Around the world today, thousands of manufacturing companies are optimizing their manufacturing processes by implementing lean tools and principles within their factories. However, are they the right tools and principles? Are they part of a larger "long on lean" plan? Or are they just "random acts of lean" that provide temporary fixes?
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