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I once attended a presentation that Eli Goldratt gave for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. We were seated in an auditorium, listening as Eli..
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August 26 , 2024.
Precisely Wrong
Last Thursday marked the fourth anniversary of the passing of someone who, while not typically credited as a “Lean” thinker, nevertheless had a..
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June 15 , 2015.
Artificial Ignorance
For a few years back in the early ‘80’s I fell prey to information automation fascination. I managed an IT department transitioning first from a..
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January 29 , 2015.