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FEATURE

The Procurement Phase: the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS™)
from the field. To monitor the success or
The biggest savings you can generate
with a well thought through procurement potential needs for adjustment, the order
frequency, and quantity can be measured.
plan is not necessarily the pure dollar on
the material, but the material handling Figure 3 shows an example of monitoring
how many items per order are ordered,
reduction you can plan for on the jobsite.
How often your jobsite is receiving this can give an indication on which jobs
need more support on planning and
material will directly impact your labor
cost on the jobsite. Using the data- lookahead. If one to five items are ordered
with every order, the manpower in the
driven Agile Construction® approach the
frequency of deliveries can be reduced by field is spending a lot of time walking back
and forth receiving material, which will
planning out the material needs based on
cost the job money.

Figure 3 Order Quantity per Order

Figure 4: Productivity Chart based on the observed % complete reported in JPAC®

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