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Change

November 2012 Marketing.
Market Analysis & Communications for the Manufacturing Industry.
Change can be defined as the process of becoming different; there is social change, mathematical change, personal development and many other types.

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The Theory of (Manufacturing) Evolution

June 2012.
Advice and Assistance for Manufacturers.
When Charles Darwin studied, characterized and published his theories about the evolution of species, the main theme was all about adapting to change. Change happens. Sometimes those changes threaten the very existence of the species and sometimes the change insures its survival.

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Can a Company be too Lean?

August 2010
The Wall Street Journal, quoting a Gartner Research analyst, recently reported that Nissan lost production because of lean. The article said that “Nissan Motor Co. had to close four of its five Japanese assembly plants, costing 15,000 units of lost production, and two plants in the U.S., with an undetermined loss of production, because of lean process methods. Each of the six plants was closed for at least three days.”

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