ABSTRACT
A GUIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES TO APPLY LEAN SIX
SIGMA METHODOLOGY
DÜ / gME, Fatma Zehra
M.S., Department of Civil Engineering
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasemin NIELSEN
April 2008, 245 pages
The construction sector is an immensely important industrial sector in terms of economic and social
impact and also employment facilities. Nonetheless, much research has pointed out a gap in terms of
labor productivity, quality, performance and responsiveness to customer needs when compared with
other large industrial sectors / sectors that have recently experienced huge gains and cost reductions via
methods like Lean Six Sigma.
In this study, the construction industry will be examined for determination of the potential Lean Six
Sigma implementation level and expected benefits from its use.
The author conducted interviews with three companies in order to find out their readiness for such a
management by innovation. One of the companies was selected for further study due to suitability of
their organizational structure, innovative strategy and interest in this study.
By taking up this pilot study and Lean Six Sigma principles as references, five roadmaps are
generated as a guidance to implement Lean Six Sigma methodology for companies indicating the
general steps before and during the implementation.
The proposed roadmaps and applied questionnaire/interview questions developed in this thesis will
also be helpful to construction companies to scrutinize their own structure and performance levels and
as a guide on how to pursuit improvements through the proposed implementation of the Lean Six
Sigma methodology.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609465/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 April 2008 |
| Creators | Dugme, Fatma Zehra |
| Contributors | Nielsen, Yasemin |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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