Ep.290 - The Last Planner System® - Integrated Production Control System Series

Takt planning is your long sword and the Last Planner System is your short sword, and the most effective superintendents and project teams know how to use both at the same time. In this episode, Jason Schroeder gives a clear and honest breakdown of the Last Planner System, what it does well, where it falls short on its own and exactly how it pairs with Takt planning to take production control to a completely different level. This is a challenge to stop treating these systems as competitors and start using them together the way they were always meant to work.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why the Last Planner System and Takt planning are not in competition and how they fit together like peanut butter and jelly
• The key difference between a Last Planner only huddle and a Takt plus Last Planner huddle and why that difference changes everything
• The four things Jason would change about the Last Planner System to make it a true Last Planner 2.0
• Why total participation of foremen and workers is not optional and what it actually means to respect the last planners in the system
• Why large complex projects cannot run on Last Planner alone and what has to be in place before the system can perform at its highest level

If you disregard the Last Planner System, you do so to your own disadvantage; pair it with Takt and you have one of the most powerful production systems in construction.

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Also, here are links to our YouTube Channels:

· Jason Schroeder YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xpRYvrW5Op5Ckxs4vDGDg

· LeanTakt YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/leanTakt

· LeanSuper YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzQDevqQP19L4LePuqma3Fg/featured

· LeanSurvey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ztn3okFhyB_3p5nmMKnsw