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Daily Archives: November 18, 2009

Humans: Batch, Not Real-Time, Processors

By Chris Chiappinelli | Published: November 18, 2009

Thank you, lean manufacturing, for taking one thing at a time.

Posted in Lean Matters | Tagged discrete tasks, Lean manufacturing, multitasking, work cells | 1 Comment

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