Lean / IPD Coaching Case Studies

Silicon carbide manufacturing facility Background Beyond the ubiquitous COO, CFO, and CEO roles, current common C-level positions in business include compliance, data, diversity, experience, human resource, legal, marketing, information, technology... read more →

Working with the Core Team of a silicon carbide manufacturing facility Background Responding to global demand for silicon carbide, a semiconductor that makes electric cars more efficient, the Owner followed... read more →

Using a Validation Phase to set a project up for success Background As part of an Institutional Master Plan for providing healthcare, the Owner committed to developing a replacement hospital... read more →

Teaming and Lean learning for an IPD team working a hospital bed tower addition Background Following study mission trips to Toyota City in Japan, Boulder Associates developed a mobile lean... read more →

A Northern California builder seeks to improve their lean chops Background Owners in the Northern California market challenged the builder to improve their lean chops. We provided coaching to existing... read more →

Regional builder - various projects in the Denver metro area Background A local builder learned about lean construction and wanted to implement tools that would help them improve field operations... read more →

Last Planner improvement by the same team on successive projects Background The majority of team members on a replacement hospital  project (RH-1) carried forward to a successive replacement hospital project... read more →

Planning lessons from an IPD Team delivering a replacement hospital project Background The Owner developed the replacement hospital project  as a seismically compliant facility as part of their master plan... read more →

Denver-area replacement hospital Background As part of a strategic projects program, the Owner began work on a 300-bed replacement hospital at the height of the pandemic. We were challenged by... read more →

IPD Lite TVD effort on a replacement hospital projectBackground The owner created a strategic projects group to deliver three replacement hospitals. The project team used Last Planner System (LPS), A3... read more →