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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

” In the background, also in the early 90s, Boeing was beginning to experiment with things like 5S and “Accelerated Improvement Workshops” (AIW) (aka kaizen events). This was late 2002, they had gone through a recession, and were in the process of ramping back up. But all of this was 2002.

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Whatever it takes: One woman’s story of persistence in West Darfur

World Food Programme Logistics

I see pregnant women delivering in open spaces, having nothing to wrap their babies with once they are born’ Around six months later, in February 2014, I was in a workshop when unexpectedly heavy rains began and brought back the painful memories of that day. Overwhelmed by emotion, I collapsed.

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Case Study: It’s a Shoe-in at Skechers EDC

Logistics Business Magazine

The Skechers and UniCarriers brands share a long history together: UniCarriers original brand Atlet delivered the first six forklifts to this American footwear company in 2002 when it was setting up its European sales and distribution network.