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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low. It involves replacing traditional mass manufacturing with “lean manufacturing” principles. In addition to improved product quality and delivery times, the lean approach has been linked to improved terms of employment.

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Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Robotics is a good example: It’s obvious that it can increase productivity, but it takes some know-how to put robots to work. Organizations develop processes through repeated problem solving. NUMMI) in California, did not deploy lean manufacturing across the company for decades despite the clear advantages.

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