Lean Manufacturing

How to Implement Lean Manufacturing

About the Author
LONNIE WILSON has been teaching and implementing Lean techniques for more than 39 years. His experience spans 20 years with an international oil company where he held a number of management positions. In 1990 he founded Quality Consultants which teaches and applies Lean techniques to small entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 firms, principallyin the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

How to Implement Lean Manufacturing
Lonnie Wilson

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