Ep.322 - The Production Laws, Feat. Hoots & Montero

Jason, Brandon Monteiro, and Adam Hoots dive into the four production laws that govern construction whether you know it or not. Fighting against these laws is like fighting gravity. You cannot win. When you want to cut a schedule, everyone throws manpower and materials at the problem, which is exactly what Satan would tell you to do if he wanted to extend your duration. The truth is you need to optimize bottlenecks, reduce variation, and reduce batch sizes. Companies using Takt planning are cutting 20 percent off schedules just by following production laws. The construction industry has been saying the word production for decades and nobody actually knows what it means.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• The four production laws: Little's Law, Bottlenecks, Variation, and Kingman's Formula
• Why limiting work in process reduces cycle time (do not work on all four floors at once)
• How optimizing the bottleneck increases throughput for the entire system
• Why throwing manpower and materials at a problem is exactly the wrong response to schedule pressure
• How companies are cutting 20 percent off schedules by following production laws through Takt planning

We have been saying the word production for decades and nobody has any idea what it means. If you want to cut a project, stop throwing manpower and materials at it.

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