Much discourse has been had over the benefits of Agile Development. Books have been written. Methods have been documented, but little has been written about something I would call Agile Production. …and even less about how to make it successful.
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Why is Japanese Manufacturing held with such high regard today?
Every american remembers learning about Henry Ford and the assembly line in school. We all remember sitting in a circle drawing parts on Model Ts and passing the papers along to illustrate the increase in speed and accuracy over “the old way.” Back in the Early 1900s, the assembly line was a revolutionary way of thinking with regard to manufacturing.
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