Takt Planning in Construction: The inTakt Blog

It is tempting to let procurement drive the schedule. A vendor says a switchgear will be late, so the team starts reshuffling work to accommodate it. Sometimes you must adjust, but if procurement becomes the steering wheel, the project loses its production logic. Trades stop flowing. Zones lose rhythm. The schedule becomes a reaction to lead times instead of a plan built around flow. The schedule should set the strategy because it is where the whole system is balanced. It is