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反思前瞻规划优化施工流程FAROOKHAMZEHGLENNBALLARDIRISDTOMMELEIN摘要研究的问题如何改善前瞻规划在建设行业的做法来提高生产计划的可靠性目的为了评估前瞻规划的性能，寻找一个标准化的做法，使前瞻规划与活动执行有紧密的联系，来提高生产计划的可靠性。研究设计/方法本研究采用案例分析，行业访谈，和行业调查，以评估目前在北美、南美和欧洲的建设项目执行的前瞻规划。研究结果研究结果显示存在与去年规划系统规则的不符合，前瞻规划与标准化做法的不足，识别和清除限制的迟缓，而且没有对计划失败的分析。关键词前瞻规划，生产计划，生产控制，精益建设，最后的规划系统，规划建设。简介建筑、工程与施工是受变化问题的困扰的，即破坏项目绩效和扰乱施工流程导致对项目时间、成本和质量造成的不利影响（HAMZEH等，2007年，霍普和SPEARMAN2008年，萨利姆等。2006年，克莱顿1966年）。组织使用许多种不同的方法来维持生产流程的一致性和屏蔽产量内部业务流程以及外部环境的变化。汤普森（1967）着重介绍了这些方法，其中包括预测缓冲平滑各种预测方法是用于预测在内部流程和生产原料中的变化。然而，预测不能满足所有的变化，并且有许多限制越详细的预测越不准确，越遥远的预测越容易出错。（纳米亚斯2009年）。缓冲用于减轻同时在输入侧和输出侧的工艺变化。输入通常需要成功执行的任务包括信息，先决条件工作，人力资源，空间，材料，设备，外部条件和资金（巴拉德HOWELL公司1994年，科斯基拉2000年）。缓冲区可以采取的三种主要形式时间，库存和产能。时间缓冲是分配松弛的活动，利用额外的库存缓冲库存以应对供应的变化，以及用容量缓存，保留额外的容量，如加班或只在需要的时候维持机器工作，以适应激增的负荷。平滑的供应和需求的变化是另一种方法，组织申请由于缓冲可能的不足，以满足所有的变化，是昂贵的，并可能导致满荷。平滑需求的一个例子在丰田生产系统中平稳的工作负荷或平准化的倡导（莱克2004年）。虽然变化破坏了项目的绩效，生产系统可以通过设计减少这种变化，并且可以通过上述提到的方法的组合来管理这种残差。一个生产系统可以被定义为人员和资源的集合。（例如，机械，设备，信息），被安排设计和制造产品（“货物”或“服务”）的价值给客户（BALLARD等人，2007年）。一个生产系统的基石是生产管理，例如最近的一个规划系统已成功实施建设项目（2004年巴拉德和HOWELL），以提高规划的可靠性，提高生产性能，在设计和施工作业中创建可以预测的工作流程。在任何项目中，规划过程中可能遇到各种问题的困扰。规划涉及到的越远的项目可能越不准确（纳米亚斯2009）。当规划师把计划推向前线专家而不涉及他们的计划发展时是很难执行的工作日程。在一厢情愿的想法的基础上开发的短期工作计划，贸易专家没有可靠的承诺，这种短期计划就会变得更短。如果计划失败的原因并不在识别和处理不及时，进一步的失败是必然要发生的（哈姆泽2009年）。此外，可靠的规划依赖于有效的约束分析与排除。约束是一个活动启动前必须存在的先决条件（例如，以前的工作，信息，劳动力，材料，设备，工具，空间，天气等）。管理约束条件可以通过识别资源冲突和提前解决这些问题帮助优化工作计划使工作开始。如果没有约束，是难以管理和减少工作流程不确定性的，这往往导致过程的变化（蔡等，2003）。考虑到上述挑战，最后规划系统主张项目规划中的以下步骤计划越详细情，执行工作越细致（科恩，2006年）制定工作计划要执行工作的人制定工作计划提前识别和消除工作的限制，作为一个团队，做好工作准备，提高工作计划的可靠性在与项目参与方协调和积极谈判的基础上，做出可靠的承诺和工作执行从失败的计划中学习经验，找出错误的根源，并采取预防措施（巴拉德，等。2009年）尽管该系统的优点（阿拉尔孔和克鲁兹1997年，冈萨雷斯等人，2008），在许多建设项目目前的做法显示了执行不力前瞻规划，在较大差距长期规划（主阶段附表）和短期规划（承诺/每周的工作计划），降低了可靠性规划系统，并能够建立先见之明。