Here’s the Skinny: For Lean Production Processes to Work, a Company Needs to Be All In

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Description: For a company in Chesterfield, Mo., it involved something as seemingly simple as attaching a trash can to an employee’s chair.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: Oct 11, 2018

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/business/heres-the-skinny-for-lean-production-processes-to-work-a-company-needs-to-be-all-in.html?rref=collection%2Fspotlightcollection%2Ffast-forward

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the main ideas that would be important to managers of firms interested in improving operations and efficiencies.
  • Which idea for improvement were you most impressed with?

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