The Loqust Production Graph provides a Kanban like visualization, understood by and communicated to all project stakeholders ranging from the workforce, supervisors, managers executives, engineers, vendors and owners. A Loqust user can easily analyze the information embedded in a Production Graph. A properly constructed Production Graph is the direct result of Pull Planning.

The Loqust e-Report communicates a set of user defined Production Graphs via the cloud in real time. No more sending daily update documents to interested stakeholders.

Loqust Production Lines display and save a variety of contexts for any Task to include Plan, Actual, Average and periodic Projection Lines where the Task Assignee (Last Planner®) forecasts how the Task will be completed. The vertical distance between the Actual and a particular Plan Production Line provides a clear visualization of Percent Planned Complete (PPC).

The Loqust Production Line fly over box displays a dynamic, cursor location sensitive, set of information including Task name, Production Line name, description & context, Production Line description, date, work quantity, production, Percent Planned Complete (PPC) reason, and Work Quantity daily Note.

Any number of Plan Production Lines depicting the plan to complete a particular Task can be created, displayed and saved. Various plans ranging from the Estimator’s to the Project Manager’s to the contract guarantee and even a recovery plan can be displayed and easily compared against each other. Plans for related Tasks can be displayed to provide a visualization of the relationship between Tasks.

A Gantt bar displays task information in one dimension, time. The fundamental Production Graph displays Task activity in two dimensions, time and Work Quantity yielding production as the slope of the Production Line. Production variations related to factors such as learning curve, holidays, weather and resource constraints are easily seen. The Splitting of a Task can create additional dimensional capability such as location and crew.

The progress of one Task can be Constrained by completion requirements of a preceding Sequential Task. Constraints are managed by the lead/lag or Buffer relationship between Production Lines of various Tasks. Production Balancing (resource leveling) is managed by creating or producing parallel Production Lines between different Sequential Tasks indicating equilibrium between Tasks. Both Buffer and Production Balancing are easily visible on a Production Graph. Buffer management and Production Balancing between Sequential Tasks during all phases of the work is critical to creating smooth and interrupted Work Flow as Value is passed from one Task to the next.

Smooth and interrupted work Flow can be negatively impacted by Conflict between two Sequential Tasks. When Production Lines of Sequential Tasks intersect, a Conflict is created caused by the Overproduction of the leading task or the Underproduction of the following Task. Potential Conflicts are easily visible on a Production Graph. Conflict management between Sequential Tasks during all phases if the work is critical to creating smooth and interrupted work Flow as Value is passed from one Task to the next.

A Summary Production Line provides the ability to take any number of detail Production Lines, weight them based on something like cost, man-hours or experience and summarize then to a single Summary Production Line. The behavior of a Summary Production Line is automatically dictated by the data of the detail Production Lines and their assigned weight. This allows for the creation of a simplified Production Graph for Stakeholders not needing to see the all the detail Production Lines while assuring that the Summary Production Line is based on detail data consistent with the detail Production Lines.

A Task can be Split to represent dimensions such as location, crew, size and/or color depending on project management requirements. A Split creates a Parent/Child Task relationship; a Task can be Split multiple times to create multi-generational relationship. The sum of Child Work Quantities must always equal the Parent Work Quantity and be the same unit of measure. Production Graphs can be created representing Child Task Production Lines such as location or overall project progress.

Loqust facilitates the conduct and documentation of a Weekly Work Plan and Look Ahead Plan based on Plan, Actual and Projection Production Lines. Assignees responsible for performing the work, the Last Planners®, create a Projection Production Line indicating how they will complete a Task based on Actual and Planned Production Lines along with historical Percent Planned Complete (PPC) data. Once a Projection Production Line is created, it is archived for review at the next planning meeting creating a Kaizen environment for continuous improvement.

Utilizing a Big Room concept for Weekly Work Plan and Look Ahead Plan sessions, the Last Planners®,Task Assignees, review Production Graphs showing Constraints and potential Conflicts. As a Team, Work Flow issues are jointly resolved creating a collaborative Project Team regardless of individual allegiances. All information is archived producing a Kaizen environment for continuous improvement.