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Production home building processes have not
evolved, like its manufacturing counterpart, as technology evolves.
Instead, production home building processes have remained relatively
unchanged throughout the years. Homebuilders have taken steps to
improve upon an old tradition through viewing production home building
as an assembly line manufacturing process. In essence, applying the
respective methods of process management with it. With this direct
correlation of the home building process to a manufacturing process,
some variables are not directly transferable and some not even
considered. With this mismatch of variables, many problems arise which
yield time and money disadvantages. This study will focus on bridging
the gap between these mismatched variables through applying Industrial
Engineering concepts and principles. More specifically it will examine
the relationships between cycle time, work in process, and system
throughput through the direct application of Little’s Law. Little’s Law
is a basic equation used in the Industrial Engineering field of factory
production system design. It is hoped that this study will inspire
future investigations on methods to reduce variability in residential
construction. |
