Business as unusual

Posted on 15 Feb 2010 by The Manufacturer

Anand Sharma on how one manufacturer used lean to succeed during the global business meltdown

A multi-billion dollar company. Forty three manufacturing facilities. Thousands of employees. Enter the global economic recession and severe market declines. Revenues fall. But for this company, which has elected to remain anonymous for now, here’s where the story gets interesting. Sales only fall by around 5%. And earnings for each quarter of 2009 improved by…

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