本文提出了一种前瞻规划实施的一种评估，为最新规划系统的一个过程，其重点介绍了统营规划系统一些不足之处，强调的前瞻规划每周工作规划成功的一个主要驱动力的作用，并建议进行前瞻规划的指导方针有关的活动故障，操作设计，及制约因素分析。最新的规划系统最新规划系统开发者是格伦巴拉德和格雷格豪威尔，其是一生产计划和控制建设工作的系统，以协助平滑的变化流，发展规划先见之明，并减少施工作业中的不确定性。系统最初是每周的工作计划水平，但很快就把处理工作流程中的变化扩大到覆盖整个计划和进度开发过程中，从主调度，通过前瞻规划，逐步调度达到每周工作规划中。计划完成百分比（PPC）是一个度量，用于跟踪每周的工作计划水平的性能可靠性，通过测量相对于那些计划完成任务的百分比。因此，它有助于评估的可靠性工作计划，并开始准备工作，以执行工作计划。PPC并不是直接衡量项目的进展，而是承诺保持在何种程度上的措施，因此在何种程度上未来的工作负载可能是可预测的。以前的研究发现PPC和劳动生产率之间的相关性（2008年刘和巴拉德）。PPC上提高可能产生的二次冲击工作安全和质量需要进一步的研究（1998年，巴拉德和HOWELLBALLARD等。2007）。有研究表明，尽管在LPS的优势，许多企业实施系统时都面临重大障碍。（BALLARD等人，2007哈姆泽，2009年维亚纳等）。为建设项目的最新规划系统的成功实施提出了一个框架。然而，当整个规划系统（主生产计划，阶段调度，前瞻的规划，每周工作规划）执行和更新设计，PPC项目进展情况的指标，PPC和进步应随对方。这可以表示为如权利要求一个复杂的假设，即H1如果前瞻任务是从一个阶段计划结构实现到项目的结束日期和中间里程碑，如果前瞻规划是准备应该怎样做，如果每周选择什么，可以做什么工作计划由应该做在临界的顺序没有游戏的系统，PPC将随项目的进展情况而不同。如果我们接受这个假设，那么，如果不随PPC项目的进展情况，在虚拟链的某个地方就有一个破碎的链接。图1显示了活动打破阶段的规划系统（砾石）的过程（岩石），然后在四个规划过程中的操作（卵石）不同的按时间跨度主生产计划，阶段调度，前瞻规划和每周工作规划。主生产计划是一个前端的规划过程中产生的时间表描述工作在进行整个项目的持续时间。它涉及到项目级活动，并确定重要的里程碑日期主要集中在有关合同文件和拥有者的价值主张（TOMMELEIN和BALLARD，1997）。相调度产生的时间表，覆盖项目的每个阶段，如地基，结构框架，或完成。在协作规划设置项目团队（1）定义项目阶段或里程碑，（2）将其分解成组成活动，（3）时间表向后的里程碑。合并后从不同的项目方输入和在重要的阶段识别专家和团队执行之间逆相调度的平衡，从重要的阶段里程碑（哈姆泽2009年，巴拉德和豪威尔2004）。前瞻规划是在生产控制（执行时间表）的第一步，通常包括一个为期6周的时间。前瞻时段随正在执行的工作类型和上下文的不同而不同。（例如，因为这种现象的出现，在概念设计，任务可以不在详细的预见水平很远的水平。在工厂停工时，前瞻期延伸到年底关机。在这项研究中，重点是正常的建设项目，并在这些4至6周的时间框架是常用的前瞻规划）。在此阶段，活动被分解成水平的生产过程/操作，约束被识别，操作的设计，和准备作业就绪（巴拉德1997年，哈姆泽2009年）。每周工作规划（WWP）也被称为承诺计划是最系统的详细计划，展现了工作的各专业组织之间的相互依存，和直接驱动的生产过程。计划在这个级别的可靠性促进了质量分配和可靠的承诺，使生产单元从上游业务中的不确定性被屏蔽。这个工作任务是一个详细的测量完成可的计划。每个计划期结束时，作业被评论，评估它们是否是完整的，从测量规划中的可靠性。对于不完整的任务，对计划失败的原因进行分析，并采取行动，这些原因是学习和持续改进的基础（巴拉德2000年）。