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While fundamentalists proclaim that IT has no part to play in a lean operation, Malcolm Wheatley discovers that, in reality, IT is being widely used to support the lean process

When Keighley, west Yorkshire-based plastic injection moulding specialist Fourfold Mouldings wanted to move from a cramped site in 19th century mill buildings to large, modern, purpose built premises, it took the opportunity to lock-in new lean...

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