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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Levitt, Joel, 1952- Lean maintenance / Joel Levitt. 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references.
TS192.L4687 2008
658.2'02 dc22
2008010930
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Dedication
The author has had the profound privilege over the last 22 years to work with maintenance individuals and their organizations that fight to do the right thing for their employees, customers, communities, and the environment. While no one knows what they do but themselves, they do the right thing, even in the middle of the night. Even when others in the company are yelling to cut corners, these men and women take the heat and do the right thing.
It is to these people that this work is dedicated. The prayer might be, may we all measure up to their integrity and aspire to attain their stature. The damnedest thing is that they don't even know how...
