Michael Carter

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Find the Constraint… Find the Money

by Michael Carter
January 22, 2015January 22, 2015
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The question I am asked most often by business owners and students is “how can Lean Six Sigma improve business?” My answer is very simple and always the same–find the constraints… find the money. What… Find the Constraint… Find the Money

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