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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

I was going through some old files and came across a pocket card we handed out back in 2003 or so. The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. Kent Bowen. All work highly specified as to content, sequence, timing, and outcome.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

Similarly, a RAND report highlighted that while the US Army was nominally ready for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, there were real limits to the time in which high-intensity operations could be sustained – luckily, these limits were not tested.

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Nippon Express holds strong presence across the globe

247 Customs Broker

Corporate Strategy Division, Nippon Express USA. “I’m a typical Japanese businessman,” Uchida said, explaining how he started with the company’s air freight division after completing his university studies in 1982. He also served in management roles in Germany, where he was in charge of intra-European air cargo.