Many manufacturers who attempt to wrap their arms, and minds, around the concepts that have come to be known as "lean" make the mistake of trying to compartmentalize the philosophy. Unfortunately, Rick Bohan has done exactly the same thing in his article ["Small Manufacturers Need to be Agile, Not Lean," Nov. 2010], While I fully agree that agility is a powerful byproduct of creating a lean environment and that the benefits he examines for small manufacturers are real and tangible, I strongly disagree with statements like this one: "It's just that the 'lean message' at least as it's been translated and communicated over the past several years, has little applicability to the circumstances of small manufacturers.
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