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Stating that US-based industry is only operating at approximately 65 percent effectiveness in implementing Lean production, this book reasons that overseas factories can't compete with domestic factories in speed and delivery to the customer if US-based operations run at 100 percent effectiveness. The first part of the book goes through the fundamentals needed to be competitive in the marketplace. It lists tools that readers can use to compete and hold position until they can implement the methods described in phase II, the advanced portion of the book.
