GA 652 Culture Before Technology with Hessam Vali

Oct 1, 202634:17Business

Most lean practitioners know the theory of constraints. Fewer apply it before they start fixing things. Hessam Vali, a manufacturing consultant and MES software founder based in Wichita, argues that most improvement effo...

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