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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hobbs, Dennis P., 1947
Lean manufacturing implementation: a complete execution manual for any size manufacturer / by Dennis P. Hobbs
p. cm.
ISBN 1-932159-14-2 (alk. paper)
1. Production management Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Costs,
Industrial Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
1936
TS155.H575 2003
658.5 dc22

2003013930

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THE AUTHOR

Dennis P. Hobbs, CPIM, has over 30 years of line and staff...