2020BookofCases

Contents Lean Construction Ireland Annual Book of Cases 2020 Editor Darrin Taylor Waterford Institute of Technology dtaylor@wit.ie wit.ie/lean Edi or 2 Darrin is a Lecturer in Management at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) School of Business. He is Joint Programme Director of the WIT Lean Enterprise and Operational Excellence portfolio of executive/practitioner programmes; a Faculty Member of the WIT RIKON Centre; and Principal Lead of the WIT Academy of Lean Enterprise Excellence. Prior to entering academia, Darrin worked for over a decade in the private sector as an operations manager as well as in consultancy. He joined WIT in 2004, and lectures Lean and Operational Excellence modules on several executive/ practitioner programmes, including: the Master of Business Studies in Lean Enterprise Excellence, the Diploma in Lean Fundamentals (Online), the Diploma in Supervisory Practice, the Executive MBA, and the Master of Science in Construction Project Management. He supervises postgraduate research on Lean management, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and Lean construction. Additionally, Darrin coordinates the Annual WIT Lean Enterprise Excellence Forum and the Annual WIT Lean Practitioner Seminar Series – hugely popular national and regional knowledge-exchange events built on extensive Industry-Academia-State engagement and collaboration. Darrin continues to work extensively with industry, encompassing public and private organisations across all services and manufacturing sectors. He is a founding member of Lean Business Ireland, he is Co-Chair of the South East Lean Network, and he assisted in the establishment of the other Regional Lean Networks throughout Ireland. Darrin has worked with Lean Construction Ireland (LCi) since 2015 where he acts as Special Advisor to the LCi Board of Directors as well as Lead of the LCi Capability Development pillar. Darrin speaks at Lean and Operational Excellence conferences and events, and researches and publishes in the Lean space, including case books on Lean commissioned by LCi and Enterprise Ireland.