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		<title>Plant General Manager &#8211; Full Manufacturing P&amp;L + Lean Transformation Champion</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2012/plant-general-manager-full-manufacturing-pl-lean-transformation-champion</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plant GM &#8211; Operations  - Lean Transformation &#8211; full Manufacturing P&#38;L Architectural Building Products &#8211; Newark, NJ metro region Situation Overview Founded in the late 1940’s, and very much the industry pioneer, our client has grown into one of the largest &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2012/plant-general-manager-full-manufacturing-pl-lean-transformation-champion">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VP Operations, and Lean Manufacturing Champion</title>
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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>Shingo Award &#8211; the New Critical Criteria for Hiring a Lean Leader?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I happened to stumble upon a position description for a Director, Lean Enterprise within a Fortune 1000 company. While the company identified itself in the posting, I’m not going to name names because it’s not my intention to &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2011/shingo-award-the-new-critical-criteria-for-hiring-a-lean-leader">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>
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		<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>Director, Product Quality &#8211; High Tech Consumer Electronics</title>
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		<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>Build Lean &amp; Operational Excellence Foudation During Times of Stress</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/build-lean-operational-excellence-foudation-during-times-of-stress</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 17:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuously improving means just that. Nowhere is it written that when things aren&#8217;t so rosy it&#8217;s time to take a break from CI. If your corporate culture has any meaning at all, focusing on Operational Excellence is all the more &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/build-lean-operational-excellence-foudation-during-times-of-stress">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Deep Lean</title>
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		<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>Happiness, the Nirvana of Employee Engagement</title>
		<link>http://leanconnections.com/2009/happiness-the-nirvana-of-employee-engagement</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A critical principle underlying Lean (Toyota Production System and derivatives) is respect for the individual employee. How does this manifest itself?  Well, the CEOs of at least a few Lean companies tell me that they measure the degree to which people in their organizations are &#8230; <a href="http://leanconnections.com/2009/happiness-the-nirvana-of-employee-engagement">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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