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		<title>Vice President, Lean Industrial Engineering &#8211; Fortune 500 Green EHS Sustainability Leader</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2012/vice-president-lean-industrial-engineering-fortune-500-green-ehs-sustainability-leader</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Company Overview Our client, a global Fortune 500 organization, is the world&#8217;s leading provider of cleaning, food safety and health protection products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets.  The company operates in over 160 countries with &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2012/vice-president-lean-industrial-engineering-fortune-500-green-ehs-sustainability-leader">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VP Operations, and Lean Manufacturing Champion</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2011/vp-operations-and-lean-manufacturing-champion</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our client is a small (under $100 million) world-class, multi-national manufacturer  of specialty metal products. Based in the Western United States, the company  designs and builds unique, custom solutions which are specifically engineered to individual customer order (high-mix, low-volume) and &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/vp-operations-and-lean-manufacturing-champion">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Manufacturing Manager &#8211; Rock Star of Lean Transformation</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2011/lean-manufacturing-manager-rock-star-of-lean-transformation</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2011/lean-manufacturing-manager-rock-star-of-lean-transformation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Lean Manufacturing Manager &#8211; Rock Star of Lean Transformation  -  focused on any combination of Global Logistics and Services, Supply Chain and Supplier Development, or Lean Operations Planning and Execution   Expertise: Asia, Europe, China, International, Lean Distribution, Lean Supply Chain, Lean &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/lean-manufacturing-manager-rock-star-of-lean-transformation">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making Everyone Whole &#8211; from Jim Womack, Lean Enterprise Institute</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Womack&#8217;s newsletter this month, posted here, very clearly explores one of the underlying reasons that Lean or Operational Excellence initiatives are often difficult to sustain (and sometimes even get off the ground).  Every affected stakeholder -whether the executive leadership team recognize it &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/making-everyone-whole-from-jim-womack-lean-enterprise-institute">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Director, Product Quality &#8211; High Tech Consumer Electronics</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/director-product-quality-high-tech-consumer-electronics</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/director-product-quality-high-tech-consumer-electronics#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Director, Product Quality in  high-tech consumer electronics, for the creator of one of the hottest consumer electronic devices of the century (yes, this one), based in Silicon Valley, California   Why You Want this Position  You crave the excitement of working with the visionary team which &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/director-product-quality-high-tech-consumer-electronics">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Values (Beliefs, Passions&#8230;) Not Synonymous with Business Model</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/values-beliefs-passions-not-synonymous-with-business-model</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/values-beliefs-passions-not-synonymous-with-business-model#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Meyer, in his &#8220;Evolving Excellence&#8221;  blog post today is very much on target concerning the declining importance and influence of traditional media. &#8220;Two different articles both appearing yesterday and discussing obliquely-similar industries got me to wondering about business models and commitment &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/values-beliefs-passions-not-synonymous-with-business-model">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sick Sigma&#8230; a tongue-in-cheek perspective from across the pond</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/sick-sigma-a-tounge-in-cheek-perspective-from-across-the-pond</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/sick-sigma-a-tounge-in-cheek-perspective-from-across-the-pond#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 16:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted yesterday by John Moe who is currently Head of Business Consulting at Alphacourt Limited in the UK.    I&#8217;ve been following his posts for a while now and would classify a number of them as &#8220;seriously brilliant.&#8221;    John, I know &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/sick-sigma-a-tounge-in-cheek-perspective-from-across-the-pond">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Deep Lean</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean</link>
		<comments>http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest posting by Andrew Dillon Extraordinary times call on us to look again to the core of the Toyota revolution and how we can make it our own Strange things happen in a crisis. Consider, for example, that some &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/time-for-deep-lean">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lean Executive Search</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/lean-executive-searc</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1987, Adam Zak Executive Search has provided specialized and experienced lean executive recruiting services.  We bring clients highly qualified senior level executives ready to hit the ground running, implementing and leading your lean operational and management processes. Adam Zak &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/lean-executive-searc">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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