Impact Factor(JCC): 0.9458- This article can be downloaded from www.bestjournals.in ADOPTION OF LAST PLANNER SYSTEM USING ENGINEER’S DAY-WISE CARD IN CIVIL PROJECTS FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT R.UDHAYAKUMAR 1 & P. KARTHIKEYAN 2 1 Deputy General Manager (Operations), URC Construction (P) Ltd, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade), School of Management Studies, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India ABSTRACT Lean Construction Management is a Continuous Improvement System that has been practicing around the world in the construction business. But initial resistance on process follow-up seems to have prevented companies from introducing the system. This study was performed, so that Lean and other Continuous Improvement Systems can be implemented in a more effective and smooth way by FM Care (Father and Mother - FM). The Last Planner System converted as performance measuring system with the purpose of achieving the deliverables in a better flow of planning, production, and continuous improvement. In URC Construction (p) Ltd, we start practicing Last planner system by adopting Engineer’s Day Card system. Six Executive Engineer’s from Tata Realty and Infrastructure LTD (TRIL) site, Chennai were selected to practice the engineer’s day card. The process was explained and implemented during September 2014 and practiced till March 2015. In which, execution engineer and Foreman planned their next week task including resource demand based on the milestone and look ahead plan. All the six team members discuss with project in charge and functional members every Saturday to finalize the task. The golden benefit was all the project members aware of each engineer’s plan and supported accordingly. The implementation of Engineer’s day card improved the individual performance by 30% and project performance by 20%. Detailed study conducted on engineer’s day card by reviewing weekly and constrains addressed for effective progress of project tasks. KEYWORDS: Lean Construction Management, Percentage Planned Completion, Key Result Area, Organizational Development INTRODUCTION The Last Planner System (1) is an advanced “operating system” for project management, maximizes project value and minimizes waste in all aspects. Planning takes place an idle position in a series of conversation for achieving the targets. Each conversation confirms and expands project value - that which helps the project people to achieve their targets. The performance of each individual ends with the project performance which add value to the client by achieving milestones. Once all the personnel’s achieve their target automatically the project will complete on time. Making workflow predictable reduces waste and pave way for productivity improvement. Current project management practice lacks in day to day monitoring of each engineer’s tasks, it cannot reduce the combined effects of dependence and uncertainty. As a result, each craft tries to optimize its own productivity and speed with little concern for predictable release to the next activity. “Partnering” and “Design/Build” try to solve the problem by applying organizational or contractual fixes, but these have limited impact because they rest on incomplete models of work and the way they are managed. There are two kinds of work in projects namely physical work in which we are involving men, material, BEST: International Journal of Management, Information Technology and Engineering (BEST: IJMITE) ISSN(Print):2348-0513; ISSN(Online): 2454-471X; Vol. 3, Issue 9, Sep 2015, 69-76 © BEST Journals