Compiled and edited by Mary A. Junewick

from materials owned by
Productivity Press and The Productivity Group

2002 Productivity Press.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Leanspeak : the productivity business improvement
dictionary / compiled and edited by Mary A. Junewick
from materials owned by Productivity Press and the
Productivity Group

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-56327-275-X
1. Industrial management--Dictionaries. 2. Industrial
productivity Dictionaries. I. Junewick, Mary A.

HD30.15 .L423 2002
650 .03 dc21
2002001211
06 05 04 03 02 6 5 4 3 2 1

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