Lean Management in Construction

Lean management is an approach to running an organisation that supports the concept of continuous improvement. It is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes, which require “incremental” improvement over time in order to increase efficiency and quality.

What Lean Management means for you

Lean Management: Saves you time and money

MFS uses lean management in it’s construction systems to eliminate or minimise any factors that waste time, effort or money. MFS accomplish this by analysing a build process and then revising it or removing any steps that do not create value for customers.

Lean management principles typically include:

  1. Defining value from the standpoint of the end customer.
  2. Identifying each step in a business process and eliminating those steps that do not create value.
  3. Making the value-creating steps occur in tight sequence.
  4. Repeating the first three steps on a continuous basis until all waste has been eliminated.

These lean principles ensure that the processes involved with bringing a product to market remain cost effective from beginning to end.

Lean Management: What it means for you

MFS use a systematic method of lean manufacturing and management for the elimination of wastes within our manufacturing and construction process. The excessive waste can be created through unevenness in work loads, overburden and any work that does not add value and this costs clients money. MFS take the point of view of our clients, our “value” is found in any process or action that our clients pay for.

In essence, MFS are a cost effective solution for your development because we regularly focus on decreasing the unnecessary costs to your project from the design stage to the construction phase.

Testimonial

MFS proved to be a capable contractor and worked closely with Wates in terms of proposing the build methodology and reviewing the various design elements and package interfaces.

Remi Morgan, Wates Group Ltd

Lean Managing and Manufacturing

Lean manufacturing, works from the perspective of the client who consumes a product or service, “value” is any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for

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