Lean Digitalisation

In today’s fast-paced and competitive environment, Lean Digitalisation is transforming how organisations operate. By combining Lean principles with digital technologies, businesses are achieving new levels of efficiency, productivity, and agility — particularly in the construction sector.

Lean Digitalisation – combining Lean methods with digital tools in construction

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What is Lean Digitalisation?

Lean Digitalisation integrates Lean thinking with modern digital tools to eliminate waste, streamline workflows, and enhance decision-making. Rather than digitising inefficient processes, this approach prioritises process improvement first — ensuring that technology supports, rather than complicates, operations.

When executed correctly, Lean Digitalisation helps companies:

  • Collect real-time data from job sites

  • Eliminate delays through instant updates

  • Equip teams with user-friendly digital tools

  • Enable data-driven decisions across all levels

Without this Lean-first mindset, digital solutions can magnify inefficiencies and increase costs. Therefore, refining processes before digital implementation is essential for success.

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Lean Touch Solutions & Lean Digitalisation

At Lean Touch Solutions, we guide organisations through a structured transformation journey. We begin by mapping and optimising core workflows using proven Lean methods such as Takt planning, Value Stream Mapping, and Kaizen. Once processes are streamlined, we support the digital rollout to maximise results and minimise disruption.

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Case Study: CVI Digitisation Project

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The Challenge

SIRO civil crews previously relied on handwritten documentation for Confirmation of Verbal Instructions (CVIs). Their paper-based system caused several problems:

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Handwritten CVIs prone to error

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Manual Excel data entry duplications

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Photo documentation emailed separately

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Supervisors managing physical and digital folders for each CVI

Clearly, the process was inefficient and time-consuming.

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The Solution

To address these challenges, a mobile app was designed and rolled out. The new process brought immediate benefits:

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Crews entered CVI data directly on-site

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Job photos, measurements, and descriptions were captured using a single device

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Once complete, data automatically uploaded to a central database

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Revenue from CVI variations was reported instantly via dashboards

As a result, the client achieved both time savings and enhanced data accuracy.

Summary Project Statement & Objectives

  • SIRO civil crews manually complete duplicate books of
  • confirmation of verbal instructions (cvis) 
  • Hand CVls into office to key to excel database (see Fig No 1 CVI duplicate
  • Crews also take photos & Point of interests and email back to office admin.
  • Supervisor creates individual folders for all CVIs (paper folder holds CVI, electronic folder for photos & POI)
  • Project aim is to replace paper form with mobile app to collect the same information. 
  • Project aim is to calculate real time the revenue generated fromthe CVI (variations)

Summary of results / key metrics

Summary of Process Implemented

  • Each crew enters the information to a mobile app 
  • They use the same device to take job photos, type & measurements of works. 
  • Once job is complete the data is uploaded to the database automatically. No administration required. 
  • The revenue created is downloadable real time from the database

Benefits

  • Each crew enters the information to a mobile app 
  • They use the same device to take job photos, type & measurements of works. 
  • Once job is complete the data is uploaded to the database automatically. No administration required. 
  • The revenue created is downloadable real time from the database

Benefits of Lean Digitalisation

Lean Digitalisation brings together the best of Lean thinking and modern technology. Key benefits include:

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Real-Time Information – Enables faster and smarter decisions

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Waste Elimination – Removes unnecessary admin and manual duplication

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Improved Efficiency –Streamlined processes reduce delays

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Enhanced Accuracy – Digital entry minimises human error

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Faster Revenue Recognition – Project variations are tracked in real time

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Empowered Teams – Field crews complete tasks independently with ease

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Ready to go beyond traditional digitisation? Let Lean Touch Solutions show you how to build efficient, responsive, and waste-free operations using Lean Digitalisation — the right way.

Go beyond traditional digitisation. Let Lean Touch Solutions show you how to create efficient, responsive, and waste-free operations through Lean Digitalisation — the right way.

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