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IndustryWeek May 1, 2008 Rick Pay	Everybody's Jumping on the Lean Bandwagon, But Many Are Being Taken for a Ride Lean might not always produce the expected benefits and here's why.
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IndustryWeek February 1, 2009 David Blanchard	Just In Time -- Lean You Can Believe In The bad news just keeps on coming for manufacturers, but don't give up on continuous improvement.
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IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 Ralph Keller	Continuous Improvement -- Silver Bullets Only Exist in Hollywood It's the slow, steady and continuous pursuit of excellence that wins the competitive race.
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HBS Working Knowledge August 11, 2003 Wendy Guild	Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation Companies don't need to spend a fortune on research and innovation. Harvard professor Stefan Thomke explains how new technologies enable businesses to experiment on the cheap in his new book, Experimentation Matters.
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IndustryWeek September 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Accounting For Lean Tastes Manufacturers are showing growing support for lean accounting, which proponents say more accurately reflects activities of a lean organization.
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IndustryWeek October 21, 2009 Preston McCreary	Consider This -- Time for America's Second Industrial Revolution Lean principles offer the fuel to power a renaissance in American manufacturing.
T.H.E. Journal September 2001 Kyle Forinash & Raymond Wisman	The Viability of Distance Education Science Laboratories The history of science from Galilei on has primarily been the reconciliation of theory with imperfect experimental data. Providing a similarly compelling laboratory experience for a student, especially to one not physically present, is problematic...
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IndustryWeek March 1, 2009	Turning Software Into a Solution Information technology can't make your operation lean, but it can provide valuable support for the long journey ahead.
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IndustryWeek August 18, 2010	Lean Confusion It has been embraced, ignored, misunderstood and even derided, but lean's proponents continue to exhort its value as a driver of operational excellence.
Fast Company February 2002 Fara Warner	Think Lean If you want to change how your company works, then change how your people think. According to the creators of a five-day mental boot camp located in the heartland of the automobile business, the first thing to think about is how to get lean...
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