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Silver Bullets

12 April, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

Silver Bullet

We have a fascination with big bets, wholesale system change, outsourcing deals, new facilities.  We are rewarded for thinking strategically and pulling the big leavers; consequently we are always looking for silver bullets, the one change that will make everything more efficient. All operations are big machines that deal with materials, customers, employees and products.  […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: back to the floor, complexity, continuous improvement, cost saving, devil is in the detail, gemba

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