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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vatalaro, James C.
Implementing a mixed model Kanban system: the lean replenishment technique for pull production / James C. Vatalaro & Robert E. Taylor
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Just-in-time systems. I. Taylor, Robert E. II. Title.
TS157.4.V38 2003
658.5 ?1 dc21

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