FAROOKHAMZEH,GLENNBALLARDGLENNBALLARD2IRISDTOMMELEIN3ABSTRACTRESEARCHQUESTIONHOWTOIMPROVELOOKAHEADPLANNINGPRACTICESINTHECONSTRUCTIONINDUSTRYTOINCREASETHERELIABILITYOFPRODUCTIONPLANNINGPURPOSETOASSESSTHEPERFORMANCEOFLOOKAHEADPLANNING,ADVISEASTANDARDIZEDPRACTICETOSUPPORTASTRONGLINKAGEBETWEENLOOKAHEADPLANNINGANDACTIVITYEXECUTION,ANDIMPROVETHERELIABILITYOFPRODUCTIONPLANNINGRESEARCHDESIGN/METHODTHISSTUDYEMPLOYSCASESTUDYANALYSIS,INDUSTRYINTERVIEWS,ANDANINDUSTRYSURVEYTOASSESSTHECURRENTIMPLEMENTATIONOFLOOKAHEADPLANNINGONCONSTRUCTIONPROJECTSINNORTHAMERICA,SOUTHAMERICA,ANDEUROPEFINDINGSTHESTUDYFINDINGSINDICATETHEEXISTENCEOFNONCOMPLIANCEWITHLASTPLANNERSYSTEMRULES,INADEQUATELOOKAHEADPLANNINGANDSTANDARDIZEDPRACTICES,SLUGGISHIDENTIFICATIONANDREMOVALOFCONSTRAINTS,ANDABSENCEOFANALYSISFORPLANFAILURESLIMITATIONSTHEAUTHORSACTIVEROLEONTHEPROJECTSUSEDASCASESTUDIESMAYCONSTITUTEALIMITATIONTOTHERESEARCHMETHODSANDTOOLSUSEDTHEINDUSTRYSURVEYMAYHAVENOTCOVEREDALLCOMPANIESAPPLYINGTHELASTPLANNERSYSTEMTHESUGGESTEDFRAMEWORKSHOULDBECUSTOMTAILOREDTODIFFERENTPROJECTSTOCATERFORSIZE,CULTURE,ETCIMPLICATIONSTHISRESEARCHPROVIDESAFRAMEWORKFORAPPLYINGTHELASTPLANNERSYSTEMRULESDURINGLOOKAHEADPLANNINGITAIMSATINCREASINGTHESUCCESSOFTHEMAKINGACTIVITIESREADY,DESIGNINGOPERATIONS,ANDULTIMATELYIMPROVINGPPCVALUEFORPRACTITIONERSTHESTUDYPRESENTSTOINDUSTRYPRACTITIONERSAPPLYINGTHELASTPLANNERSYSTEMASTANDARDIZEDFRAMEWORKFORIMPLEMENTINGLOOKAHEADPLANNINGONCONSTRUCTIONPROJECTSTHEPAPERALSOHIGHLIGHTSTHEUSEOFTWOMETRICSTOASSESSTHEPERFORMANCEOFLOOKAHEADPLANNINGATAGIVENPOINTINTIMEANDTOMONITORPERFORMANCEOVERAPERIODOFTIMEORBETWEENPROJECTSKEYWORDSLOOKAHEADPLANNING,PRODUCTIONPLANNING,PRODUCTIONCONTROL,LEANCONSTRUCTION,THELASTPLANNE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