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- The Recovery Track: How Public Transportation Can Survive COVID-19
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- A Developer and Marketer of In-Vitro Diagnostic Kits for Virus Identification and Endocrine Diseases
- A Major Fresh Protein Processor Increases Warehouse Storage and Throughput Capacity
- A Medical Device Producer Optimizes Supply Chain and Diversifies Supplier Base to Reduce Cost and Minimize Disruption
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- An Optics Manufacturer Optimizes Production In a Challenging Environment
- Building a Cross-Site Continuous Improvement Culture at a Pharmaceutical Contract Developer and Manufacturer
- Capital Equipment Manufacturer Uses Procurement Improvement Process to Leverage Growth and Reduce Costs 5%
- Change Management and Lean Training Generated over $50M Savings in 3 Years for North American Railroad
- Chemical Manufacturer Implements Value Pricing to Reduce Margin Erosion
- Chemical Manufacturer Optimizes Transportation and Logistics
- Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer Uses Command Center Approach to Drive Rapid Recovery
- Continuous Improvement Kaizen Events Lead to Production Increase
- Cutting Costs of Custom Engineered Products by Three Times the Target
- Ensuring Compliance at a Nutritional Health Manufacturer
- How The Argo Transformation System Was Applied to Achieve Sustainable Change at a Major Railroad Operation
- Implementing a New Maintenance and Reliability Strategy across multiple Global Chemical Plants to improve Asset Availability and Maintenance Productivity
- Integrating Lean Thinking into Maintenance for a Petrochemical Company
- Learnings from a 5-year Partnership with one of the World’s Largest Products and Services Providers to the Energy Industry
- Life Science Manufacturer Performance Management & Post Merger
- Oil Equipment Manufacturer Adapts to Major Market Changes
- Operational Excellence: Driving Out Cost and Improving Reliability at a Chemical Plant
- Operational Excellence: Taking Productivity, Reliability and Asset Utilization to the Next Level at a Large Multi-Site Chemical Operation
- Post-Acquisition Integration & Rapid Operational Improvement for a Bio-Tech Diagnostic Device Manufacturer
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