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Tasting Menu - Boutique Selection

Ops Counter

A boutique route for operations and procurement: the management system behind lean, the study that proved it, and the infrastructure story your sourcing strategy silently assumes.

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The Toyota Way book coverTaste Note - ProcurementThe Toyota WayJeffrey K. Liker

Start joint cost-reduction with your top three suppliers - shared targets, shared savings.

The Machine That Changed the World book coverTaste Note - ProcurementThe Machine That Changed the WorldJames P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos

Benchmark your operation with the study's ratios: hours per unit, defects, inventory days.

The Box book coverTaste Note - ProcurementThe BoxMarc Levinson

Stress-test your sourcing footprint against a chokepoint closure and price the dual-region alternative.

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