WBI Newsletter Winter 2019

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CORNER
by DR. LI
Implementing Lean Construction requires a deep
understanding of the theory that stands behind
it, starting with the principles of Lean. That’s
why we are taking our time to find the best way
to implement Lean in our project sites without
interrupting service to our clients.
To begin this process, we will first present the idea
of Lean to our project employees and make sure
that they understand the change that is expected
and how it will benefit everyone. After we’ve
prepared our team for the change, we need to
identify the value of the team’s work.
To understand what value is, consider the end
product of our efforts and what our customer gets
from it. Compare the value of services we deliver
to our customer with an efficient process vs an
inefficient one. We need to distinguish and separate
the value-adding activities from the waste activities.
We must talk about them and see the good, the
bad and the ugly to the individual process and to
the project. It is crucial for everybody to be on
the same page and adopt a teamwork-oriented
mindset where all members strive for continual
improvement in processes.
Since any kind of waiting is waste, our goal is to
create a smooth flow of delivering value to our
customer by either alleviating or eliminating the
bottlenecks in our processes. This flow analyses
begins before we even step foot on the jobsite.
A good way to ensure a smooth flow is to focus on
two key metrics of each task:
• How long something takes to do?
• What is the desire-real outcome?
These key metrics require the team to plan the work
daily and hourly to provide agility and expertise on
rapid changes. We must know our daily capacity of
work.
We will be constantly improving every process by
focusing on enhancing the activities that generate
the most value for our customer while removing as
many waste activities as possible.
With Lean implementation we are in good hands
and customers will see it!
WELCOME TO THE WB FAMILY
Please welcome grandson,
Frederic G. Daniels III
Congratulations,
Frederic Daniels
Please welcome son,
Mason Gray Burch
Congratulations,
Jonathan and Cecily Burch
Please welcome daughter,
Harper Rose Nugent
Congratulations,
Sam and Cheyanne Nugent