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Most often when we think of a wheel, it’s in the context of transportation, one of the more obvious and ever-present of the 7 wastes. In fact, the..
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January 31 , 2017.
Nice Round Numbers
I was working recently with a company that is targeting inventory reduction as a top priority. I stressed that reducing the causes of inventory is a..
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January 24 , 2014.
Thankful for Inventory
I heard a tongue-in-cheek radio ad for a local tobacco shop yesterday extolling the secondary benefits derived from tobacco, namely the tobacco sales..
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November 25 , 2013.