I wanted to give a shoutout to @Boone White on this fine Thursday morning. He gave me an hour of his time over a teams call to help me get a takt plan put together. I've been struggling with getting over the hump of creating a visually appealing/properly mapped out schedule and takt seems like the most effective solution. The Old Dawgs are awesome not only because of the learning sessions, field talks, and faith huddles; but also because we have the ability to communicate directly with anyone in this group if we need help. I have no problem asking for help when I need it, and I am thankful for guys like Boone willing to take time out of their busy schedules to lend a hand. Let's keep pushing each other to get better! Hope everyone has a great day and I am extremely grateful to be a part of this group! I'll attach what we worked on today if anyone is interested in what I have going on. Still have to get it completely filled out through the end of the job, but without Boone's help it would have taken me forever to get to this point.

Hello, This group was recommended by a friend of mine. Looking forward to learning from all of you. Ben Root

Dawgs! Over the past few jobs we have run the Pull Plan both analog (Sticky Notes and Boards on the wall) and online (we used Touch Plan). Analog is great because of the natural conversations that happen when the foremen are up at the boards, updating their commitments and bumping shoulders with each other - the "hum" of conversation in a room during our sessions was organic and the lifeblood of the job. Then we needed 2 assistant level guys spending 3-4 hours on a Friday collecting data, entering it on a spreadsheet, chasing foremen down for variance reasons or "Hey you haven't updated your plan yet". Ultimately it was a chaotic way to get the "Learning" part of our LPS done. When we utilized Touch Plan, all of that worry went away because the program tracks all that for you, forces people to put variance reasons on any commitment that changes its finish date, tracks PPC in any way you could want and pumps out pretty reports. The problem is that "hum" in the room during foreman's meetings was gone. We tried to replicate it throughout the job and while we still had an effective pull plan, it wasn't nearly as effective as analog. I am wondering if others have had this same experience and if anyone would be interested in a program that can pump out statistics based on a picture of your analog boards? Would like to discuss this a bit further with you all tomorrow but please give me some feedback!

I would love to hear how the Lean coffee went this morning. Unfortunately, I have a reoccurring Toastmasters meeting that conflicts. Also, what do you think about my new profile picture?

Hello everyone, excited to be the 53rd member of this community. I love that the focus is on making the construction industry a better place for the people in it. Looking forward to getting to know all of you and finding where I can contribute. Jason