A CASE STUDY OF IMPLEMENTING LAST PLANNER SYSTEM IN TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU - INDIA

The Last Planner System (LPS) is a production planning system designed to produce predictable work flow commissioning of projects. LPS is the most developed Lean Construction tool used in improving work plans and control of projects. The work described in this paper presents results of an ongoing construction project contractor's implementation of LPS to analyze how lean construction techniques improve performance and productivity. To achieve this, action research model was undertaken. The research was carried out in a Bishop Heber coll where multipurpose buildings were being constructed by a sole contractor. A comparison-based survey was conducted with construction professionals to identify current practices and exposure LPS has in India. The results reveal that im LPS had significant improvements over traditional management and a notable increase in average Percentage Plan Completed. This progress was enabled by the way the site was planned, managed and controlled using LPS. The paper concludes by discussing results of implementing LPS, including benefits, barriers, and the critical success factors for this project. However, there were some potential barriers reported which hinder the achieving full potential of LPS