampling analysis (WSA) report. Why? Simply stated, this evaluation measures efficiency by directly observing how lean construction workers...
CFM Balanced Production
Balanced Production: A Tale of Time and Money Takt Production and Lean Construction It’s no secret that the methodology used to both manage and sustain labor and resources when it comes to production scheduling has been evolving for centuries. And why is that? The most obvious answer is time. The necessity to get things done faster and more efficiently is always a driving force when it comes to...
Calling all Construction Engineers! Know What You are Building Before You Start!
Calling All Construction Engineers to Know what you are building before you start! Welcome back to our blog series: A Day in The Life. Today, we’ll be discussing the steppingstones and stumbling blocks commonly faced by construction engineers out there at any given...
Calling all Superintendents
Meet Your Hero: Herbie Welcome to our next blog series: A Day in The Life. Here, we’ll be discussing the steppingstones and stumbling blocks that come with the various trade positions out there in any given jobsite. We’ll discuss how to maximize efficiencies and...
CFMx: No Flow Circle
Tired of Running in Circles? Balance Your Way Out! Coordination issues on a construction site can spread like wildfire, compounding each other until site supervision is caught up and the No Flow Circle commences! For those of you wondering, the No Flow Circle is the...
CFMx: Success Down to The Details
Did you know? The Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) is founded on Shingo’s proven concept that the relationship between process flow and operations flow is a perpendicular one. By maintaining this perpendicular relationship (and Shingo’s concepts), the CFMx emphasizes balanced...
A Schedule for Sustainability: CFMx Weekly Work Plan
A Schedule for Sustainability: CFMX Weekly Work Plan What is the key difference between the Weekly Work Plan and other scheduling tools? Put simply, it all revolves around the personal, daily commitment made by the Trade Partner/Last Planner. And it can’t be just an...
CFMx + Last Planner: A Clear Flow For Takt Production
So, how does the Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) work with the proven methodologies of The Last Planner system? The Last Planner System has greatly improved project communication and planning, bringing all levels of supervision and management into daily communication with...
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!
CFMx Blog: Gantt Vs. Matrix CFMx: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone! Takt Time in Real Time It’s no secret that human tendency will always gravitate towards the familiar. We like knowing what to expect, how best to succeed and will most often always choose the path of...
The Benefit of Balance
What’s one of the most important necessities when it comes to developing a construction schedule that will keep you on task and on time? Balance! A balanced production front is crucial to sustaining workflow and suppressing bottlenecks. The Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx)...
Work Sampling Analysis
Proof of Productivity: The Clear Flow Matrix WSA verifies effectiveness of the takt construction schedule When it comes to measuring the effectiveness of the takt construction schedule, the industry standard for excellence revolves largely around the work sampling...
CFM Balanced Production
Balanced Production: A Tale of Time and Money Takt Production and Lean Construction It’s no secret that the methodology used to both manage and sustain labor and resources when it comes to production scheduling has been evolving for centuries. And why is that? The...
Calling all Construction Engineers! Know What You are Building Before You Start!
Calling All Construction Engineers to Know what you are building before you start! Welcome back to our blog series: A Day in The Life. Today, we’ll be discussing the steppingstones and stumbling blocks commonly faced by construction engineers out there at any given...
Calling all Superintendents
Meet Your Hero: Herbie Welcome to our next blog series: A Day in The Life. Here, we’ll be discussing the steppingstones and stumbling blocks that come with the various trade positions out there in any given jobsite. We’ll discuss how to maximize efficiencies and...
CFMx: No Flow Circle
Tired of Running in Circles? Balance Your Way Out! Coordination issues on a construction site can spread like wildfire, compounding each other until site supervision is caught up and the No Flow Circle commences! For those of you wondering, the No Flow Circle is the...
CFMx: Success Down to The Details
Did you know? The Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) is founded on Shingo’s proven concept that the relationship between process flow and operations flow is a perpendicular one. By maintaining this perpendicular relationship (and Shingo’s concepts), the CFMx emphasizes balanced...
A Schedule for Sustainability: CFMx Weekly Work Plan
A Schedule for Sustainability: CFMX Weekly Work Plan What is the key difference between the Weekly Work Plan and other scheduling tools? Put simply, it all revolves around the personal, daily commitment made by the Trade Partner/Last Planner. And it can’t be just an...
CFMx + Last Planner: A Clear Flow For Takt Production
So, how does the Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx) work with the proven methodologies of The Last Planner system? The Last Planner System has greatly improved project communication and planning, bringing all levels of supervision and management into daily communication with...
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone!
CFMx Blog: Gantt Vs. Matrix CFMx: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone! Takt Time in Real Time It’s no secret that human tendency will always gravitate towards the familiar. We like knowing what to expect, how best to succeed and will most often always choose the path of...
The Benefit of Balance
What’s one of the most important necessities when it comes to developing a construction schedule that will keep you on task and on time? Balance! A balanced production front is crucial to sustaining workflow and suppressing bottlenecks. The Clear Flow Matrix (CFMx)...
Work Sampling Analysis
Proof of Productivity: The Clear Flow Matrix WSA verifies effectiveness of the takt construction schedule When it comes to measuring the effectiveness of the takt construction schedule, the industry standard for excellence revolves largely around the work sampling...
CFM Balanced Production
Balanced Production: A Tale of Time and Money Takt Production and Lean Construction It’s no secret that the methodology used to both manage and sustain labor and resources when it comes to production scheduling has been evolving for centuries. And why is that? The...