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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.
The First Shingo Prize – Behind the Scenes
This post is a prequel to another from June 2023, which recounted the very first Shingo Prize award ceremony – 35 years ago. Attending this year’s..
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August 14 , 2023.
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.